BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE

Set in BRONX, New York, BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE is a low-enrollment senior high, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9. It hosts 390 students across grades 6 through 12. That puts it 42% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 runs 70 schools in total, collectively educating 23,786 students. BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 74%. The remainder breaks down as 19% Black, 4% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.4%, the actual is 39.5%, a residual of -0.9 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Bronx County indicate median household earnings sit near $48,676, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PS 469-BRONX SCHOOL FOR CONTINUOUS LEARNING (THE), around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE ranks 5th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 38.9%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE's enrollment has contracted 10% since 2018, when it stood at 432 (now 390). Hispanic enrollment moved from 62% to 74% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.