HIGH SCHOOL FOR TEACHING AND THE PROFESSIONS

Set in BRONX, New York, HIGH SCHOOL FOR TEACHING AND THE PROFESSIONS is a small high school, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10. It caters to 331 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 50% smaller than the state mean of about 668.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10, which oversees 83 schools and 40,459 students, HIGH SCHOOL FOR TEACHING AND THE PROFESSIONS is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, HIGH SCHOOL FOR TEACHING AND THE PROFESSIONS reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (81%); the rest looks like 15% Black. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting HIGH SCHOOL FOR TEACHING AND THE PROFESSIONS tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HIGH SCHOOL FOR TEACHING AND THE PROFESSIONS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.0%, the actual is 39.8%, a residual of -0.2 points.

In the surrounding community, Bronx County reports that median household earnings sit near $48,676, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. HIGH SCHOOL FOR TEACHING AND THE PROFESSIONS is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

Nearest neighbor: KINGSBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL HIGH 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 TEACHING AND THE PROFESSIONS at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 46.3%.

HIGH SCHOOL FOR TEACHING AND THE PROFESSIONS operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. HIGH SCHOOL FOR TEACHING AND THE PROFESSIONS's enrollment has fell 22% since 2018, when it stood at 424 (now 331). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 76% to 81%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 7.0:1 in 2025.

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