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Enrollment
447
High
STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNIVERSITY PREP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL·NCES 360096306039
UNIVERSITY PREP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
600 ST ANN'S AVE-4TH FL, BRONX, NY 10455 · (718) 292-6543 · Bronx County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL447 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of New York public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
,
Teacher data unavailable
STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
394 students
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 9 | 124 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 123 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 113 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 87 | 19% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
84.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
53.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
70.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+28.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% 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 28 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 →
Schools most like UNIVERSITY PREP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY PREP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (70.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY PREP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL this school | 447 | 88.1% | 70.8% |
| UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE BRONX | 416 | 88.5% | 51.0% |
| QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR INFORMATION RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY FAR ROCKAWAY | 507 | 85.4% | 40.7% |
| SOUTH BRONX COMMUNITY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 349 | 88.8% | 35.0% |
| URBAN ASSEMBLY-EARLY COLL HS EMER MD NEW YORK | 364 | 89.8% | 43.7% |
| URBAN ASSEMBLY CHARTER SCHOOL FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE BRONX | 488 | 86.7% | 63.3% |
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 UNIVERSITY PREP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #333 of 1,135 | #6 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #544 of 1,109 ▼ 64 | #24 of 128 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #340 of 1,135 ▲ 126 | #10 of 136 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 447 | #623 of 1,216 | #41 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.7% | #516 of 1,070 | #56 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.1% | #273 of 1,167 | #120 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.8% | #267 of 339 | #28 of 32 |
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
447
-17 (-4%) vs 2020
+48% since 2010-11, when it was 302
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 | 447 | N/A | N/A | 88% (394) |
| 2023-24 | 422 | 27.5 | 15.4:1 | 87% (366) |
| 2022-23 | 433 | N/A | N/A | 91% (396) |
| 2020-21 | 464 | N/A | N/A | 90% (416) |
| 2017-18 | 435 | 33 | 13.2:1 | 85% (369) |
| 2015-16 | 400 | 32 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 302 | 20 | 15.1:1 | 90% (272) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for UNIVERSITY PREP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL.
About UNIVERSITY PREP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY PREP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is a small high school in BRONX, New York, that operates as a charter school. The school's 447 students are in grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in New York average about 668 students each.
In federal data, the district for UNIVERSITY PREP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is the school itself.
A majority of students at UNIVERSITY PREP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, 61%, are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 37% Black. UNIVERSITY PREP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL has a diversity index of 49%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 88%. That is close to the 90% average for public schools in Bronx County.
allk12 grades UNIVERSITY PREP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL an A-. The grade compares the school only with New York public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
UNIVERSITY PREP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of New York schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 70.8%. Predicted: 42.6%. Difference: 28.3 points.
Within Bronx County, median household income is about $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 472 public schools in Bronx County, with a combined enrollment of about 202,028.
Nearest public school: HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around UNIVERSITY PREP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. UNIVERSITY PREP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 70.8% against a local average of 48.8%.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. UNIVERSITY PREP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is a publicly funded charter school.
Federal counts put enrollment at 464 in 2020-21 and 447 in 2024-25, a 4% decrease.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at UNIVERSITY PREP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- HOSTOS-LINCOLN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE0.0 mi · 460
- IS 5840.0 mi · 164
- PS 2770.1 mi · 347
- LEADERS OF EXCELLENCE ADVOCACY AND DISCOVERY0.2 mi · 192
- PS 6430.2 mi · 108
- STOREFRONT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 260
Frequently asked questions
About UNIVERSITY PREP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend UNIVERSITY PREP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL?
UNIVERSITY PREP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 447 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does UNIVERSITY PREP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL serve?
UNIVERSITY PREP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How diverse is UNIVERSITY PREP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL?
UNIVERSITY PREP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 0% White, 61% Hispanic, 37% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees UNIVERSITY PREP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL?
UNIVERSITY PREP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by UNIVERSITY PREP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL in Bronx County.
What county does UNIVERSITY PREP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL serve?
UNIVERSITY PREP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL serves Bronx County in NY.
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