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Enrollment
646
High
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7·NCES 360008405521
LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223
360 E 145TH ST, BRONX, NY 10454 · (718) 585-8202 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL646 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of New York public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
11.3:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
620 students
DISTRICT 95% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 9 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 92 | 14% |
Student demographics
35%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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
59.1%
NY avg 58.3% . -5.7pp since 2023
Math
67.3%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.1% | 67.3% |
| 2023-24 | 64.8% | 63.8% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
60.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in New York's top 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 LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223
LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223's state test result (60.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223 this school | 646 | 96.0% | 60.7% |
| BRONX SCHOOL FOR LAW GOVERNMENT AND JUSTICE BRONX | 683 | 96.8% | 38.2% |
| COMPREHENSIVE MODEL SCHOOL PROJECT MS 327 BRONX | 670 | 93.4% | 47.4% |
| BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS BRONX | 589 | 93.5% | 33.4% |
| WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE BRONX | 575 | 95.1% | 23.3% |
| DR RICHARD IZQUIERDO HEALTH AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 733 | 99.0% | 31.7% |
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 LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223 ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #527 of 1,135 | #17 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #308 of 1,109 ▲ 144 | #6 of 128 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #801 of 1,135 ▼ 65 | #58 of 136 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 646 | #395 of 1,216 | #14 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #569 of 1,058 | #71 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.3% | #740 of 1,070 | #111 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.0% | #58 of 1,167 | #40 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #579 of 743 | #86 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 2024-25Enrollment
646
-72 (-10%) vs 2020
+32% since 2010-11, when it was 489
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 646 | 57.3 | 11.3:1 | 96% (620) |
| 2023-24 | 637 | 56.8 | 11.2:1 | 95% (603) |
| 2022-23 | 633 | 54.7 | 11.6:1 | 95% (603) |
| 2020-21 | 718 | 53 | 13.6:1 | 95% (684) |
| 2017-18 | 685 | 50 | 13.7:1 | 97% (667) |
| 2015-16 | 596 | 46 | 13.0:1 | 96% (572) |
| 2010-11 | 489 | 37 | 13.2:1 | 96% (470) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223.
About LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223
LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223 is a mid-sized high school in BRONX, New York, (ZIP code 10454). Students in grades 6 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 646 students.
LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223 sits within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7, which has 41 schools and 13,625 students.
The share of Hispanic students at LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223 is 78%, a majority. Other students are 19% Black. That is higher than the 55% Hispanic share among all Bronx County residents. A diversity index of 35% means there is a 35% chance two randomly chosen students at LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223 are from different groups.
For every teacher at LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223, there are about 11.3 students; the school has 57.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among high schools in New York is similar, at 11.0:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 96%.
On the allk12 Grade, LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223 lands at B+, ahead of 68% of New York public high schools.
LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223 posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 60.7%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in New York are predicted to post 39.7%, so the school is 21.0 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Bronx County show that median household income comes to about $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bronx County counts 472 public schools with about 202,028 students.
Among nearby public schools, SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223 is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 45.1% proficiency; LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223 posts 60.7%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 10% decline, from 718 to 646. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 13.6:1 to 11.3:1.
The discussion board for LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223 is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Quick facts
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- UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGEHigh · 596 students
- PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE)Elementary · 538 students
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- ATMOSPHERE ACADEMY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLHigh · 1,481 students
- PS 83 DONALD HERTZElementary · 1,451 students
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Nearby schools
- SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL0.0 mi · 603
- LEGACY COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 747
- ACCESS BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 462
- BRILLA COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 739
- CREO COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 360
- PS 18 JOHN PETER ZENGER0.2 mi · 271
Frequently asked questions
About LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223How large is LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223?
LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223 enrolls approximately 646 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223 serve?
LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223 serves grades 06-12.
How many students per teacher at LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223.
How diverse is LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223?
LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223 reports a student body of 1% White, 78% Hispanic, 19% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223?
LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223 is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7 in Bronx County.
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