HIGH SCHOOL FOR VIOLIN AND DANCE

HIGH SCHOOL FOR VIOLIN AND DANCE is one of the minimally staffed senior highs in BRONX, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9, with 106 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 84% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

Across the 70 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 (23,786 students total), HIGH SCHOOL FOR VIOLIN AND DANCE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, HIGH SCHOOL FOR VIOLIN AND DANCE lists that 69% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 25% Black, 3% White. By comparison, Bronx County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, HIGH SCHOOL FOR VIOLIN AND DANCE records 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Roughly 96% of students at HIGH SCHOOL FOR VIOLIN AND DANCE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HIGH SCHOOL FOR VIOLIN AND DANCE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.6%, the actual is 35.0%, a residual of -4.6 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Bronx County) reports that median household earnings sit near $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. In all, Bronx County runs 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), of which HIGH SCHOOL FOR VIOLIN AND DANCE is one.

Nearest neighbor: MORRIS ACADEMY FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES, 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 VIOLIN AND DANCE at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 47.0%.

HIGH SCHOOL FOR VIOLIN AND DANCE operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 60%: 262 students in 2018 compared to 106 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 32% to 25% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 6.4:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the HIGH SCHOOL FOR VIOLIN AND DANCE community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.