BRONX LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 86 | 32% |
| Grade 10 | 89 | 33% |
| Grade 11 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 45 | 17% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 12.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 15.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 28% 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%.
Schools most like BRONX LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL
BRONX LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (28.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRONX LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL this school | 266 | 96.6% | 28.0% |
| ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS-INTER SUPP BRONX | 267 | 97.8% | 33.5% |
| DREAMYARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL BRONX | 294 | 96.6% | 39.8% |
| MARIE CURIE HIGH SCHOOL-NURSING BRONX | 263 | 94.3% | 37.2% |
| EXPLORATIONS ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 240 | 97.9% | 41.5% |
| MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 315 | 96.5% | 44.2% |
Where BRONX LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #1,092 of 1,135 | #129 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.0% | #1,080 of 1,109 ▼ 33 | #119 of 128 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,085 of 1,135 ▼ 73 | #127 of 136 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 266 | #980 of 1,216 | #115 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.9:1 | #130 of 1,058 | #21 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.4% | #639 of 1,070 | #90 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.6% | #39 of 1,167 | #26 of 142 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 266 | 30 | 8.9:1 | 97% (257) |
| 2023-24 | 280 | 27 | 10.4:1 | 96% (268) |
| 2022-23 | 170 | 21 | 8.1:1 | 94% (160) |
| 2020-21 | 51 | 5 | 10.2:1 | 88% (45) |
About BRONX LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL
BRONX LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL serves students in BRONX, New York, as a very small high school. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 266 students. That is 60% below the average of about 668 students for high schools in New York.
Enrollment across the 41 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7 totals 13,625 students.
At BRONX LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL, 71% of students are Hispanic. Other students are 27% Black. That is higher than the 55% Hispanic share among all Bronx County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 42%.
BRONX LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL reports a ratio of 8.9 students per teacher, from 30 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 8.9:1 compares with an average of 11.0:1 for high schools in New York. Lunch program data show 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Among New York public high schools, BRONX LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL outscored 5%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, BRONX LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL would score about 39.5%. It scores 28.0%, 11.5 points below that figure.
In Bronx County, home to about 1,404,779 people, the median household earns about $48,676 a year, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Bronx County number 472, with about 202,028 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL, is the closest to BRONX LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL. BRONX LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 46.5%, higher than BRONX LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL's 28.0%.
Locale data from NCES put BRONX LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
BRONX LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL had 51 students in 2020-21 and 266 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 10.2:1 to 8.9:1.
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