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Enrollment
460
High
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7·NCES 360008400757
HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
600 ST ANNS AVE, BRONX, NY 10455 · (718) 402-5640 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL460 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of New York public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public high schools
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
415 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 47 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 47 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 89 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 63 | 14% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
55.8%
NY avg 58.3% . -0.7pp since 2023
Math
53.7%
NY avg 57.4% . +15.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.8% | 53.7% |
| 2023-24 | 56.5% | 38.3% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
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
43.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 →
Schools most like HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE's state test result (43.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE this school | 460 | 90.2% | 43.8% |
| FANNIE LOU HAMER FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 414 | 90.8% | 63.0% |
| GLOBAL LEARNING COLLABORATIVE (THE) NEW YORK | 393 | 92.1% | 38.7% |
| ALFRED E SMITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 412 | 92.7% | 37.5% |
| CAREERS IN SPORTS HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 446 | 94.8% | 31.7% |
| BRONX COLLEGIATE ACADEMY BRONX | 429 | 90.4% | 45.0% |
Matched among New York high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #859 of 1,135 | #68 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #532 of 1,109 ▲ 238 | #22 of 128 ▲ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #861 of 1,135 ▲ 21 | #71 of 136 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 460 | #602 of 1,216 | #36 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #473 of 1,058 | #59 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.0% | #661 of 1,070 | #99 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.2% | #215 of 1,167 | #103 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #471 of 743 | #77 of 96 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
460
-110 (-19%) vs 2020
-23% since 2010-11, when it was 601
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 15.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 460 | 42.7 | 10.8:1 | 90% (415) |
| 2023-24 | 490 | 42.8 | 11.4:1 | 90% (441) |
| 2022-23 | 518 | 44.8 | 11.6:1 | 87% (451) |
| 2020-21 | 570 | 36 | 15.8:1 | 86% (489) |
| 2017-18 | 504 | 33 | 15.3:1 | 86% (433) |
| 2015-16 | 518 | 34 | 15.2:1 | 80% (414) |
| 2010-11 | 601 | 34 | 17.7:1 | 75% (451) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE.
About HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE is a small high school in New York, with an address in BRONX. It teaches 460 students in grades 6 through 12. By comparison, high schools in New York enroll about 668 students on average.
HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE is run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7, whose 41 schools enroll 13,625 students.
More than half of enrollment at HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE is Hispanic: 73%. Other groups include 24% Black. The county population is about 55% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE scores 41%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE is 10.8:1, based on 42.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Lunch program data show 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Bronx County is similar, at 90%.
On the allk12 Grade, HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE lands at C, ahead of 29% of New York public high schools.
HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE is 2.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (43.8% versus 41.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
In the wider Bronx County area, median household income comes to about $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of people live in poverty. Bronx County's 472 public schools enroll about 202,028 students and include HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE.
Of the public schools around it, HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE is closest to IS 584, less than a tenth of a mile away. HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 52.7% on proficiency, and HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE is below that at 43.8%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Enrollment was 460 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 570. The ratio was 15.8:1 in 2020-21 and 10.8:1 in 2024-25.
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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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Frequently asked questions
About HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCEHow large is HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE?
HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE enrolls approximately 460 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE serve?
HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE serves grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE is approximately 10.8:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE?
Student demographics at HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE are roughly 1% White, 73% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE?
HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7 in Bronx County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.