HIGH SCHOOL OF WORLD CULTURES

HIGH SCHOOL OF WORLD CULTURES operates as a cozy secondary school in BRONX, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12. Current enrollment sits at 381 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 43% leaner than the state mean of about 668.

Across the 47 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12 (15,705 students total), HIGH SCHOOL OF WORLD CULTURES accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, HIGH SCHOOL OF WORLD CULTURES records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (87%). Other groups include 8% Black, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

In terms of school funding signals, HIGH SCHOOL OF WORLD CULTURES logs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Roughly 95% of students at HIGH SCHOOL OF WORLD CULTURES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, HIGH SCHOOL OF WORLD CULTURES sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.0%; this one delivers 52.3%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Bronx County) shows that median household income runs about $48,676, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), HIGH SCHOOL OF WORLD CULTURES is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PAN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT MONROE, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HIGH SCHOOL OF WORLD CULTURES at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 37.8%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. HIGH SCHOOL OF WORLD CULTURES's enrollment has decreased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 432 (now 381). Hispanic enrollment moved from 77% to 87% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 in 2025.

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