VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY

VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY is a small 9-12 campus in BRONX, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9. The school educates 282 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 58% leaner than the state mean of about 668.

VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one of 70 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9, a district that works with 23,786 students overall.

On the student-mix side, VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY logs that 61% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 38% Black.

On the resource side, VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY shows 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.1%; this one delivers 37.5%.

Across the wider county, Bronx County reports that the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR APPLIED MATH AND SCIENCE (THE) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY. On composite proficiency, VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 49.0%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY has decreased 23%, going from 367 students in 2018 to 282 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged up from 27% to 38% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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