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SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL
SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL is a four-year high school of moderately sized scale in BRONX, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7, serveing 603 students in grades 6 through 12.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7 runs 41 schools in total, collectively educating 13,625 students. SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
Demographically, SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL lists that 71% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 26% Black. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL has 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
With demographic context factored in, SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.1%.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Bronx County) shows that median household earnings sit near $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.5%.
The campus sits in a city-core setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 9%: 661 students in 2018 compared to 603 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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