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Enrollment
575
High
DISTRICT 540 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10·NCES 360008705674
WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE
500 E FORDHAM RD, BRONX, NY 10458 · (718) 563-7139 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL575 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of New York public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
8.1:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
547 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 6 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 9 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 81 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
46.8%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.6pp since 2023
Math
16.6%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.8% | 16.6% |
| 2023-24 | 38.1% | 16.1% |
% 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
23.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE
WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE's state test result (23.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE this school | 575 | 95.1% | 23.3% |
| ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY NEW YORK | 528 | 95.6% | 32.9% |
| BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS BRONX | 589 | 93.5% | 33.4% |
| COMPREHENSIVE MODEL SCHOOL PROJECT MS 327 BRONX | 670 | 93.4% | 47.4% |
| LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223 BRONX | 646 | 96.0% | 60.7% |
| COMMUNITY HEALTH ACADEMY OF THE HEIGHTS NEW YORK | 552 | 92.0% | 38.8% |
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 WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #1,114 of 1,135 | #133 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #1,044 of 1,109 ▼ 11 | #112 of 128 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #994 of 1,135 ▲ 104 | #103 of 136 ▲ 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 575 | #465 of 1,216 | #23 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.1:1 | #66 of 1,058 | #12 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.5% | #787 of 1,070 | #119 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.1% | #78 of 1,167 | #49 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #573 of 743 | #85 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
575
-73 (-11%) vs 2020
-6% since 2010-11, when it was 611
Student : Teacher
8.1:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 575 | 70.9 | 8.1:1 | 95% (547) |
| 2023-24 | 616 | 54.5 | 11.3:1 | 95% (583) |
| 2022-23 | 638 | 58.6 | 10.9:1 | 92% (587) |
| 2020-21 | 648 | 53 | 12.2:1 | 93% (605) |
| 2017-18 | 611 | 45.6 | 13.4:1 | 95% (578) |
| 2015-16 | 589 | 45 | 13.1:1 | 96% (566) |
| 2010-11 | 611 | 41 | 14.9:1 | 91% (557) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE.
About WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE
Among the schools in BRONX, New York, is WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE, a medium-sized high school. The school reports 575 students in grades 6 through 12.
WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE is run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10, whose 83 schools enroll 40,459 students.
Hispanic students are the large majority at WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE, with 82% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 15% Black. Among people living in Bronx County, the Hispanic share is about 55%. The chance that two students picked at random at WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 30%.
Federal staffing data show 70.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE and a ratio of 8.1:1. That ratio is under the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 95% of students.
WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE is graded F by allk12, scoring above 1% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 23.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 40.0%.
Bronx County has about 1,404,779 residents, and 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. The public schools of Bronx County number 472 and enroll about 202,028.
The closest public school to WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE is FORDHAM HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE is behind the 43.2% nearby average, ranking 9th of 9.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE had 648 students in 2020-21 and 575 in 2024-25, an 11% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.2:1 in 2020-21 to 8.1:1 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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10
- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE)High · 2,953 students
- RIVERDALE/KINGSBRIDGE ACADEMY (MS/HS 141)High · 1,383 students
- DEWITT CLINTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,212 students
- PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTSElementary · 1,091 students
- IN-TECH ACADEMY (MS/HS 368)High · 953 students
- PS 95 SHEILA MENCHERElementary · 851 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
- FORDHAM HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS0.0 mi · 351
- FORDHAM LEADERSHIP ACADEMY0.0 mi · 369
- KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREP ACADEMY INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 461
- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE0.0 mi · 367
- BELMONT PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 334
- IS 2540.1 mi · 406
Frequently asked questions
About WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTUREWhat is the total enrollment at WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE?
WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE enrolls approximately 575 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE serve?
WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE?
Approximately 8.1:1 students per teacher at WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE.
How diverse is WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE?
WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE reports a student body of 1% White, 82% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE in?
WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.