Enrollment
130
High
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7·NCES 360008405988
JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL
778 FOREST AVE, BRONX, NY 10456 · (718) 402-2429 · Bronx County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL130 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% 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.
- 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
6.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
126 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 9 | 16 | 12% |
| Grade 10 | 40 | 31% |
| Grade 11 | 44 | 34% |
| Grade 12 | 30 | 23% |
Student demographics
47%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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
34.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -14.0pp since 2023
Math
11.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -16.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 16 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 11.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
31.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL
JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (31.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL this school | 130 | 96.9% | 31.0% |
| PROVIDING URBAN LEARNERS SUCCESS IN EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 154 | 96.1% | 71.5% |
| NEW DIRECTIONS SECONDARY SCHOOL BRONX | 123 | 96.7% | 38.7% |
| URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FOR YOUNG WOMEN NEW YORK | 127 | 93.7% | 38.2% |
| BRONX REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 125 | 92.8% | 44.3% |
| JAMES BALDWIN SCHOOL-A SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LRNING NEW YORK | 138 | 92.8% | 58.5% |
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 JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #1,071 of 1,135 | #124 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #1,087 of 1,109 ▼ 173 | #123 of 128 ▼ 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #1,103 of 1,135 ▼ 90 | #130 of 136 ▼ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 130 | #1,157 of 1,216 | #138 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.9% | #30 of 1,167 | #20 of 142 |
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
130
-23 (-15%) vs 2020
-37% since 2010-11, when it was 206
Student : Teacher
6.2:1
was 8.1:1
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 | 130 | 20.9 | 6.2:1 | 97% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 161 | 21.8 | 7.4:1 | 95% (153) |
| 2022-23 | 151 | 20 | 7.5:1 | 92% (139) |
| 2020-21 | 153 | 19 | 8.1:1 | 88% (134) |
| 2017-18 | 189 | 15 | 12.6:1 | 85% (161) |
| 2015-16 | 176 | 16 | 11.0:1 | 64% (113) |
| 2010-11 | 206 | 13 | 15.8:1 | 42% (86) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL.
About JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL
Located in BRONX, New York, JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL is a small high school. The school serves 130 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. For comparison, high schools in New York average about 668 students.
JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL is a school in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7. The district has 41 schools and 13,625 students.
At JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL, Hispanic students make up 65% of the student body. Next come 34% Black. That compares with about 55% Hispanic among all Bronx County residents. JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL's diversity index is 47%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 20.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 6.2 students per teacher. That is 4.8 students per teacher below the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 97% of students.
JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL is graded D by allk12, scoring above 9% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 31.0%, compared with a predicted 39.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
According to the American Community Survey, in Bronx County, the median household income is $48,676, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL is one of 472 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is PS 17, less than a tenth of a mile away. JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 33.7% on proficiency, and JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL is below that at 31.0%.
For locale, NCES codes JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL as City: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 130, a 15% decrease from 153 in 2020-21. The school's ratio fell from 8.1:1 to 6.2:1 between 2020-21 and 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
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Frequently asked questions
About JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL?
JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 130 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL serve?
JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 6.2:1 (21 FTE teachers).
How diverse is JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL?
JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 1% White, 65% Hispanic, 34% Black.
What district is JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL in?
JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7.
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