WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE

Located at 500 E FORDHAM RD, in BRONX, New York, WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE is a mid-sized 9-12 campus that serves 575 students (grades 6 through 12), operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10, which oversees 83 schools and 40,459 students, WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE reports that 82% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 15% Black. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE logs 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.1:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.0%, the actual is 23.3%, a residual of -16.7 points.

Across the wider county, Bronx County reports that the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

Nearest neighbor: BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 43.2%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE's enrollment has contracted 6% since 2018, when it stood at 611 (now 575). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 78% to 82%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 8.1:1 today.

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