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What do students at LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223 actually talk about outside of class?
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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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
646
-39 (-6%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 13.7:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
78%
was 80%
% Black
19%
was 18%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223
LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223 is a high school of average-sized scale in BRONX, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7, hosting 646 students in grades 6 through 12.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7 comprises 41 schools with combined enrollment of 13,625 students; LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223 is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223 shows that 78% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 19% Black. By comparison, Bronx County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223 sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 39.7%; actual is 60.7%, +21.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Bronx County indicate median household earnings sit near $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. LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223 is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).
Nearest neighbor: SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223 ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 41.8%.
The campus sits in a high-density setting.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 6%: 685 students in 2018 compared to 646 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.
In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7
- HERO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 733 students
- PS 5 PORT MORRISElementary · 630 students
- PS/MS 29 MELROSE SCHOOLElementary · 606 students
- SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOLHigh · 603 students
- UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGEHigh · 596 students
- PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE)Elementary · 538 students
Other schools in BRONX
- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE)High · 2,953 students
- KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL IIICombined · 2,390 students
- HARRY S TRUMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- ATMOSPHERE ACADEMY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLHigh · 1,481 students
- PS 83 DONALD HERTZElementary · 1,451 students
- RIVERDALE/KINGSBRIDGE ACADEMY (MS/HS 141)High · 1,383 students
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.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.