HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE

Set in BRONX, New York, HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE is an intimate four-year high school, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7. It caters to 460 students across grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 31% below the state mean of about 668.

HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE is one of 41 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7, a district that teaches 13,625 students overall.

On demographics, HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 73%. Beyond that, the school records 24% Black. By comparison, Bronx County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.8:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 90% of students at HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.8%; this one delivers 43.8%.

In the broader community, census data for Bronx County shows median household income runs about $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bronx County runs 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), of which HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE is one.

Nearest neighbor: IS 584, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. On composite proficiency, HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 62.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE has edged down 9%, going from 504 students in 2018 to 460 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

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