JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL

As an one-room-style senior high in BRONX, New York, JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL serves 130 students from grades 9 through 12, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL sits 81% below that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7 runs 41 schools in total, collectively educating 13,625 students. JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%. Other groups include 34% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Roughly 97% of students at JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.4%, the actual is 31.0%, a residual of -8.3 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Bronx County) reports that median household income runs about $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PS 17, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 33.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL has decreased 31%, going from 189 students in 2018 to 130 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 6.2:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.