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Does UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
596
High
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7·NCES 360008400749
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE
701 ST ANNS AVE, BRONX, NY 10455 · (718) 292-0578 · Bronx County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL596 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
526 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
90.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The New York average is about 58 of 100. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
93.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+50.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 93% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 50 points, placing it in New York's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
596
+110 (+23%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 20.2:1
% White
3%
was 2%
% Hispanic
59%
was 65%
% Black
32%
was 25%
% Asian
3%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE is a senior high of mid-sized scale in BRONX, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7, hosting 596 students in grades 9 through 12.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7 runs 41 schools in total, collectively educating 13,625 students. UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE shows that 59% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 32% Black, 3% Asian, 3% White. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 42.5%; UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE posts 93.0%, +50.5 points above that line.
Around the school, Bronx County reports that the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE is one campus in the mix.
MOTT HAVEN VILLAGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 51.1%.
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE operates from a downtown location.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE has ticked up 23%, going from 486 students in 2018 to 596 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 25% to 32% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.
On the community side, the feed for UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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
- SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOLHigh · 603 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
- MOTT HAVEN VILLAGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 197
- LEADERS OF EXCELLENCE ADVOCACY AND DISCOVERY0.1 mi · 192
- PS 6430.1 mi · 108
- BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 569
- PS 157 GROVE HILL0.2 mi · 377
- IS 5840.2 mi · 164
Frequently asked questions
About UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGEHow many students attend UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE?
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE enrolls approximately 596 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE serve?
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE have?
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
How diverse is UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE?
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE reports a student body of 3% White, 59% Hispanic, 32% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE?
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7 in Bronx County.
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