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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10·NCES 360008705938

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS

2780 RESERVOIR AVE, BRONX, NY 10468 · (718) 329-8570 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL491 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of New York public high schools
  • 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
491
High
DISTRICT 540 · STATE 668
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
488 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 6439%
Grade 7347%
Grade 84810%
Grade 99620%
Grade 108718%
Grade 119720%
Grade 128618%
Student demographics
1%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
10%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
489100%
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
10%
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 16% · US 15%
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
Male
26654%
Female
22546%

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
42.8%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
56.5%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.1pp since 2023

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 yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2542.8%56.5%
2023-2441.9%47.4%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation

What 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%.

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 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.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS this school49199.4%37.4%
PAN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
ELMHURST
48299.4%50.0%
MANHATTAN BRIDGES HIGH SCHOOL
NEW YORK
39397.7%74.7%
ACADEMY FOR LANGUAGE AND TECHNOLOGY
BRONX
35699.2%69.2%
HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW & PUBLIC SERVICE
NEW YORK
50597.2%38.0%
INWOOD EARLY COLLEGE FOR HEALTH AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
NEW YORK
38096.6%43.8%
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 INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn 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
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 2024-25
Enrollment
491
-30 (-6%) vs 2020
-12% since 2010-11, when it was 559
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 11.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2549142.511.6:199% (488)
2023-2447547.510.0:199% (472)
2022-2346943.310.8:198% (461)
2020-215214611.3:198% (511)
2017-185164112.6:199% (512)
2015-165433714.7:196% (522)
2010-115593118.0:180% (447)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS.

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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Bronx County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS
District
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10
Address
2780 RESERVOIR AVE, BRONX, NY 10468
Phone
(718) 329-8570
County
Bronx County
Level
High
Grade range
06–12
Total enrollment
491
Teachers (FTE)
42
Student–teacher ratio
11.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
488 (99%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
360008705938
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS
How many students attend INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS?
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS enrolls approximately 491 students in grades 06-12.
Is INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS an elementary, middle, or high school?
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many teachers does INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS have?
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the student diversity at INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS?
Student demographics at INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS are roughly 0% White, 100% Hispanic, 0% Black.
What district is INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS in?
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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