Enrollment
169
Middle
DISTRICT 180 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7·NCES 360008405785
SOUTH BRONX ACADEMY FOR APPLIED MEDIA
778 FOREST AVE, BRONX, NY 10456 · (718) 401-0059 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL169 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of New York public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public middle schools
Student : Teacher
6.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.8:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
164 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 61 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 49 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 59 | 35% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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.
Gender split
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
32.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
27.5%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 27.5% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 29.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
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
33.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 →
Schools most like SOUTH BRONX ACADEMY FOR APPLIED MEDIA
SOUTH BRONX ACADEMY FOR APPLIED MEDIA's state test result (33.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH BRONX ACADEMY FOR APPLIED MEDIA this school | 169 | 97.0% | 33.3% |
| NEW PATHWAYS ACADEMY BRONX | 137 | 97.8% | 41.0% |
| MS 301 PAUL L DUNBAR BRONX | 148 | 95.9% | 18.5% |
| IS 229 ROLAND PATTERSON BRONX | 177 | 92.7% | 34.9% |
| SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS BRONX | 137 | 97.1% | 35.7% |
| ST. HOPE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL NEW YORK | 184 | 96.7% | 39.0% |
Matched among New York middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where SOUTH BRONX ACADEMY FOR APPLIED MEDIA ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #686 of 766 | #55 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #721 of 768 ▼ 16 | #63 of 74 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #656 of 768 ▼ 112 | #56 of 74 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 169 | #723 of 796 | #61 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.0% | #34 of 773 | #23 of 75 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.1% | #70 of 524 | #30 of 59 |
Ranked against other public middle 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. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
169
-70 (-29%) vs 2020
-38% since 2010-11, when it was 274
Student : Teacher
6.4:1
was 9.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 169 | 26.3 | 6.4:1 | 97% (164) |
| 2023-24 | 185 | 27.5 | 6.7:1 | 97% (179) |
| 2022-23 | 225 | 27.3 | 8.2:1 | 95% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 239 | 26 | 9.2:1 | 94% (224) |
| 2017-18 | 249 | 23 | 10.8:1 | 93% (232) |
| 2015-16 | 336 | 26 | 12.9:1 | 82% (274) |
| 2010-11 | 274 | 22 | 12.4:1 | 87% (238) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTH BRONX ACADEMY FOR APPLIED MEDIA.
About SOUTH BRONX ACADEMY FOR APPLIED MEDIA
At 778 FOREST AVE in BRONX, New York, SOUTH BRONX ACADEMY FOR APPLIED MEDIA operates as a small middle school. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 169 students. An average school in this group (middle schools in New York) has about 531 students.
District-wide, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7 has 41 schools and 13,625 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at SOUTH BRONX ACADEMY FOR APPLIED MEDIA, at 61%. Other students are 37% Black. The school's diversity index is 49%, meaning two students picked at random have a 49% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 26.3 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 6.4:1. This ratio sits 3.9 below the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. Roughly 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades SOUTH BRONX ACADEMY FOR APPLIED MEDIA a C-. The grade compares the school only with New York public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, SOUTH BRONX ACADEMY FOR APPLIED MEDIA is 6.0 points below its prediction. Actual: 33.3%. Predicted: 39.3%.
Federal survey data for Bronx County show that the median household income is $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 472 public schools in Bronx County, enrolling about 202,028 students in all.
The closest public school, ACADEMY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, is less than a tenth of a mile from SOUTH BRONX ACADEMY FOR APPLIED MEDIA. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, SOUTH BRONX ACADEMY FOR APPLIED MEDIA is 5th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 29% enrollment decrease, from 239 in 2020-21 to 169 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 9.2:1 in 2020-21 to 6.4:1 in 2024-25.
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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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Nearby schools
- ACADEMY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS0.0 mi · 132
- JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 130
- PS 170.0 mi · 692
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Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH BRONX ACADEMY FOR APPLIED MEDIAHow many students attend SOUTH BRONX ACADEMY FOR APPLIED MEDIA?
SOUTH BRONX ACADEMY FOR APPLIED MEDIA enrolls approximately 169 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does SOUTH BRONX ACADEMY FOR APPLIED MEDIA serve?
SOUTH BRONX ACADEMY FOR APPLIED MEDIA serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at SOUTH BRONX ACADEMY FOR APPLIED MEDIA?
Approximately 6.4:1 students per teacher at SOUTH BRONX ACADEMY FOR APPLIED MEDIA.
How diverse is SOUTH BRONX ACADEMY FOR APPLIED MEDIA?
SOUTH BRONX ACADEMY FOR APPLIED MEDIA reports a student body of 1% White, 61% Hispanic, 37% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is SOUTH BRONX ACADEMY FOR APPLIED MEDIA public or private?
SOUTH BRONX ACADEMY FOR APPLIED MEDIA is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.