BRONX SCHOOL FOR LAW GOVERNMENT AND JUSTICE

BRONX SCHOOL FOR LAW GOVERNMENT AND JUSTICE, a moderately sized four-year high school in BRONX, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9, teaches 683 students, covering grades 6 through 12.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 runs 70 schools in total, collectively educating 23,786 students. BRONX SCHOOL FOR LAW GOVERNMENT AND JUSTICE is one of those campuses.

On demographics, BRONX SCHOOL FOR LAW GOVERNMENT AND JUSTICE reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 76% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 21% Black. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.0:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BRONX SCHOOL FOR LAW GOVERNMENT AND JUSTICE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.4%, the actual is 38.2%, a residual of -1.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Bronx County put the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), BRONX SCHOOL FOR LAW GOVERNMENT AND JUSTICE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PS 35 FRANZ SIEGEL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BRONX SCHOOL FOR LAW GOVERNMENT AND JUSTICE. On composite proficiency, BRONX SCHOOL FOR LAW GOVERNMENT AND JUSTICE comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 45.1%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 11%: 767 students in 2018 compared to 683 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 71% to 76%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.

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