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HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 1 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Set in BRONX, New York, HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY is an intimate secondary school, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10. It serves 331 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 50% below typical.
Across the 83 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10 (40,459 students total), HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%; the rest reads as 27% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.
Looking at school resources, HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY logs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.8%.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Bronx County indicate median household income runs about $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. In all, Bronx County runs 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), of which HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY is one.
Nearest neighbor: BRONX ACADEMY FOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (BASE), around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY. On composite proficiency, HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.7%.
The school occupies an inner-city site.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY has decreased 18%, going from 406 students in 2018 to 331 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.
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