DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL

DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL is a 9-12 campus of medium-sized scale in BRONX, New York, part of DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL, instructing 733 students in grades 6 through 12.

DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL is a school of DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 79% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 17% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL reports 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Bronx County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.7%.

Across the wider county, census data for Bronx County shows median household earnings sit near $48,676, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

BRONX LATIN SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 40.6%.

DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL operates from a downtown location. DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 6% since 2018, when it stood at 780 (now 733). The Black share of enrollment edged down from 27% to 17% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

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