Enrollment
228
High
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7·NCES 360008401338
HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES HIGH SCHOOL
350 GERARD AVE, BRONX, NY 10451 · (718) 401-1826 · Bronx County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL228 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% 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
8.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
218 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 | 79 | 35% |
| Grade 10 | 71 | 31% |
| Grade 11 | 28 | 12% |
| Grade 12 | 49 | 21% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
46%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
41.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
26.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 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
41.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% 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 HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES HIGH SCHOOL
HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (41.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES HIGH SCHOOL this school | 228 | 95.6% | 41.3% |
| BRONX DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ACADEMY BRONX | 223 | 94.6% | 33.3% |
| HERITAGE SCHOOL (THE) NEW YORK | 223 | 94.2% | 44.3% |
| BRONX ENVISION ACADEMY BRONX | 266 | 97.4% | 39.3% |
| BRONX THEATRE HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 217 | 92.6% | 33.2% |
| 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 HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #908 of 1,135 | #77 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #936 of 1,109 ▼ 46 | #86 of 128 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,058 of 1,135 ▲ 35 | #121 of 136 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 228 | #1,039 of 1,216 | #125 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.9:1 | #136 of 1,058 | #22 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.2% | #575 of 1,070 | #72 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.6% | #66 of 1,167 | #45 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -53.9% | #16 of 743 | #5 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
228
-154 (-40%) vs 2020
-62% since 2010-11, when it was 608
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 228 | 25.6 | 8.9:1 | 96% (218) |
| 2023-24 | 192 | 24.8 | 7.7:1 | 99% (190) |
| 2022-23 | 225 | 23.2 | 9.7:1 | 98% (221) |
| 2020-21 | 382 | 33 | 11.6:1 | 92% (353) |
| 2017-18 | 495 | 31 | 16.0:1 | 86% (424) |
| 2015-16 | 562 | 31 | 18.1:1 | 86% (483) |
| 2010-11 | 608 | 33 | 18.4:1 | 85% (514) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES HIGH SCHOOL.
About HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES HIGH SCHOOL
HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES HIGH SCHOOL is a very small high school in BRONX, New York. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 12, with 228 students on the rolls. High schools in New York average about 668 students, which makes this school 66% below average.
The 41 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7 enroll 13,625 students altogether, HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES HIGH SCHOOL among them.
The student body at HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES HIGH SCHOOL is 66% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 32% Black. Among all residents of Bronx County, the Hispanic share is about 55%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 46%.
The school had 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 8.9:1. Across high schools in New York, the average ratio is 11.0:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 96%.
HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES HIGH SCHOOL earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 27% of New York public high schools.
HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES HIGH SCHOOL's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 41.3% is 1.5 points above the 39.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the wider Bronx County area, the median household earns about $48,676 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 23%. Across Bronx County, 472 public schools serve about 202,028 students.
COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE is the nearest public school to HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES HIGH SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES HIGH SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 41.3% is below the 48.4% average for nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 154 students, from 382 to 228. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 8.9:1, from 11.6:1.
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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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Frequently asked questions
About HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES HIGH SCHOOL?
HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 228 students in grades 09-12.
Is HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 8.9:1 (26 FTE teachers).
How diverse is HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES HIGH SCHOOL?
HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 0% White, 66% Hispanic, 32% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.