Enrollment
352
High
DISTRICT 380 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8·NCES 360008502968
LONGWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMY
965 LONGWOOD AVE, BRONX, NY 10459 · (718) 860-1242 · Bronx County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL352 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
338 students
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
44.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -15.0pp since 2023
Math
21.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 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
352
+147 (+72%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 9.3:1
% White
1%
was 2%
% Hispanic
66%
was 68%
% Black
30%
was 28%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
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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 # 8
- HERBERT H LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,087 students
- PS 71 ROSE E SCALAElementary · 1,079 students
- PS 14 SENATOR JOHN CALANDRAElementary · 718 students
- PS 36 UNIONPORTElementary · 660 students
- PS 152 EVERGREENElementary · 634 students
- PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEYElementary · 598 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
- LONGWOOD ACADEMY OF DISCOVERY (THE)0.2 mi · 439
- PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT0.2 mi · 291
- GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE BRONX0.2 mi · 402
- MS 302 LUISA DESSUS CRUZ0.2 mi · 319
- PS 62 INOCENSIO CASANOVA0.3 mi · 427
- BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS0.3 mi · 589
Frequently asked questions
About LONGWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMYWhat is the total enrollment at LONGWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
LONGWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMY enrolls approximately 352 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does LONGWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMY serve?
LONGWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMY serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does LONGWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMY have?
LONGWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMY employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.2:1.
What is the student diversity at LONGWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
Student demographics at LONGWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMY are roughly 1% White, 66% Hispanic, 30% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is LONGWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMY in?
LONGWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMY is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8.
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