Enrollment
330
High
DISTRICT 540 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10·NCES 360008705678
BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE
99 TERRACE VIEW AVE, BRONX, NY 10463 · (718) 561-0113 · Bronx County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL330 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% 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
13.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
307 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 63 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 94 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 87 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 86 | 26% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
18.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -17.0pp since 2023
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.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What 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%.
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 SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE
BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE's state test result (37.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE this school | 330 | 93.0% | 37.5% |
| BELMONT PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 334 | 93.7% | 31.7% |
| FORDHAM LEADERSHIP ACADEMY BRONX | 369 | 93.8% | 43.3% |
| GLOBAL LEARNING COLLABORATIVE (THE) NEW YORK | 393 | 92.1% | 38.7% |
| BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE BRONX | 367 | 91.0% | 45.0% |
| UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE HUMANITIES BRONX | 325 | 91.4% | 34.5% |
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 SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #987 of 1,135 | #98 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #1,027 of 1,109 ▼ 205 | #108 of 128 ▼ 50 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #722 of 1,135 ▲ 268 | #50 of 136 ▲ 55 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 330 | #878 of 1,216 | #99 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #839 of 1,058 | #105 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.4% | #638 of 1,070 | #89 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.0% | #134 of 1,167 | #70 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #384 of 743 | #62 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
330
-21 (-6%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 410
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 330 | 25.2 | 13.1:1 | 93% (307) |
| 2023-24 | 329 | 27.5 | 12.0:1 | 90% (296) |
| 2022-23 | 348 | 25.9 | 13.4:1 | 89% (310) |
| 2020-21 | 351 | 32 | 11.0:1 | 89% (312) |
| 2017-18 | 373 | 25 | 14.9:1 | 86% (322) |
| 2015-16 | 404 | 23 | 17.6:1 | 80% (325) |
| 2010-11 | 410 | 25 | 16.4:1 | 82% (337) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE.
About BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE
The public high school BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE is located in BRONX, New York. The school teaches grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 330 students. That puts enrollment 51% below the 668-student average for high schools in New York.
BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE is one of 83 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10, which enrolls 40,459 students in total.
More than half of enrollment at BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE is Hispanic: 73%. The next largest groups are 22% Black and 2% White. The school's Hispanic share is 18 points above the 55% share among Bronx County residents. The diversity index for BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE is 42%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE is 13.1:1, based on 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in New York, 11.0:1, is lower. BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE counts 93% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Bronx County average a similar 90%.
Among New York public high schools, BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE outscored 16%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE, the prediction is 40.8% and the result is 37.5%.
Bronx County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $48,676 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 23%. Public schools in Bronx County number 472, with about 202,028 students.
The closest school to BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE is ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS-INTER SUPP, located less than a tenth of a mile away. BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE ranks 5th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 37.5% against a local average of 43.0%.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment was 330 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 351. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 11.0:1 in 2020-21 to 13.1:1 in 2024-25.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10
- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE)High · 2,953 students
- RIVERDALE/KINGSBRIDGE ACADEMY (MS/HS 141)High · 1,383 students
- DEWITT CLINTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,212 students
- PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTSElementary · 1,091 students
- IN-TECH ACADEMY (MS/HS 368)High · 953 students
- PS 95 SHEILA MENCHERElementary · 851 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
- ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS-INTER SUPP0.0 mi · 267
- UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE HUMANITIES0.0 mi · 325
- MARBLE HILL HIGH SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES0.0 mi · 393
- UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE0.0 mi · 416
- BRONX ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY0.0 mi · 332
- BRONX THEATRE HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 217
Frequently asked questions
About BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCEHow large is BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE?
BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE enrolls approximately 330 students in grades 09-12.
Is BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE an elementary, middle, or high school?
BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE have?
BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
How diverse is BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE?
BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE reports a student body of 2% White, 73% Hispanic, 22% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE?
BRONX SCHOOL OF LAW AND FINANCE is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10 in Bronx County.
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