Bronx High School of Science (the), Bronx NY

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The Bronx High School of Science is a four-year public high school in the upper Bronx serving the full grade band from ninth through twelfth. It sits in a borough of layered neighborhoods, from leafy residential pockets like Fieldston and Riverdale to dense urban hubs like Fordham Heights; the school's own address falls in a section of the borough with both apartments and detached homes. The Bronx is walkable enough that residents can reach work and errands without a car, with transit dense across subway lines, bus networks, and Metro-North Railroad, and new Metro-North stops are planned for the coming years. Health care anchors the local economy, and the borough is in a strong growth phase, particularly for large affordable housing projects.

The school enrolls students from across a broad range of backgrounds. About half the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The racial and ethnic makeup is distinctly Asian-majority, with a substantial share identifying as Asian, alongside meaningful representation of white students, and smaller shares of Hispanic, Black, and students identifying as two or more races. A small number of students identify as Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander or American Indian or Alaska Native. The enrollment is mid-sized for a four-year high school.

State testing data were not available for this school. Graduation rates, proficiency information by subject and grade, and year-to-year academic trends were not reported in accessible form. Chronic absenteeism data and special-population demographics around IEPs and English learners were also missing. Without these figures, a clear picture of the school's academic standing cannot be drawn from the data provided. A parent interested in the school's test performance, graduation pathway, or how it supports students with disabilities or language needs would want to contact the school directly and ask about recent results and support structures.

The city's public school system recently made broad changes to high school admissions and middle school choice. Starting with the 2023-24 cycle, selective high schools like this one returned to academic screening based on seventh-grade grades rather than lottery, with the highest-performing students getting priority access to screened seats. For fall 2024 onward, middle school applicants can apply citywide while still getting priority in their home district, and high school applicants can now list an unlimited number of schools instead of a cap. These shifts reshape how families in District 10 compete for seats and how students move between schools.

The school sits within District 10, which covers neighborhoods across the Bronx. The district as a whole has experienced declining enrollment over the past several years and is expected to continue having excess seat capacity, which creates a different competitive landscape for school assignments than in districts where demand outpaces supply. At the elementary level, all District 10 schools are now required to use one of three phonics-based reading curriculums as part of the city's NYC Reads mandate, a wholesale shift from earlier, school-by-school approaches that represents a lasting change in how literacy is taught in the district's younger grades.

Housing values in the school's zip code are moderate relative to the state benchmark and well below the national benchmark. Monthly rent shows a recent year-over-year increase. For families considering the Bronx, the borough combines walkable neighborhood hubs with ongoing real estate investment, though affordability remains a factor as rents climb.

Information on course offerings, AP pathways, career programs, staffing levels, or school culture was not available in the data provided, and would be worth exploring directly with the school. The dataset does not include information about the school's graduation rate or how students from this school move on to college or careers, so a parent should seek that out when evaluating fit.

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Academic performance

How students graduate and prepare for what comes next.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=99%Cohort of 751 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

1,253 schools plotted. 14 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Advanced Placement & IB

30 subjects offered · 2023-24

Each card is one AP or IB subject. The headline number is the share of students scoring 3 or higher on the exam — the threshold for college credit at most universities. The bar below each rate shows the underlying distribution across performance levels.

Score:12· no credit345· extremely well qualified

Math and Computer Science

Calculus AB

241 tested · Grade 10

74.3%

scored 3 or higher

Calculus BC

288 tested · Grade 9, Grade 10

93.8%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science A

193 tested

92.7%

scored 3 or higher

Statistics

194 tested · Grade 10

94.8%

scored 3 or higher

Sciences

Biology

393 tested · Grade 10

99.5%

scored 3 or higher

Chemistry

161 tested · Grade 10

97.5%

scored 3 or higher

Environmental Science

108 tested · Grade 10

94.4%

scored 3 or higher

Physics 1

466 tested · Grade 10

90.6%

scored 3 or higher

Physics 2

27 tested

92.6%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism

132 tested

75.8%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Mechanics

129 tested

94.6%

scored 3 or higher

English

Seminar

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

History and Social Sciences

Comparative Government and Politics

101 tested

95.0%

scored 3 or higher

European History

69 tested · Grade 10

98.6%

scored 3 or higher

Human Geography

59 tested · Grade 10

78.0%

scored 3 or higher

Macroeconomics

174 tested

95.4%

scored 3 or higher

Microeconomics

136 tested

92.6%

scored 3 or higher

Psychology

286 tested · Grade 10

90.9%

scored 3 or higher

U.S. History

480 tested

98.8%

scored 3 or higher

World Languages and Cultures

Chinese Language and Culture

60 tested · Grade 10

96.7%

scored 3 or higher

French Language and Culture

13 tested · Grade 10

30.8%

scored 3 or higher

Japanese Language and Culture

13 tested

53.8%

scored 3 or higher

Latin: Vergil (archived)

11 tested

36.4%

scored 3 or higher

Spanish Language and Culture

87 tested · Grade 10

83.9%

scored 3 or higher

Spanish Literature and Culture

16 tested · Grade 10

81.3%

scored 3 or higher

Arts

Music Theory

20 tested · Grade 10

85.0%

scored 3 or higher

Other

Language and Comp

561 tested

94.7%

scored 3 or higher

Literature and Comp

288 tested

93.1%

scored 3 or higher

U S Government and Politics

102 tested · Grade 10

94.1%

scored 3 or higher

World History

345 tested · Grade 10

99.4%

scored 3 or higher

New York Regents Exams

4 courses reported · 2024-25

End-of-course exams required for a New York Regents diploma. Each row shows the cohort size and the share of students scoring at the proficient level or higher.

Course	Students tested	% proficient
Math	752	99.0%
Ela	732	100.0%
Social Studies	616	100.0%
Science	220	100.0%

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.