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What's the biggest difference between BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS and what you expected?
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Enrollment
589
High
DISTRICT 380 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8·NCES 360008505652
BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS
928 SIMPSON ST, BRONX, NY 10459 · (718) 893-5158 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL589 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
551 students
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
43.2%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.2pp since 2023
Math
35.2%
NY avg 57.4% . +11.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
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
33.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
589
-55 (-9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 13.4:1
% White
2%
was 1%
% Hispanic
78%
was 78%
% Black
18%
was 20%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS
BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS, a medium-sized four-year high school in BRONX, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8, instructs 589 students, covering grades 6 through 12.
BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS is one of 52 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8, a district that teaches 21,621 students overall.
Demographically, BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 78% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 18% Black, 2% White. By comparison, Bronx County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS reports 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.7:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 94% of students at BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.6%; this one delivers 33.4%.
In the broader community, Bronx County reports that 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%. In all, Bronx County runs 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), of which BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS is one.
SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 50.0%.
The school occupies a city-core site.
Looking at the recent track record. BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS's enrollment has contracted 9% since 2018, when it stood at 644 (now 589). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.
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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 # 8
- HERBERT H LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,087 students
- PS 71 ROSE E SCALAElementary · 1,079 students
- PS 14 SENATOR JOHN CALANDRAElementary · 718 students
- PS 36 UNIONPORTElementary · 660 students
- PS 152 EVERGREENElementary · 634 students
- PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEYElementary · 598 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
- SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS0.1 mi · 137
- SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 522
- ACCION ACADEMY0.1 mi · 185
- DEMOCRACY PREP ENDURANCE CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 836
- PS 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY0.2 mi · 509
- EMBLAZE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 222
Frequently asked questions
About BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTSHow large is BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS?
BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS enrolls approximately 589 students in grades 06-12.
Is BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS an elementary, middle, or high school?
BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many teachers does BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS have?
BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS?
At BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS, the student body is approximately 2% White, 78% Hispanic, 18% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS?
BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8 in Bronx County.
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