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INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 43 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 34 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 96 | 20% |
| Grade 10 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 97 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 86 | 18% |
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.8% | 56.5% |
| 2023-24 | 41.9% | 47.4% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 37% 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%.
Schools most like INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS's state test result (37.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS this school | 491 | 99.4% | 37.4% |
| PAN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ELMHURST | 482 | 99.4% | 50.0% |
| MANHATTAN BRIDGES HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 393 | 97.7% | 74.7% |
| ACADEMY FOR LANGUAGE AND TECHNOLOGY BRONX | 356 | 99.2% | 69.2% |
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW & PUBLIC SERVICE NEW YORK | 505 | 97.2% | 38.0% |
| INWOOD EARLY COLLEGE FOR HEALTH AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES NEW YORK | 380 | 96.6% | 43.8% |
Where INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #989 of 1,135 | #99 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #479 of 1,109 ▲ 188 | #20 of 128 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #1,040 of 1,135 ▲ 30 | #115 of 136 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 491 | #555 of 1,216 | #29 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #634 of 1,058 | #79 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.8% | #1,067 of 1,070 | #126 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #3 of 1,167 | #3 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #608 of 743 | #87 of 96 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 491 | 42.5 | 11.6:1 | 99% (488) |
| 2023-24 | 475 | 47.5 | 10.0:1 | 99% (472) |
| 2022-23 | 469 | 43.3 | 10.8:1 | 98% (461) |
| 2020-21 | 521 | 46 | 11.3:1 | 98% (511) |
| 2017-18 | 516 | 41 | 12.6:1 | 99% (512) |
| 2015-16 | 543 | 37 | 14.7:1 | 96% (522) |
| 2010-11 | 559 | 31 | 18.0:1 | 80% (447) |
About INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS is a small high school in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10, located in BRONX, New York. Enrollment stands at 491 students, covering grades 6 through 12. The school is 26% below the average for high schools in New York.
The 83 schools of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10, including INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS, enroll 40,459 students.
Hispanic students account for 100% of the school's enrollment. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 55%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 1, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS, there are about 11.6 students; the school has 42.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in New York is about 11.0:1. There are 488 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 99% of enrollment. Public schools in Bronx County average 90%.
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 18% of New York public high schools.
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS scores 37.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 38.4%.
Looking at the county, Bronx County, the median household earns about $48,676 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and about 23% of people live in poverty. Counting INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS, Bronx County has 472 public schools.
CELIA CRUZ BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF MUSIC (THE) is the nearest public school to INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 46.6%, higher than INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS's 37.4%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 491, from 521 in 2020-21.
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