Enrollment
342
Middle
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10·NCES 360008705675
BRONX SCHOOL OF YOUNG LEADERS (THE)
40 W TREMONT ST, BRONX, NY 10453 · (718) 583-4146 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL342 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of New York public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
316 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 104 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 105 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 121 | 35% |
| Ungraded | 12 | 4% |
Student demographics
34%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
37.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
38.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% 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 YOUNG LEADERS (THE)
BRONX SCHOOL OF YOUNG LEADERS (THE)'s state test result (38.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRONX SCHOOL OF YOUNG LEADERS (THE) this school | 342 | 92.4% | 38.7% |
| PS 206 JOSE CELSO BARBOSA NEW YORK | 372 | 92.7% | 33.3% |
| EMOLIOR ACADEMY BRONX | 388 | 93.8% | 46.4% |
| EVERGREEN MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR URBAN EXPLORATION BROOKLYN | 354 | 90.4% | 38.4% |
| ANGELO PATRI MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE) BRONX | 333 | 97.6% | 36.0% |
| MS 302 LUISA DESSUS CRUZ BRONX | 319 | 97.2% | 40.9% |
Matched among New York middle 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 YOUNG LEADERS (THE) ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #621 of 766 | #39 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #598 of 768 ▲ 21 | #33 of 74 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #569 of 768 ▼ 78 | #44 of 74 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 342 | #509 of 796 | #24 of 77 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #162 of 683 | #16 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.9% | #521 of 688 | #44 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.4% | #115 of 773 | #60 of 75 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.4% | #190 of 524 | #46 of 59 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
342
-111 (-25%) vs 2020
-8% since 2010-11, when it was 372
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 342 | 36.8 | 9.3:1 | 92% (316) |
| 2023-24 | 353 | 39.5 | 8.9:1 | 99% (350) |
| 2022-23 | 359 | 40.7 | 8.8:1 | 88% (316) |
| 2020-21 | 453 | 41 | 11.1:1 | 89% (405) |
| 2017-18 | 409 | 28 | 14.6:1 | 89% (365) |
| 2015-16 | 402 | 28 | 14.4:1 | 78% (312) |
| 2010-11 | 372 | 26 | 14.3:1 | 85% (317) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BRONX SCHOOL OF YOUNG LEADERS (THE).
About BRONX SCHOOL OF YOUNG LEADERS (THE)
BRONX SCHOOL OF YOUNG LEADERS (THE), located in BRONX, New York, is a small middle-grades school. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 342 students on the rolls. On average, middle schools in New York enroll around 531, and this school is 36% below that mark.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10 is the local district for BRONX SCHOOL OF YOUNG LEADERS (THE). It runs 83 schools with 40,459 students.
More than half of the students at BRONX SCHOOL OF YOUNG LEADERS (THE) are Hispanic (79%). The remaining shares are 19% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Bronx County's population at about 55%. The diversity index for BRONX SCHOOL OF YOUNG LEADERS (THE) is 34%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 36.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, BRONX SCHOOL OF YOUNG LEADERS (THE) has a ratio of 9.3:1. The gap from the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York is 1.0 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 92%. The figure for public schools in Bronx County is close, at 90%.
BRONX SCHOOL OF YOUNG LEADERS (THE) earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 29% of New York public middle schools.
BRONX SCHOOL OF YOUNG LEADERS (THE)'s actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (38.7%) and its predicted rate (41.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
For Bronx County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $48,676, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. The county has 472 public schools and about 202,028 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, PS 306, is the closest to BRONX SCHOOL OF YOUNG LEADERS (THE). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, BRONX SCHOOL OF YOUNG LEADERS (THE) is 5th of 9 on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes BRONX SCHOOL OF YOUNG LEADERS (THE) as City: Large.
The school's student count fell 25% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 11.1:1 to 9.3:1.
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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
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- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE)High · 2,953 students
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- 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
- PS 3060.0 mi · 379
- CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND SOCIAL JUSTICE0.2 mi · 523
- PS 236 LANGSTON HUGHES0.2 mi · 303
- IS 117 JOSEPH H WADE0.2 mi · 320
- YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SCHOOL OF THE BRONX0.2 mi · 502
- PS 3960.2 mi · 217
Frequently asked questions
About BRONX SCHOOL OF YOUNG LEADERS (THE)What is the total enrollment at BRONX SCHOOL OF YOUNG LEADERS (THE)?
BRONX SCHOOL OF YOUNG LEADERS (THE) enrolls approximately 342 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does BRONX SCHOOL OF YOUNG LEADERS (THE) serve?
BRONX SCHOOL OF YOUNG LEADERS (THE) serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BRONX SCHOOL OF YOUNG LEADERS (THE)?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BRONX SCHOOL OF YOUNG LEADERS (THE) is approximately 9.3:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BRONX SCHOOL OF YOUNG LEADERS (THE)?
At BRONX SCHOOL OF YOUNG LEADERS (THE), the student body is approximately 1% White, 79% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is BRONX SCHOOL OF YOUNG LEADERS (THE) public or private?
BRONX SCHOOL OF YOUNG LEADERS (THE) is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10.
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