Enrollment
294
High
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9·NCES 360008605882
DREAMYARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL
240 E 172ND ST, BRONX, NY 10457 · (718) 410-4242 · Bronx County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL294 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of New York public high schools
- C-Test 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
9.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
284 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 | 85 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 97 | 33% |
| Grade 11 | 59 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 52 | 18% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
59.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
27.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 59 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
39.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% 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 DREAMYARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL
DREAMYARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL's state test result (39.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DREAMYARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL this school | 294 | 96.6% | 39.8% |
| MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 315 | 96.5% | 44.2% |
| BRONX LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 266 | 96.6% | 28.0% |
| BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS BRONX | 299 | 96.3% | 21.2% |
| ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS-INTER SUPP BRONX | 267 | 97.8% | 33.5% |
| MARIE CURIE HIGH SCHOOL-NURSING BRONX | 263 | 94.3% | 37.2% |
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 DREAMYARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #945 of 1,135 | #86 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #924 of 1,109 ▼ 32 | #83 of 128 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #803 of 1,135 ▲ 57 | #59 of 136 ▲ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 294 | #929 of 1,216 | #107 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #190 of 1,058 | #25 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.9% | #583 of 1,070 | #74 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.6% | #40 of 1,167 | #27 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.7% | #153 of 339 | #15 of 32 |
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
294
-42 (-12%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 348
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 294 | 31.5 | 9.3:1 | 97% (284) |
| 2023-24 | 289 | 28.4 | 10.2:1 | 98% (283) |
| 2022-23 | 333 | 27.5 | 12.1:1 | 94% (312) |
| 2020-21 | 336 | 25 | 13.4:1 | 92% (309) |
| 2017-18 | 268 | 22 | 12.2:1 | 86% (230) |
| 2015-16 | 312 | 21 | 14.9:1 | 72% (225) |
| 2010-11 | 348 | 24 | 14.5:1 | 83% (289) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DREAMYARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL.
About DREAMYARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL
This page covers DREAMYARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL, a low-enrollment high school in BRONX, New York. Federal data show 294 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 668 students for high schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 serves 23,786 students across 70 schools.
About 68% of the student body at DREAMYARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL is Hispanic. Other students are 28% Black and 2% White. By comparison, Bronx County residents are about 55% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 46, compared with 70 nationally.
With 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 9.3:1. The school's 9.3:1 compares with an average of 11.0:1 for high schools in New York. The school has 97% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New York public high schools, DREAMYARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL outscored 23%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 39.5% at DREAMYARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 39.8%.
For Bronx County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $48,676, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 23%. The county has 472 public schools and about 202,028 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, is the closest to DREAMYARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of DREAMYARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL. Among its closest neighbors with test data, DREAMYARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL is 4th of 8 on proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 12% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 9.3:1, from 13.4:1.
The allk12 page for DREAMYARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About DREAMYARD PREPARATORY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at DREAMYARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL?
DREAMYARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 294 students in grades 09-12.
Is DREAMYARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
DREAMYARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at DREAMYARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.3:1 students per teacher at DREAMYARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at DREAMYARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL?
At DREAMYARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 2% White, 68% Hispanic, 28% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees DREAMYARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL?
DREAMYARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 in Bronx County.
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