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What's the one class at BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
381
High
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7·NCES 360008405189
BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL
730 CONCOURSE VILLAGE W, BRONX, NY 10451 · (718) 292-7171 · Bronx County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL381 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% 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.
- ·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
7.9:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
368 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 9 | 122 | 32% |
| Grade 10 | 102 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 76 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 81 | 21% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
42.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -18.0pp since 2023
Math
17.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -16.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 18 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 16 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 17.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
33.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL
BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (33.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL this school | 381 | 96.6% | 33.2% |
| LONGWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMY BRONX | 352 | 96.0% | 32.7% |
| BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 371 | 98.7% | 32.8% |
| URBAN ASSEMBLY BRONX ACADEMY OF LETTERS (THE) BRONX | 413 | 96.9% | 23.7% |
| EDWARD A REYNOLDS WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 348 | 94.5% | 43.5% |
| MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 315 | 96.5% | 44.2% |
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 LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #1,039 of 1,135 | #115 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #1,036 of 1,109 ▼ 191 | #109 of 128 ▼ 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,047 of 1,135 ▼ 225 | #116 of 136 ▼ 47 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 381 | #761 of 1,216 | #72 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.9:1 | #52 of 1,058 | #9 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.0% | #544 of 1,070 | #63 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.6% | #41 of 1,167 | #28 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.7% | #124 of 743 | #34 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
381
-112 (-23%) vs 2020
-21% since 2010-11, when it was 482
Student : Teacher
7.9:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 381 | 48.5 | 7.9:1 | 97% (368) |
| 2023-24 | 384 | 44.3 | 8.7:1 | 96% (368) |
| 2022-23 | 419 | 48.6 | 8.6:1 | 94% (393) |
| 2020-21 | 493 | 46 | 10.7:1 | 91% (450) |
| 2017-18 | 506 | 38.3 | 13.2:1 | 95% (483) |
| 2015-16 | 490 | 34 | 14.4:1 | 91% (446) |
| 2010-11 | 482 | 33 | 14.6:1 | 83% (402) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL.
About BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL
Students in BRONX, New York, attend BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL, a low-enrollment high school. A federal count lists 381 students at the school, in grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in New York is about 668, so this school runs 43% smaller than that.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7 has 13,625 students in 41 schools, and BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL is one of those schools.
At BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL, Hispanic students make up 65% of the student body. After that, the student body is 31% Black. Census figures show Bronx County is about 55% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 48% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 48.5 full-time equivalents, or about 7.9 students per teacher. This ratio sits 3.2 below the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 97%.
The allk12 Grade for BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL is D. Compared with New York public high schools, the school scored higher than 10% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL is 6.3 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (33.2% versus 39.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
Federal survey data for Bronx County show that the median household income is $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 472 public schools in Bronx County, enrolling about 202,028 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, BRONX LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 45.8% proficiency; BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL posts 33.2%.
Locale data from NCES put BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Federal data show a 23% enrollment decrease, from 493 in 2020-21 to 381 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 10.7:1 in 2020-21 to 7.9:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. 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
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- PS 5 PORT MORRISElementary · 630 students
- PS/MS 29 MELROSE SCHOOLElementary · 606 students
- SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOLHigh · 603 students
- UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGEHigh · 596 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 LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 266
- CAREERS IN SPORTS HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 446
- BGLIG-SHIRLEY RODRIGUEZ-REMENESKI CS0.1 mi · 313
- SOUTH BRONX LITERACY ACADEMY0.1 mi · 91
- PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE)0.1 mi · 538
- KIPP ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 1,155
Frequently asked questions
About BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOLHow large is BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL?
BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 381 students in grades 09-12.
Is BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL have?
BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL?
At BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 2% White, 65% Hispanic, 31% Black, 1% Asian.
Is BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.