LONGWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMY

LONGWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMY operates as a tight-knit 9-12 campus in BRONX, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8. Current enrollment sits at 352 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 47% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

LONGWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one of 52 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8, a district that hosts 21,621 students overall.

Looking at the student body, LONGWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMY reports that 66% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder consists of 30% Black. By comparison, Bronx County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, LONGWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMY shows 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LONGWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.7%, the actual is 32.7%, a residual of -7.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Bronx County) records that median household income runs about $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. LONGWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

Nearest neighbor: LONGWOOD ACADEMY OF DISCOVERY (THE), around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LONGWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMY. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LONGWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMY ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 37.4%.

LONGWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMY operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 72%: 205 students in 2018 compared to 352 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the LONGWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMY community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.