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Enrollment
390
High
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9·NCES 360008605177
BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE
240 E 172ND ST, BRONX, NY 10457 · (718) 410-4040 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of New York public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public high schools
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
367 students
DISTRICT 96% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 36 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 92 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 78 | 20% |
| Grade 11 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 41 | 11% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
56.6%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.2pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.6% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.4% | 35.4% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE
BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE's state test result (39.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE this school | 390 | 94.1% | 39.5% |
| FACING HISTORY SCHOOL (THE) NEW YORK | 394 | 92.1% | 31.7% |
| ACADEMY OF URBAN PLANNING AND ENGINEERING (THE) BROOKLYN | 409 | 96.8% | 45.5% |
| BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE BRONX | 367 | 91.0% | 45.0% |
| GLOBAL LEARNING COLLABORATIVE (THE) NEW YORK | 393 | 92.1% | 38.7% |
| BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING BRONX | 370 | 94.3% | 41.4% |
Matched among New York high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #953 of 1,135 | #88 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #865 of 1,109 ▼ 50 | #68 of 128 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #840 of 1,135 ▲ 95 | #66 of 136 ▲ 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 390 | #738 of 1,216 | #68 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #235 of 1,058 | #29 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.5% | #654 of 1,070 | #96 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.1% | #106 of 1,167 | #61 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.7% | #439 of 743 | #71 of 96 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
390
-105 (-21%) vs 2020
-10% since 2010-11, when it was 434
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 10.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 390 | 40.7 | 9.6:1 | 94% (367) |
| 2023-24 | 402 | 40.5 | 9.9:1 | 91% (366) |
| 2022-23 | 453 | 42.6 | 10.7:1 | 90% (409) |
| 2020-21 | 495 | 47 | 10.5:1 | 90% (444) |
| 2017-18 | 432 | 29 | 14.9:1 | 84% (363) |
| 2015-16 | 425 | 30 | 14.2:1 | 72% (306) |
| 2010-11 | 434 | 22 | 19.7:1 | 83% (362) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE.
About BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE
This page covers BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE, a small high school in BRONX, New York. The school's enrollment of 390 students covers grades 6 through 12. Statewide, high schools in New York average about 668 students each.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 enrolls 23,786 students, and its 70 schools include BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE.
BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE's enrollment is 74% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 19% Black and 4% Asian. Among people living in Bronx County, the Hispanic share is about 55%. BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE has a diversity index of 42%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 40.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE in 2024-25, for a ratio of 9.6:1. Among high schools in New York, the typical ratio is 11.0:1. The lunch program counts 94% of students at BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE a C-. The grade compares the school only with New York public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 40.4% for a school in New York with BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE's free or reduced-price lunch share. BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE posts 39.5%.
Among Bronx County residents, median household income is about $48,676, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and about 23% of people live in poverty. BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County, which together enroll about 202,028 students.
NEW DIRECTIONS SECONDARY SCHOOL is the public school closest to BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE, less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 38.9%; BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE's is 39.5%, ranking 5th of 8.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students declined from 495 to 390 over 4 years.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Bronx County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,404,779
Census ACS
Median income
$48,676
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
472
202,028 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9
- PS/IS 218 RAFAEL HERNANDEZ DUAL LANGUAGE MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 807 students
- PS 70 MAX SCHOENFELDElementary · 729 students
- BRONX SCHOOL FOR LAW GOVERNMENT AND JUSTICEHigh · 683 students
- COMPREHENSIVE MODEL SCHOOL PROJECT MS 327High · 670 students
- PS 53 BASHEER QUISIMElementary · 600 students
- PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTSElementary · 576 students
Other schools in BRONX
- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE)High · 2,953 students
- KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL IIICombined · 2,390 students
- HARRY S TRUMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- ATMOSPHERE ACADEMY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLHigh · 1,481 students
- PS 83 DONALD HERTZElementary · 1,451 students
- RIVERDALE/KINGSBRIDGE ACADEMY (MS/HS 141)High · 1,383 students
Nearby schools
- NEW DIRECTIONS SECONDARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 123
- PS 469-BRONX SCHOOL FOR CONTINUOUS LEARNING (THE)0.0 mi · 625
- BRONX COLLEGIATE ACADEMY0.0 mi · 429
- CLAREMONT INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 383
- DREAMYARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 294
- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS0.0 mi · 299
Frequently asked questions
About BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCEHow large is BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE?
BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE enrolls approximately 390 students in grades 06-12.
Is BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE an elementary, middle, or high school?
BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many teachers does BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE have?
BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.6:1.
What is the student diversity at BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE?
Student demographics at BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE are roughly 1% White, 74% Hispanic, 19% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE public or private?
BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.