Harry S Truman High School, Bronx NY

Original Research by School Decision on Harry S Truman High School

Harry S Truman High School is a public high school serving grades nine through twelve in the East Bronx. The school enrolls approximately seventeen hundred students, the majority of whom qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The student body is predominantly Black and Hispanic, with smaller Asian, white, and Native American populations represented.

State testing data for this school is not available. The school serves grades nine through twelve, and New York's state assessment system (NYSTP) tests grades eight and below, which do not apply to this school's enrollment. As a result, there is no proficiency data on file, no graduation rate reported, and no chronic absenteeism figures available. A parent or resident seeking to understand this school's academic performance against measurable benchmarks will find very little in the public record to review. This is a significant information gap. A parent may want to reach out directly to the school or district to ask about the school's own internal assessments, student outcomes, and support structures, since state-level metrics do not capture high school performance here.

The school offers visual arts, and the district has made curriculum changes that affect how students are taught. Starting in fall 2027, all New York City middle schools must adopt city-approved math and reading curriculums, and all schools from elementary through high school are now required to use city-approved reading intervention programs for struggling readers, a shift that may help students with dyslexia and other reading difficulties access standardized support.

The school sits in the East Bronx, in a neighborhood with a mix of residential and commercial character. The Bronx has expanded significantly in recent years as a site of large affordable housing development, with transit anchors and commercial corridors throughout. The borough is walkable, with dense subway and bus service, and major employers concentrated in health care, institutional work, and public service. Nearby parks include Bronx Park, which houses the New York Botanical Garden and Bronx Zoo.

Within Bronx County's school districts, this school's proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile. Again, the state data on which that ranking is based reflects only grade eight and below, so it does not measure this school's high school coursework or outcomes directly. For a fuller picture of what Truman High School offers and how well its students advance, a parent should contact the school directly about its own data, the breadth of courses and programs available, college counseling and placement outcomes, and the support systems in place for students reading or performing below grade level.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

78.0%Cohort of 539 students · Class of 2021

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

17 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

17 tested

23.5%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science A

6 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science Principles

16 tested · Grade 10

43.8%

scored 3 or higher

Statistics

12 tested

33.3%

scored 3 or higher

Sciences

Biology

30 tested · Grade 10

43.3%

scored 3 or higher

Environmental Science

33 tested · Grade 9, Grade 10

27.3%

scored 3 or higher

English

Research

15 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

Seminar

17 tested

70.6%

scored 3 or higher

History and Social Sciences

European History

6 tested · Grade 10

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Macroeconomics

12 tested

33.3%

scored 3 or higher

U.S. History

21 tested · Grade 10

42.9%

scored 3 or higher

World Languages and Cultures

Spanish Language and Culture

15 tested

73.3%

scored 3 or higher

Arts

Studio Art Drawing

3 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Other

Language and Comp

25 tested · Grade 9, Grade 10

8.0%

scored 3 or higher

Literature and Comp

27 tested

63.0%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art 2d Design

2 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

World History

12 tested · Grade 10

41.7%

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
Ela	441	70.0%
Social Studies	337	59.0%
Science	61	54.0%
Math	26	27.0%

Math

Grade 80%

School 0% · District 45% · ▼ 45 pts below district

▼ 37 pts below state median · ▼ 37 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 80%

School 0% · District 52% · ▼ 52 pts below district

▼ 48 pts below state median · ▼ 49 pts below county median

Science

Grade 80%

School 0% · District 36% · ▼ 36 pts below district

▼ 33 pts below state median · ▼ 28 pts below county median

This schoolNEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11, same grade

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.