Enrollment
185
High
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7·NCES 360008405180
COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
350 GERARD AVE, BRONX, NY 10451 · (718) 402-8481 · Bronx County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL185 STUDENTS
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This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
166 students
DISTRICT 95% · 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 | 59 | 32% |
| Grade 10 | 57 | 31% |
| Grade 11 | 34 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 35 | 19% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
56.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The New York average is about 58 of 100. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2023.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% |
% 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
61.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE's state test result (61.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE this school | 185 | 89.7% | 61.5% |
| BRONX ARENA HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 158 | 89.9% | 53.2% |
| BRONX THEATRE HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 217 | 92.6% | 33.2% |
| FORSYTHE SATELLITE ACADEMY NEW YORK | 168 | 90.5% | 55.0% |
| BRONX COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 162 | 92.6% | 44.0% |
| HERITAGE SCHOOL (THE) NEW YORK | 223 | 94.2% | 44.3% |
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 COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #511 of 1,135 | #16 of 136 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #847 of 1,135 ▼ 156 | #67 of 136 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 185 | #1,093 of 1,216 | #132 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.7% | #229 of 1,167 | #107 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -45.4% | #35 of 743 | #12 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
185
-153 (-45%) vs 2020
-44% since 2010-11, when it was 333
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 185 | 19.4 | 9.6:1 | 90% (166) |
| 2023-24 | 190 | 19.5 | 9.7:1 | 94% (179) |
| 2022-23 | 222 | 20.5 | 10.8:1 | 93% (206) |
| 2020-21 | 338 | 24 | 14.1:1 | 94% (319) |
| 2017-18 | 339 | 23 | 14.7:1 | 92% (312) |
| 2015-16 | 328 | 24 | 13.7:1 | 87% (286) |
| 2010-11 | 333 | 24 | 13.9:1 | 88% (294) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE.
About COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE is a public high school in BRONX, New York. The school had 185 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (high schools in New York) has about 668 students.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7 operates 41 schools. Combined enrollment is 13,625 students.
Hispanic students account for 66% of enrollment at COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE. Smaller groups are 30% Black and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Bronx County is roughly 55% Hispanic. COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE has a diversity index of 48%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal staffing data show 19.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE and a ratio of 9.6:1. The average ratio among high schools in New York is 11.0:1, higher than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 90% of enrollment. That is close to the 90% average for public schools in Bronx County.
COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE's average proficiency rate on state tests of 61.5% is 19.5 points above the 42.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Bronx County has these Census figures: median household income is about $48,676, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 23%. COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE is among the 472 public schools in Bronx County.
The shortest distance from COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES HIGH SCHOOL. The five-mile area around COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 45.9%, lower than COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE's 61.5%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 338 to 185. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.1:1 in 2020-21 to 9.6:1 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
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- PS/MS 29 MELROSE SCHOOLElementary · 606 students
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- 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
- HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 228
- FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL III0.0 mi · 163
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-BRONX 10.3 mi · 513
- URBAN ASSEMBLY BRONX ACADEMY OF LETTERS (THE)0.3 mi · 413
- GLOBAL COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 477
- BOYS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK0.3 mi · 546
Frequently asked questions
About COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICEWhat is the total enrollment at COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE?
COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE enrolls approximately 185 students in grades 09-12.
Is COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE an elementary, middle, or high school?
COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE?
Approximately 9.6:1 students per teacher at COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE.
How diverse is COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE?
COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE reports a student body of 1% White, 66% Hispanic, 30% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE in?
COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7.
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