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Enrollment
445
High
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9·NCES 360008605693
MORRIS ACADEMY FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES
1110 BOSTON RD, BRONX, NY 10456 · (718) 617-5312 · Bronx County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of New York public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
10.1:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
428 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 9 | 91 | 20% |
| Grade 10 | 126 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 112 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 116 | 26% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
50.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -25.0pp since 2023
Math
21.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 50 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 25 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 21.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% 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 →
Schools most like MORRIS ACADEMY FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES
MORRIS ACADEMY FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORRIS ACADEMY FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES this school | 445 | 96.2% | 44.0% |
| THEATRE ARTS PRODUCTION COMPANY SCHOOL BRONX | 427 | 95.6% | 45.4% |
| CAREERS IN SPORTS HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 446 | 94.8% | 31.7% |
| JUAN MOREL CAMPOS SECONDARY SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 458 | 95.2% | 43.5% |
| FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 423 | 96.5% | 49.8% |
| BRONX INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 411 | 94.6% | 64.5% |
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 MORRIS ACADEMY FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #852 of 1,135 | #67 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #996 of 1,109 ▼ 104 | #100 of 128 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #953 of 1,135 ▼ 400 | #95 of 136 ▼ 65 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #626 of 1,216 | #43 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #338 of 1,058 | #42 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.7% | #649 of 1,070 | #94 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.2% | #50 of 1,167 | #35 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.0% | #132 of 339 | #13 of 32 |
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
445
-18 (-4%) vs 2020
+3% since 2010-11, when it was 433
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
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 | 445 | 43.9 | 10.1:1 | 96% (428) |
| 2023-24 | 400 | 36.4 | 11.0:1 | 97% (386) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 37.1 | 11.7:1 | 93% (404) |
| 2020-21 | 463 | 34 | 13.6:1 | 95% (442) |
| 2017-18 | 401 | 34 | 11.8:1 | 95% (379) |
| 2015-16 | 440 | 30 | 14.7:1 | 90% (395) |
| 2010-11 | 433 | 31 | 14.0:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MORRIS ACADEMY FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES.
About MORRIS ACADEMY FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES
MORRIS ACADEMY FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES is a small high school with an address in BRONX, New York. It covers grades 9 through 12, with a total enrollment of 445 students. Statewide, high schools in New York average about 668 students each.
MORRIS ACADEMY FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES is run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9, whose 70 schools enroll 23,786 students.
By race and ethnicity, MORRIS ACADEMY FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES is 71% Hispanic. The school is also 26% Black. That is higher than the 55% Hispanic share among all Bronx County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at MORRIS ACADEMY FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 42%.
A ratio of 10.1:1 comes from the school's 43.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, high schools in New York average 11.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 96% in 2024-25.
Measured against New York public high schools, MORRIS ACADEMY FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For MORRIS ACADEMY FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES, the prediction is 39.6% and the result is 44.0%.
Bronx County census figures show that median household income is about $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MORRIS ACADEMY FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES is among the 472 public schools in Bronx County.
The school nearest to MORRIS ACADEMY FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES is HIGH SCHOOL FOR VIOLIN AND DANCE, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, MORRIS ACADEMY FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES is 3rd on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 4%, from 463 to 445. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.6:1 in 2020-21, and 10.1:1 in 2024-25.
The MORRIS ACADEMY FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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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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
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR VIOLIN AND DANCE0.0 mi · 106
- SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE0.0 mi · 99
- BRONX INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 411
- SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL III0.2 mi · 518
- BRONX CAREER AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 124
- BRONX LATIN SCHOOL0.2 mi · 452
Frequently asked questions
About MORRIS ACADEMY FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIESHow large is MORRIS ACADEMY FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES?
MORRIS ACADEMY FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES enrolls approximately 445 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does MORRIS ACADEMY FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES serve?
MORRIS ACADEMY FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MORRIS ACADEMY FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MORRIS ACADEMY FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES is approximately 10.1:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MORRIS ACADEMY FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES?
At MORRIS ACADEMY FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES, the student body is approximately 1% White, 71% Hispanic, 26% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is MORRIS ACADEMY FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES public or private?
MORRIS ACADEMY FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9.
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