BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE)

Set in BRONX, New York, BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE) is a substantial secondary school, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10. It caters to 2,953 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 342% bigger than typical.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10 comprises 83 schools with combined enrollment of 40,459 students; BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE) is among them.

On demographics, BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE) logs that Asian students make up the majority at 60%. Other groups include 20% White, 10% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 4%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 146 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Bronx County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE) 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 56.5%; BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE) posts 99.8%, +43.3 points above that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Bronx County) reports that median household income runs about $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE) is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BRONX COLLABORATIVE HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE). On composite proficiency, BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE) comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 57.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE)'s enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 2,997 (now 2,953). The Asian share of enrollment shrank from 65% to 60% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.