HIGHBRIDGE GREEN SCHOOL (THE)
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 HIGHBRIDGE GREEN SCHOOL (THE)
HIGHBRIDGE GREEN SCHOOL (THE) operates as a compact 6-8 campus in BRONX, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9. Current enrollment sits at 383 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 28% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.
Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9, which oversees 70 schools and 23,786 students, HIGHBRIDGE GREEN SCHOOL (THE) is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, HIGHBRIDGE GREEN SCHOOL (THE) lists that 75% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 22% Black, 2% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, HIGHBRIDGE GREEN SCHOOL (THE) has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting HIGHBRIDGE GREEN SCHOOL (THE) tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at HIGHBRIDGE GREEN SCHOOL (THE) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Bronx County's rate of about 90%.
After controlling for student poverty, HIGHBRIDGE GREEN SCHOOL (THE) tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.7%.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Bronx County) records that median household earnings sit near $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), HIGHBRIDGE GREEN SCHOOL (THE) is one campus in the mix.
PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HIGHBRIDGE GREEN SCHOOL (THE). Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HIGHBRIDGE GREEN SCHOOL (THE) at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 38.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HIGHBRIDGE GREEN SCHOOL (THE) has contracted 4%, going from 397 students in 2018 to 383 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 in 2025.
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