RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL FOR MUSICAL THEATER AND THE ARTS

RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL FOR MUSICAL THEATER AND THE ARTS is a modestly sized secondary school in BRONX, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8. The school educates 385 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL FOR MUSICAL THEATER AND THE ARTS sits 42% leaner than that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8 comprises 52 schools with combined enrollment of 21,621 students; RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL FOR MUSICAL THEATER AND THE ARTS is among them.

On the student-mix side, RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL FOR MUSICAL THEATER AND THE ARTS records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 65% of enrollment. Other groups include 27% Black, 3% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the income-and-resources front, RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL FOR MUSICAL THEATER AND THE ARTS records 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL FOR MUSICAL THEATER AND THE ARTS tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL FOR MUSICAL THEATER AND THE ARTS is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 43.0%; this one delivers 63.3%, a residual of +20.3 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Bronx County indicate median household income runs about $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. In all, Bronx County runs 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), of which RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL FOR MUSICAL THEATER AND THE ARTS is one.

The closest other public school is HERBERT H LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL FOR MUSICAL THEATER AND THE ARTS. On composite proficiency, RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL FOR MUSICAL THEATER AND THE ARTS comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 45.6%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 14%: 449 students in 2018 compared to 385 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 8% to 3% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

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