Enrollment
282
High
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9·NCES 360008605861
VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY
1595 BATHGATE AVE, BRONX, NY 10457 · (718) 466-4000 · Bronx County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL282 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% of New York public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
10.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
275 students
DISTRICT 96% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 64 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 109 | 39% |
| Grade 11 | 56 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 53 | 19% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
42.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -20.0pp since 2023
Math
24.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 24.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY
VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY's state test result (37.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY this school | 282 | 97.5% | 37.5% |
| MOTT HALL HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 277 | 94.9% | 37.7% |
| BRONX ENVISION ACADEMY BRONX | 266 | 97.4% | 39.3% |
| BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS BRONX | 299 | 96.3% | 21.2% |
| FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY III SECONDARY SCHOOL BRONX | 219 | 95.9% | 54.0% |
| EDWARD A REYNOLDS WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 348 | 94.5% | 43.5% |
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 VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #986 of 1,135 | #97 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #963 of 1,109 ▲ 72 | #89 of 128 ▲ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,049 of 1,135 ▼ 262 | #118 of 136 ▼ 53 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 282 | #958 of 1,216 | #112 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #383 of 1,058 | #49 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.7% | #522 of 1,070 | #58 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.5% | #22 of 1,167 | #17 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.2% | #135 of 743 | #35 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
282
-54 (-16%) vs 2020
-24% since 2010-11, when it was 372
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 282 | 27.3 | 10.3:1 | 98% (275) |
| 2023-24 | 263 | 25.8 | 10.2:1 | 98% (259) |
| 2022-23 | 253 | 26 | 9.7:1 | 100% (252) |
| 2020-21 | 336 | 28 | 12.0:1 | 96% (323) |
| 2017-18 | 367 | 24 | 15.3:1 | 88% (324) |
| 2015-16 | 386 | 22 | 17.6:1 | 84% (323) |
| 2010-11 | 372 | 22 | 16.9:1 | 81% (302) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY.
About VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY
VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY is a high school in BRONX, New York, reachable at (718) 466-4000. It teaches 282 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, high schools in New York enroll about 668 students on average.
District-wide, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 has 70 schools and 23,786 students.
Hispanic students are 61% of those enrolled at VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY. The rest of enrollment is 38% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 49, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 10.3 students per teacher. The average for high schools in New York is about 11.0:1. The school reported 98% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 19% of New York public high schools.
VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 37.5% is 1.6 points below the 39.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The county, Bronx County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $48,676 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and about 23% of people live in poverty. Counting VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY, Bronx County has 472 public schools.
URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR APPLIED MATH AND SCIENCE (THE) is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY ranks 6th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 37.5% against a local average of 50.2%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell 16% over 4 years, reaching 282 in 2024-25. The ratio was 12.0:1 in 2020-21 and 10.3:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMYHow many students attend VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY enrolls approximately 282 students in grades 09-12.
Is VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY an elementary, middle, or high school?
VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY is approximately 10.3:1 (27 FTE teachers).
How diverse is VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY reports a student body of 0% White, 61% Hispanic, 38% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
VALIDUS PREPARATORY ACADEMY is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 in Bronx County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.