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What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 24 points.
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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%.
As an intimate 9-12 campus in BRONX, New York, CELIA CRUZ BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF MUSIC (THE) teaches 407 students from grades 9 through 12, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10. Enrollment runs roughly 39% below the state mean of about 668.
Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10, which oversees 83 schools and 40,459 students, CELIA CRUZ BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF MUSIC (THE) is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, CELIA CRUZ BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF MUSIC (THE) records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 67%. Other groups include 27% Black, 2% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, CELIA CRUZ BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF MUSIC (THE) has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, CELIA CRUZ BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF MUSIC (THE) sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.2%; this one delivers 58.2%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Bronx County) records that median household income runs about $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bronx County runs 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), of which CELIA CRUZ BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF MUSIC (THE) is one.
Nearest neighbor: KINGSBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CELIA CRUZ BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF MUSIC (THE). On composite proficiency, CELIA CRUZ BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF MUSIC (THE) comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 43.7%.
Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CELIA CRUZ BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF MUSIC (THE) has declined 4%, going from 426 students in 2018 to 407 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share increased from 23% to 27%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.
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