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Enrollment
733
High
STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360102706234
DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL
800 HOME ST-RM 205, BRONX, NY 10456 · (718) 378-0490 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL733 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of New York public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
70 FTE teachers
STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
726 students
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 98 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 108 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 9 | 119 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 116 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 96 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 97 | 13% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
39.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
27.1%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 27.1% |
| 2023-24 | 32.9% | 25.7% |
% 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
31.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL
DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (31.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 733 | 99.0% | 31.7% |
| BRONX SCHOOL FOR LAW GOVERNMENT AND JUSTICE BRONX | 683 | 96.8% | 38.2% |
| LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223 BRONX | 646 | 96.0% | 60.7% |
| COMPREHENSIVE MODEL SCHOOL PROJECT MS 327 BRONX | 670 | 93.4% | 47.4% |
| WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE BRONX | 575 | 95.1% | 23.3% |
| BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS BRONX | 589 | 93.5% | 33.4% |
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 DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #1,063 of 1,135 | #121 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #920 of 1,109 ▲ 17 | #80 of 128 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,077 of 1,135 ▲ 44 | #124 of 136 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 733 | #342 of 1,216 | #10 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #402 of 1,058 | #52 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.4% | #750 of 1,070 | #113 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.0% | #8 of 1,167 | #6 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.0% | #568 of 743 | #84 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
733
-3 (0%) vs 2020
+656% since 2010-11, when it was 97
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 733 | 70.3 | 10.4:1 | 99% (726) |
| 2023-24 | 704 | 40 | 17.6:1 | 98% (687) |
| 2022-23 | 708 | 56 | 12.6:1 | 92% (652) |
| 2020-21 | 736 | 47 | 15.7:1 | 91% (668) |
| 2017-18 | 780 | 62.5 | 12.5:1 | 92% (717) |
| 2015-16 | 627 | 55 | 11.4:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 97 | 3 | 32.3:1 | 81% (79) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL.
About DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL
The public high school DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL is located in BRONX, New York. The student body numbers 733 students, from grades 6 through 12.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL is 79% Hispanic by enrollment. Smaller groups are 17% Black. County-wide, 55% of Bronx County residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 34%, meaning two students picked at random have a 34% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 70.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL in 2024-25, for a ratio of 10.4:1. For comparison, high schools in New York average 11.0:1. The lunch program counts 99% of students at DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Bronx County, the average is 90%.
The allk12 Grade for DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL is D. Compared with New York public high schools, the school scored higher than 8% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL, the prediction is 38.6% and the result is 31.7%.
In Bronx County (population about 1,404,779), the median household income is $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of people live in poverty. DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 472 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, BRONX CAREER AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL, is less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL places 7th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large). It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
Federal data show 736 students in 2020-21 and 733 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.7:1 in 2020-21 to 10.4:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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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- 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
- BRONX CAREER AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 124
- BRONX LATIN SCHOOL0.0 mi · 452
- NYC AUTISM CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX0.1 mi · 33
- URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 294
- METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL (THE)0.2 mi · 172
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR VIOLIN AND DANCE0.2 mi · 106
Frequently asked questions
About DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL?
DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 733 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL is approximately 10.4:1 (70 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL?
At DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 2% White, 79% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL?
DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL is overseen by DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL in Bronx County.
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