Enrollment
289
High
DISTRICT 448 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11·NCES 360008805543
HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
800 E GUN HILL RD, BRONX, NY 10467 · (718) 944-5610 · Bronx County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL289 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of New York public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
7.5:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
273 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 59 | 20% |
| Grade 10 | 78 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 62 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 90 | 31% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
44.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
9.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 9.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
20.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS's state test result (20.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS this school | 289 | 94.5% | 20.0% |
| BRONX LAB SCHOOL BRONX | 258 | 92.6% | 50.0% |
| WINGS ACADEMY BRONX | 230 | 93.9% | 33.2% |
| BRONX AEROSPACE HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 374 | 92.0% | 22.2% |
| BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF GLOBAL FINANCE (THE) BROOKLYN | 222 | 97.3% | 18.0% |
| ROCKAWAY PARK HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ROCKAWAY PARK | 232 | 90.5% | 19.2% |
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 HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #1,129 of 1,135 | #136 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.0% | #1,095 of 1,109 ▼ 29 | #125 of 128 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,021 of 1,135 ▲ 98 | #111 of 136 ▲ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 289 | #941 of 1,216 | #108 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.5:1 | #32 of 1,058 | #8 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.9% | #295 of 1,070 | #17 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.5% | #93 of 1,167 | #57 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.2% | #67 of 743 | #23 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
289
-36 (-11%) vs 2020
-38% since 2010-11, when it was 464
Student : Teacher
7.5:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 289 | 38.7 | 7.5:1 | 94% (273) |
| 2023-24 | 283 | 32.1 | 8.8:1 | 90% (255) |
| 2022-23 | 283 | 29.6 | 9.6:1 | 89% (252) |
| 2020-21 | 325 | 29 | 11.2:1 | 86% (280) |
| 2017-18 | 446 | 23 | 19.4:1 | 77% (343) |
| 2015-16 | 491 | 25 | 19.6:1 | 69% (338) |
| 2010-11 | 464 | 24 | 19.3:1 | 95% (441) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS.
About HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS is a high school in BRONX, New York, and it is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11. Enrollment stands at 289 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 57% below the 668-student average for high schools in New York.
HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS is in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11, a district with 30,138 students across 62 schools.
The largest racial or ethnic group at HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS is Hispanic, with 48% of students. The remaining shares are 43% Black, 2% White, and 2% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS scores 58%.
Its ratio of 7.5:1 is based on 38.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. High schools in New York average 11.0:1, 3.6 more students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 94%.
HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 0% of New York public high schools.
HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS is a bottom-10% school in New York on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 20.0% against a predicted 40.3%.
American Community Survey estimates for Bronx County show that 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's public schools total 472, with about 202,028 students.
Among nearby public schools, BRONX LAB SCHOOL is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 41.7%, higher than HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS's 20.0%.
NCES assigns HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 325 (2020-21) to 289 (2024-25). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 11.2:1 to 7.5:1.
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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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- PS 83 DONALD HERTZElementary · 1,451 students
- RIVERDALE/KINGSBRIDGE ACADEMY (MS/HS 141)High · 1,383 students
Nearby schools
- BRONX LAB SCHOOL0.0 mi · 258
- BRONX AEROSPACE HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 374
- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR WRITING AND COMMUNICATION ARTS0.0 mi · 198
- BRONX ACADEMY OF HEALTH CAREERS0.0 mi · 306
- HIGH SCHOOL OF COMPUTERS AND TECHNOLOGY0.0 mi · 472
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-NYC 60.1 mi · 59
Frequently asked questions
About HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTSWhat is the total enrollment at HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS?
HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS enrolls approximately 289 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS serve?
HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS have?
HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.5:1.
How diverse is HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS?
HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS reports a student body of 2% White, 48% Hispanic, 43% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS in?
HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11.
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