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Enrollment
654
High
DISTRICT 325 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12·NCES 360009005679
EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE
1716 SOUTHERN BLVD, BRONX, NY 10460 · (718) 861-8641 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL654 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% 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
10.2:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
622 students
DISTRICT 95% · 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 | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 71 | 11% |
| Grade 9 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 120 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 92 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 0% |
Student demographics
44%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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
47.8%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.2pp since 2023
Math
32.1%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.8% | 32.1% |
| 2023-24 | 42.6% | 24.7% |
% 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
34.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE
EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE's state test result (34.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE this school | 654 | 95.1% | 34.3% |
| SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL BRONX | 603 | 95.7% | 42.1% |
| 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% |
| BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS BRONX | 589 | 93.5% | 33.4% |
| COMPREHENSIVE MODEL SCHOOL PROJECT MS 327 BRONX | 670 | 93.4% | 47.4% |
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 EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #1,020 of 1,135 | #108 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #847 of 1,109 ▲ 106 | #65 of 128 ▲ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #984 of 1,135 ▲ 78 | #99 of 136 ▲ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 654 | #388 of 1,216 | #13 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #356 of 1,058 | #46 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.4% | #606 of 1,070 | #82 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.1% | #79 of 1,167 | #50 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.5% | #706 of 743 | #94 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
654
+3 (+0%) vs 2020
+4% since 2010-11, when it was 629
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 654 | 63.8 | 10.2:1 | 95% (622) |
| 2023-24 | 603 | 58.9 | 10.2:1 | 95% (571) |
| 2022-23 | 612 | 60.3 | 10.2:1 | 92% (566) |
| 2020-21 | 651 | 64 | 10.2:1 | 92% (598) |
| 2017-18 | 664 | 55 | 12.1:1 | 92% (610) |
| 2015-16 | 662 | 49 | 13.5:1 | 90% (599) |
| 2010-11 | 629 | 44 | 14.3:1 | 91% (570) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE.
About EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE
EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE is a high school located in BRONX, New York, in Bronx County. School enrollment was 654 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 12.
EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE is in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12, a district with 15,705 students across 47 schools.
Hispanic students account for 71% of enrollment at EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE. Enrollment also includes 23% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 16 points above the 55% share among Bronx County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 44%.
The school has about 10.2 students per teacher and 63.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 95%.
Measured against New York public high schools, EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE is -5.7 points: 34.3% actual, 40.0% predicted.
Bronx County has these Census figures: median household income is about $48,676, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE is among the 472 public schools in Bronx County.
Of nearby public schools, EXPLORATIONS ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE ranks 6th on proficiency.
The NCES locale for EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 651 in 2020-21 and 654 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about 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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12
- PS 214Elementary · 814 students
- PS 47 JOHN RANDOLPHElementary · 789 students
- PS 195Elementary · 713 students
- PS 196Elementary · 662 students
- MOTT HALL VHigh · 636 students
- PS 150 CHARLES JAMES FOXElementary · 471 students
Other schools in BRONX
- 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
- EXPLORATIONS ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 240
- JHS 98 HERMAN RIDDER0.2 mi · 102
- BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE BRONX0.2 mi · 245
- BRONX ENVISION ACADEMY0.2 mi · 266
- FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL0.2 mi · 266
- IS 318 MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY THROUGH ARTS0.2 mi · 278
Frequently asked questions
About EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTUREHow many students attend EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE?
EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE enrolls approximately 654 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE serve?
EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many teachers does EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE have?
EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE employs 64 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.2:1.
What is the student diversity at EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE?
Student demographics at EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE are roughly 2% White, 71% Hispanic, 23% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE public or private?
EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.