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Enrollment
410
High
DISTRICT 380 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8·NCES 360008506326
WESTCHESTER SQUARE ACADEMY
3000 E TREMONT AVE, BRONX, NY 10461 · (718) 904-5050 · Bronx County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL410 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of New York public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
11.8:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
377 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 114 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 107 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 94 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 94 | 23% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
66.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -12.0pp since 2023
Math
46.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
50.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 WESTCHESTER SQUARE ACADEMY
WESTCHESTER SQUARE ACADEMY's state test result (50.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTCHESTER SQUARE ACADEMY this school | 410 | 92.0% | 50.3% |
| SCHUYLERVILLE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 324 | 88.9% | 40.8% |
| CHELSEA CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 389 | 85.9% | 48.8% |
| BRONX COMPASS HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 406 | 90.6% | 42.3% |
| ACADEMY FOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERING NEW YORK | 438 | 84.5% | 40.7% |
| ASTOR COLLEGIATE ACADEMY BRONX | 429 | 84.4% | 47.7% |
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 WESTCHESTER SQUARE ACADEMY ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #727 of 1,135 | #39 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #647 of 1,109 ▲ 9 | #36 of 128 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #658 of 1,135 ▼ 147 | #42 of 136 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 410 | #685 of 1,216 | #57 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #667 of 1,058 | #87 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #203 of 1,070 | #7 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.0% | #160 of 1,167 | #79 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.6% | #81 of 743 | #27 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
410
-41 (-9%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 410 | 34.7 | 11.8:1 | 92% (377) |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 33.9 | 12.3:1 | 91% (379) |
| 2022-23 | 407 | 31.7 | 12.8:1 | 82% (333) |
| 2020-21 | 451 | 35 | 12.9:1 | 82% (368) |
| 2017-18 | 599 | 36.4 | 16.4:1 | 80% (482) |
| 2015-16 | 545 | 41 | 13.3:1 | 61% (330) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WESTCHESTER SQUARE ACADEMY.
About WESTCHESTER SQUARE ACADEMY
WESTCHESTER SQUARE ACADEMY is one of the public schools in BRONX, New York. It is a low-enrollment high school. Its 410 students are spread across grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in New York is about 668 students.
WESTCHESTER SQUARE ACADEMY is part of a district of 52 schools: NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8, with 21,621 students.
By race and ethnicity, WESTCHESTER SQUARE ACADEMY is 52% Hispanic. The school is also 27% Black, 12% Asian, and 7% White. For comparison, Bronx County is about 55% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at WESTCHESTER SQUARE ACADEMY belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 64%.
Teachers at WESTCHESTER SQUARE ACADEMY total 34.7 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.8:1. The 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York is lower than this school's figure. The school counts 377 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 92%. Across public schools in Bronx County, the average is about the same, 90%.
Measured against New York public high schools, WESTCHESTER SQUARE ACADEMY receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, WESTCHESTER SQUARE ACADEMY would be expected to post about 41.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 50.3%.
Among Bronx County residents, median household income is about $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 472 public schools in Bronx County, with a combined enrollment of about 202,028.
SCHUYLERVILLE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, WESTCHESTER SQUARE ACADEMY ranks 3rd in a group of 7 nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, WESTCHESTER SQUARE ACADEMY is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
WESTCHESTER SQUARE ACADEMY saw enrollment fall 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 12.9:1 to 11.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The WESTCHESTER SQUARE ACADEMY community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8
- HERBERT H LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,087 students
- PS 71 ROSE E SCALAElementary · 1,079 students
- PS 14 SENATOR JOHN CALANDRAElementary · 718 students
- PS 36 UNIONPORTElementary · 660 students
- PS 152 EVERGREENElementary · 634 students
- PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEYElementary · 598 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
- SCHUYLERVILLE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 324
- PELHAM LAB HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 285
- BRONX RIVER HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 419
- RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL FOR MUSICAL THEATER AND THE ARTS0.0 mi · 385
- HERBERT H LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 1,087
- PS 721 STEPHEN MCSWEENEY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 481
Frequently asked questions
About WESTCHESTER SQUARE ACADEMYHow large is WESTCHESTER SQUARE ACADEMY?
WESTCHESTER SQUARE ACADEMY enrolls approximately 410 students in grades 09-12.
Is WESTCHESTER SQUARE ACADEMY an elementary, middle, or high school?
WESTCHESTER SQUARE ACADEMY is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at WESTCHESTER SQUARE ACADEMY?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at WESTCHESTER SQUARE ACADEMY.
What is the student diversity at WESTCHESTER SQUARE ACADEMY?
Student demographics at WESTCHESTER SQUARE ACADEMY are roughly 7% White, 52% Hispanic, 27% Black, 12% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees WESTCHESTER SQUARE ACADEMY?
WESTCHESTER SQUARE ACADEMY is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8 in Bronx County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.