Enrollment
381
High
DISTRICT 325 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12·NCES 360009001767
HIGH SCHOOL OF WORLD CULTURES
1300 BOYNTON AVE, BRONX, NY 10472 · (718) 860-8120 · Bronx County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL381 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
362 students
DISTRICT 95% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
80.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
52.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
381
-51 (-12%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 13.9:1
% White
1%
was 5%
% Hispanic
87%
was 77%
% Black
8%
was 8%
% Asian
3%
was 9%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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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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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Nearby schools
- PAN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT MONROE0.0 mi · 339
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- MOTT HALL V0.1 mi · 636
- PS 1950.1 mi · 713
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Frequently asked questions
About HIGH SCHOOL OF WORLD CULTURESHow many students attend HIGH SCHOOL OF WORLD CULTURES?
HIGH SCHOOL OF WORLD CULTURES enrolls approximately 381 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does HIGH SCHOOL OF WORLD CULTURES serve?
HIGH SCHOOL OF WORLD CULTURES serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at HIGH SCHOOL OF WORLD CULTURES?
Approximately 9.2:1 students per teacher at HIGH SCHOOL OF WORLD CULTURES.
How diverse is HIGH SCHOOL OF WORLD CULTURES?
HIGH SCHOOL OF WORLD CULTURES reports a student body of 1% White, 87% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian.
Who oversees HIGH SCHOOL OF WORLD CULTURES?
HIGH SCHOOL OF WORLD CULTURES is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12 in Bronx County.
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