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BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL
Set in BRONX, New York, BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL is a low-enrollment 9-12 campus, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7. It instructs 381 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 43% below typical.
Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7, which oversees 41 schools and 13,625 students, BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
On demographics, BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder breaks down as 31% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.9:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.5%, the actual is 33.2%, a residual of -6.3 points.
Zooming out to the county, Bronx County reports that median household earnings sit near $48,676, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).
The closest other public school is CAREERS IN SPORTS HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 45.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.
Looking at the recent track record. BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 25% since 2018, when it stood at 506 (now 381). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 69% to 65% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 7.9:1 in 2025.
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