HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS

HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS is one of the cozy senior highs in BRONX, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11, with 289 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS sits 57% smaller than that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11 runs 62 schools in total, collectively educating 30,138 students. HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 43% Black, 2% White, 2% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS logs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS tighter than the state norm the norm. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 40.3%; actual is 20.0%, a gap of -20.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Bronx County put the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BRONX LAB SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 41.7%.

HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 35%: 446 students in 2018 compared to 289 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 57% to 48% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 7.5:1 today.

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