BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR WRITING AND COMMUNICATION ARTS

BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR WRITING AND COMMUNICATION ARTS is a senior high of micro-enrollment scale in BRONX, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11, hosting 198 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 70% smaller than the state mean of about 668.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11 runs 62 schools in total, collectively educating 30,138 students. BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR WRITING AND COMMUNICATION ARTS is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR WRITING AND COMMUNICATION ARTS reports that the most-represented group is Black (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 41% Hispanic, 4% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Native American. By comparison, Bronx County as a whole is about 33% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR WRITING AND COMMUNICATION ARTS ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 39.1%; BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR WRITING AND COMMUNICATION ARTS posts 60.0%, +20.9 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Bronx County shows the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR WRITING AND COMMUNICATION ARTS is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

BRONX AEROSPACE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR WRITING AND COMMUNICATION ARTS at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 35.1%.

BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR WRITING AND COMMUNICATION ARTS operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 6-year window, the student count declined 40%: 332 students in 2018 compared to 198 in 2024. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

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