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Enrollment
452
High
DISTRICT 325 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12·NCES 360009005689
BRONX LATIN SCHOOL
800 HOME ST, BRONX, NY 10456 · (718) 991-6349 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL452 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of New York public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
10.0:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
438 students
DISTRICT 95% · 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 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 44 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 86 | 19% |
| Grade 11 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 75 | 17% |
Student demographics
36%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
51.9%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
27.1%
NY avg 57.4% . -7.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.9% | 27.1% |
| 2023-24 | 48.1% | 35.0% |
% 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
35.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 LATIN SCHOOL
BRONX LATIN SCHOOL's state test result (35.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRONX LATIN SCHOOL this school | 452 | 96.9% | 35.6% |
| PROGRESS HIGH SCHOOL FOR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS BROOKLYN | 418 | 95.5% | 30.3% |
| FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 423 | 96.5% | 49.8% |
| AECI II: NYC CHARTER HS BRONX | 449 | 99.8% | 49.3% |
| ACADEMY OF URBAN PLANNING AND ENGINEERING (THE) BROOKLYN | 409 | 96.8% | 45.5% |
| JUAN MOREL CAMPOS SECONDARY SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 458 | 95.2% | 43.5% |
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 LATIN SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #1,004 of 1,135 | #103 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #919 of 1,109 ▼ 97 | #79 of 128 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #931 of 1,135 ▲ 76 | #89 of 136 ▲ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 452 | #613 of 1,216 | #38 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #310 of 1,058 | #38 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.9% | #732 of 1,070 | #110 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.9% | #31 of 1,167 | #21 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.5% | #157 of 743 | #38 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
452
-103 (-19%) vs 2020
+27% since 2010-11, when it was 355
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 452 | 45.3 | 10.0:1 | 97% (438) |
| 2023-24 | 483 | 47.3 | 10.2:1 | 96% (463) |
| 2022-23 | 493 | 42 | 11.7:1 | 95% (468) |
| 2020-21 | 555 | 46 | 12.1:1 | 95% (527) |
| 2017-18 | 576 | 50 | 11.5:1 | 95% (545) |
| 2015-16 | 564 | 49 | 11.5:1 | 94% (532) |
| 2010-11 | 355 | 31 | 11.4:1 | 89% (316) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BRONX LATIN SCHOOL.
About BRONX LATIN SCHOOL
BRONX LATIN SCHOOL is a public high school in BRONX, New York. It reports enrollment of 452 students in grades 6 through 12. On average, high schools in New York enroll around 668, and this school is 32% below that mark.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12 enrolls 15,705 students, and its 47 schools include BRONX LATIN SCHOOL.
Federal enrollment data show BRONX LATIN SCHOOL is 78% Hispanic. Next come 19% Black. The county population is about 55% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 36, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at BRONX LATIN SCHOOL, there are about 10.0 students; the school has 45.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in New York is 11.0:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. There are 438 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 97% of enrollment.
BRONX LATIN SCHOOL earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 14% of New York public high schools.
BRONX LATIN SCHOOL is 3.8 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (35.6% versus 39.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
Bronx County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of people live in poverty. There are 472 public schools in the county, enrolling about 202,028, BRONX LATIN SCHOOL among them.
BRONX CAREER AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL sits less than a tenth of a mile from BRONX LATIN SCHOOL. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. BRONX LATIN SCHOOL places 3rd of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Enrollment fell by 19% across 4 years, from 555 in 2020-21 to 452 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.1:1 to 10.0:1.
The allk12 page for BRONX LATIN SCHOOL lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 #12
- PS 214Elementary · 814 students
- PS 47 JOHN RANDOLPHElementary · 789 students
- PS 195Elementary · 713 students
- PS 196Elementary · 662 students
- EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTUREHigh · 654 students
- MOTT HALL VHigh · 636 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
- BRONX CAREER AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 124
- DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL0.0 mi · 733
- NYC AUTISM CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX0.1 mi · 33
- URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 294
- METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL (THE)0.2 mi · 172
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR VIOLIN AND DANCE0.2 mi · 106
Frequently asked questions
About BRONX LATIN SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at BRONX LATIN SCHOOL?
BRONX LATIN SCHOOL enrolls approximately 452 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does BRONX LATIN SCHOOL serve?
BRONX LATIN SCHOOL serves grades 06-12.
How many teachers does BRONX LATIN SCHOOL have?
BRONX LATIN SCHOOL employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.0:1.
What is the student diversity at BRONX LATIN SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BRONX LATIN SCHOOL are roughly 1% White, 78% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is BRONX LATIN SCHOOL public or private?
BRONX LATIN SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.