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Enrollment
603
High
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7·NCES 360008405650
SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL
360 E 145TH ST, BRONX, NY 10454 · (718) 292-2211 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL603 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of New York public high schools
- C-Test 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
577 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 11 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 94 | 16% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
43%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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
54.6%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
37.4%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.6% | 37.4% |
| 2023-24 | 54.1% | 32.5% |
% 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
42.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% 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 →
Schools most like SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL
SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL's state test result (42.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL this school | 603 | 95.7% | 42.1% |
| EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE BRONX | 654 | 95.1% | 34.3% |
| URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR APPLIED MATH AND SCIENCE (THE) BRONX | 530 | 98.3% | 30.4% |
| BRONX SCHOOL FOR LAW GOVERNMENT AND JUSTICE BRONX | 683 | 96.8% | 38.2% |
| JUAN MOREL CAMPOS SECONDARY SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 458 | 95.2% | 43.5% |
| MORRIS ACADEMY FOR COLLABORATIVE STUDIES BRONX | 445 | 96.2% | 44.0% |
Matched among New York high 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 PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #896 of 1,135 | #74 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #777 of 1,109 ▲ 78 | #52 of 128 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #881 of 1,135 ▲ 34 | #75 of 136 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 603 | #436 of 1,216 | #18 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #352 of 1,058 | #44 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.6% | #634 of 1,070 | #88 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.7% | #63 of 1,167 | #44 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #468 of 743 | #74 of 96 |
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. 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
603
-41 (-6%) vs 2020
+2% since 2010-11, when it was 589
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 603 | 58.9 | 10.2:1 | 96% (577) |
| 2023-24 | 614 | 57 | 10.8:1 | 95% (581) |
| 2022-23 | 641 | 57.4 | 11.2:1 | 94% (605) |
| 2020-21 | 644 | 48 | 13.4:1 | 96% (617) |
| 2017-18 | 661 | 50 | 13.2:1 | 97% (641) |
| 2015-16 | 653 | 47 | 13.9:1 | 96% (630) |
| 2010-11 | 589 | 43 | 13.7:1 | 90% (533) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL.
About SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL
Located in BRONX, New York, SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL is a mid-sized high school. Enrollment stands at 603 students, covering grades 6 through 12.
SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL is one school in a 41-school district, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7, which enrolls 13,625 students.
The largest group at SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL is Hispanic students, at 71%. Other groups include 26% Black. By comparison, Bronx County residents are about 55% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 43%.
SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL reported 58.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 10.2:1. High schools in New York have an average ratio of 11.0:1. Roughly 96% of students at SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New York public high schools, SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL outscored 28%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL would score about 39.8%. It scores 42.1%, 2.3 points above that figure.
In Bronx County, the median household earns about $48,676 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. Across Bronx County, 472 public schools serve about 202,028 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223, is the closest to SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL. On proficiency, SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL is behind the 44.1% nearby average, ranking 7th of 9.
The federal government classifies SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL's location as City: Large.
From 644 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 603 by 2024-25. The number of students per teacher dropped from 13.4 to 10.2 over 4 years.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7
- HERO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 733 students
- LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223High · 646 students
- PS 5 PORT MORRISElementary · 630 students
- PS/MS 29 MELROSE SCHOOLElementary · 606 students
- UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGEHigh · 596 students
- PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE)Elementary · 538 students
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
- LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X2230.0 mi · 646
- LEGACY COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 747
- ACCESS BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 462
- BRILLA COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 739
- CREO COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 360
- PS 18 JOHN PETER ZENGER0.2 mi · 271
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOLHow large is SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL?
SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL enrolls approximately 603 students in grades 06-12.
Is SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many teachers does SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL have?
SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.2:1.
What is the student diversity at SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL are roughly 2% White, 71% Hispanic, 26% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL public or private?
SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7.
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