Enrollment
99
High
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9·NCES 360008605175
SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE
1100 BOSTON RD, BRONX, NY 10456 · (718)860-1385 · Bronx County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL99 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
5.3:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
95 students
DISTRICT 96% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2023-24
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 34 | 34% |
| Grade 10 | 21 | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 29 | 29% |
| Grade 12 | 14 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 1% |
Student demographics
47%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.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2023-24 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
44.0%
NY avg 53.2%
Math
20.0%
NY avg 56.5%
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 53 and 56.
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
35.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% 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 →
Where SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 99 | #1,173 of 1,216 | #143 of 145 |
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.
6-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2023-24Enrollment
99
-273 (-73%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
4.7:1
was 15.0:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
65%
was 71%
% Black
33%
was 25%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 99 | 21 | 4.7:1 | 96% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 101 | 19.2 | 5.3:1 | 96% (97) |
| 2017-18 | 372 | 24.8 | 15.0:1 | 86% (319) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE.
About SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE
SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE is a small high school in New York, located in BRONX. The school counts 99 students across grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 85% smaller than the 668 average for high schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 enrolls 23,786 students, and its 70 schools include SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE.
Hispanic students are the majority at SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE, with 65% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 33% Black. Among all residents of Bronx County, the Hispanic share is about 55%. Pick two students at random and there is a 47% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE operates with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 5.3:1. That is lower than the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. About 96% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE is 4.7 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 35.0% actual, 39.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
Census Bureau estimates for Bronx County show that the median household income is $48,676, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 23%. There are 472 public schools in Bronx County, enrolling about 202,028 students in all.
The next-closest public school is HIGH SCHOOL FOR VIOLIN AND DANCE, less than a tenth of a mile away. SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE's average proficiency of 35.0% compares with 47.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE reported 372 students in 2017-18 and 99 in 2023-24. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. The student mix also changed: the Black share rose from 25% to 33%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.0:1 in 2017-18 to 4.7:1 in 2023-24.
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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
- BRONX INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 411
- MORRIS ACADEMY FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES0.0 mi · 445
- 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 SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCEHow many students attend SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE?
SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE enrolls approximately 99 students in grades 09-12.
Is SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE an elementary, middle, or high school?
SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE have?
SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 5.3:1.
How diverse is SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE?
SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE reports a student body of 1% White, 65% Hispanic, 33% Black.
Who oversees SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE?
SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 in Bronx County.
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