BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 17 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE
BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE, a modestly sized high school in BRONX, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10, caters to 330 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 51% below the state mean of about 668.
Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10, which oversees 83 schools and 40,459 students, BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 73% of enrollment. Other groups include 22% Black, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE shows 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.8%; this one delivers 37.5%.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Bronx County indicate the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).
BRONX ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 43.0%.
BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE operates from an inner-city location.
Trend over the last 7 years. BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE's enrollment has ticked down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 373 (now 330). The Black share of enrollment decreased from 26% to 22% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.
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