NEW WORLD HIGH SCHOOL

NEW WORLD HIGH SCHOOL is one of the cozy four-year high schools in BRONX, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11, with 287 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so NEW WORLD HIGH SCHOOL sits 57% below that benchmark.

NEW WORLD HIGH SCHOOL is one of 62 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11, a district that enrolls 30,138 students overall.

On the student-mix side, NEW WORLD HIGH SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 72% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 17% Black, 6% White, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, NEW WORLD HIGH SCHOOL has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NEW WORLD HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.8%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Bronx County put median household earnings sit near $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. NEW WORLD HIGH SCHOOL is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

BRONXWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMY (THE) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NEW WORLD HIGH SCHOOL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 43.7%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NEW WORLD HIGH SCHOOL has shrank 28%, going from 396 students in 2018 to 287 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 65% to 72%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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