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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