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INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS
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.
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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS is one of the small four-year high schools in BRONX, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10, with 491 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. That puts it 26% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10 runs 83 schools in total, collectively educating 40,459 students. INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS is one of those campuses.
On demographics, INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS records that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. By comparison, Bronx County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Bronx County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.4%.
In the area at large, Bronx County reports that median household income runs about $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).
Nearest neighbor: CELIA CRUZ BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF MUSIC (THE), around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 46.6%.
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS operates from an inner-city location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 5%: 516 students in 2018 compared to 491 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.
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