KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

As a close-knit secondary school in BRONX, New York, KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL teaches 461 students from grades 9 through 12, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 31% below typical.

Across the 83 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10 (40,459 students total), KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 69%. The remainder looks like 22% Black, 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.2%.

Zooming out to the county, Bronx County reports that median household income runs about $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 40.8%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL has contracted 5%, going from 484 students in 2018 to 461 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 27% to 22%.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.