NEW DIRECTIONS SECONDARY SCHOOL

Set in BRONX, New York, NEW DIRECTIONS SECONDARY SCHOOL is a minimally staffed 9-12 campus, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9. It enrolls 123 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 82% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

NEW DIRECTIONS SECONDARY SCHOOL is one of 70 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9, a district that works with 23,786 students overall.

Demographically, NEW DIRECTIONS SECONDARY SCHOOL logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%; the rest breaks down as 28% Black, 3% White. By comparison, Bronx County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting NEW DIRECTIONS SECONDARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 97% of students at NEW DIRECTIONS SECONDARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, NEW DIRECTIONS SECONDARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.4%, the actual is 38.7%, a residual of -0.7 points.

Around the school, census data for Bronx County shows median household earnings sit near $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), NEW DIRECTIONS SECONDARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: DREAMYARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NEW DIRECTIONS SECONDARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 39.0%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. NEW DIRECTIONS SECONDARY SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 45% since 2018, when it stood at 222 (now 123). Class-load math has fell: from 9.5:1 in 2018 to 6.3:1 in 2025.

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