NEW SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP AND JOURNALISM (THE)

Set in BRONX, New York, NEW SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP AND JOURNALISM (THE) is a middle-of-the-pack junior high, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10. It teaches 555 students across grades 6 through 8.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10 comprises 83 schools with combined enrollment of 40,459 students; NEW SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP AND JOURNALISM (THE) is among them.

On demographics, NEW SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP AND JOURNALISM (THE) records that nearly all students (88%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 7% Black, 3% White. By comparison, Bronx County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, NEW SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP AND JOURNALISM (THE) records 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Bronx County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NEW SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP AND JOURNALISM (THE) performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.5%, the actual is 45.8%, a residual of +7.3 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Bronx County put the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bronx County runs 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), of which NEW SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP AND JOURNALISM (THE) is one.

Nearest neighbor: MARIE CURIE HIGH SCHOOL-NURSING, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, NEW SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP AND JOURNALISM (THE) comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 49.3%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NEW SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP AND JOURNALISM (THE) has decreased 25%, going from 739 students in 2018 to 555 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 80% to 88%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the NEW SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP AND JOURNALISM (THE) community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.