High · New York
Bronx High School for Medical Science
Bronx High School for Medical Science, a public high school in Bronx, New York: grades 6–12, 390 students, 9.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of New York City Geographic District # 9.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 390
- Teachers (FTE)
- 40.6
- Students per teacher
- 9.6
- Grades
- 6–12
- High
Fewer students per teacher than 71% of high schools in New York
Median 10.8 · 1,173 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 83% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 61% of high schools in New York
Median 459 · 1,205 schools compared
Smaller than 52% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on New York's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
New York: 53%38%proficient
−4.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 76% of high schools in New York
Median 48% · 299 high schools compared
106 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · NYSTP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
New York: 55%16%proficient
−17.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 97% of high schools in New York
Median 49% · 297 high schools compared
63 students tested, grades 6, 7 · NYSTP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 6–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Large city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with New York City Geographic District # 9.
Location
- Address
- 240 E 172ND St, Bronx, NY 10457
- Phone
- (718)410-4040
- City or town
- New York
- County
- Bronx County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9–12 | 294 | 9.3 | — | — | |
| 9–12 | 123 | 6.3 | — | — | |
Bronx High School of BusinessFree meals for all | 9–12 | 299 | 9.6 | — | — |
| 9–12 | 429 | 13.2 | — | — | |
| 9–12 | 383 | 12.0 | — | — | |
Comprehensive Model School Project MS 327Free meals for all | 6–12 | 670 | 10.7 | 44% | 57% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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