Banana Kelly High School
965 Longwood Ave
Bronx NY, 10459, Bronx County
Phone: 718-860-1242
Ranking: 
(907 out of 989, bottom 8%)*
(907 out of 989, bottom 8%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 28 | 29 | 25 | 26 | 32 | 29 | 26 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 349 | 430 | 437 | 451 | 468 | 465 | 409 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 72 | 20.6% | 124 | 28.8% | 118 | 27.0% | 132 | 29.3% | 110 | 23.5% | 117 | 25.2% | 114 | 27.9% |
| Grade 10: | 104 | 29.8% | 116 | 27.0% | 134 | 30.7% | 139 | 30.8% | 122 | 26.1% | 123 | 26.5% | 101 | 24.7% |
| Grade 11: | 82 | 23.5% | 90 | 20.9% | 107 | 24.5% | 102 | 22.6% | 94 | 20.1% | 100 | 21.5% | 106 | 25.9% |
| Grade 12: | 89 | 25.5% | 99 | 23.0% | 76 | 17.4% | 78 | 17.3% | 86 | 18.4% | 83 | 17.8% | 50 | 12.2% |
| Ungraded: | 2 | 0.6% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.5% | NA | NA | 56 | 12.0% | 42 | 9.0% | 38 | 9.3% |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 185 | 53.0% | 218 | 50.7% | 214 | 49.0% | 216 | 47.9% | 208 | 44.4% | 196 | 42.2% | 177 | 43.3% |
| Female: | 164 | 47.0% | 212 | 49.3% | 223 | 51.0% | 235 | 52.1% | 252 | 53.8% | 261 | 56.1% | 228 | 55.7% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.2% |
| Asian: | 2 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.7% | 2 | 0.5% | 8 | 1.8% | 8 | 1.7% | 9 | 1.9% | 6 | 1.5% |
| Hispanic: | 218 | 62.5% | 276 | 64.2% | 287 | 65.7% | 313 | 69.4% | 310 | 66.2% | 307 | 66.0% | 274 | 67.0% |
| Black: | 126 | 36.1% | 145 | 33.7% | 141 | 32.3% | 125 | 27.7% | 145 | 31.0% | 144 | 31.0% | 126 | 30.8% |
| White: | 2 | 0.6% | 4 | 0.9% | 5 | 1.1% | 3 | 0.7% | 3 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.5% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 280 | 80.2% | 321 | 74.7% | 312 | 71.4% | 323 | 71.6% | NA | NA | 335 | 72.0% | 331 | 80.9% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 5 | 1.4% | 5 | 1.2% | 11 | 2.5% | 31 | 6.9% | NA | NA | 33 | 7.1% | 39 | 9.5% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 12.46 | 14.83 | 17.48 | 17.33 | 14.63 | 16.00 | 15.60 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| Regents | ||||||
| 2010 | Algebra 2/Trigonometry | End of course | % met std | 5% | 40% | 65% |
| 2012 | Algebra 2/Trigonometry | End of course | % met std | 0% | 32% | 64% |
| 2009 | Chemistry | End of course | % met std | 0% | 31% | 74% |
| 2010 | Chemistry | End of course | % met std | 35% | 28% | 73% |
| 2011 | Chemistry | End of course | % met std | 60% | 41% | 78% |
| 2012 | Chemistry | End of course | % met std | 0% | 31% | 78% |
| 2006 | Earth Science | End of course | % met std | 14% | 40% | 74% |
| 2009 | Earth Science | End of course | % met std | 25% | 43% | 72% |
| 2010 | Earth Science | End of course | % met std | 25% | 45% | 74% |
| 2011 | Earth Science | End of course | % met std | 18% | 42% | 72% |
| 2012 | Earth Science | End of course | % met std | 14% | 46% | 73% |
| 2005 | English | End of course | % met std | 49% | 31% | 77% |
| 2006 | English | End of course | % met std | 38% | 49% | 78% |
| 2007 | English | End of course | % met std | 46% | 53% | 78% |
| 2008 | English | End of course | % met std | 42% | 58% | 82% |
| 2009 | English | End of course | % met std | 66% | 67% | 82% |
| 2010 | English | End of course | % met std | 64% | 65% | 83% |
| 2011 | English | End of course | % met std | 63% | 69% | 85% |
| 2012 | English | End of course | % met std | 57% | 64% | 82% |
| 2010 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 40% | 45% | 72% |
| 2011 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 16% | 44% | 75% |
| 2012 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 34% | 42% | 75% |
| 2005 | Global History and Geography | End of course | % met std | 35% | 30% | 70% |
| 2006 | Global History and Geography | End of course | % met std | 19% | 36% | 67% |
| 2007 | Global History and Geography | End of course | % met std | 28% | 35% | 63% |
| 2008 | Global History and Geography | End of course | % met std | 32% | 38% | 67% |
| 2009 | Global History and Geography | End of course | % met std | 33% | 45% | 71% |
| 2010 | Global History and Geography | End of course | % met std | 28% | 44% | 69% |
| 2011 | Global History and Geography | End of course | % met std | 28% | 42% | 70% |
| 2012 | Global History and Geography | End of course | % met std | 20% | 43% | 71% |
| 2009 | Integrated Algebra | End of course | % met std | 29% | 57% | 72% |
| 2010 | Integrated Algebra | End of course | % met std | 40% | 48% | 72% |
| 2011 | Integrated Algebra | End of course | % met std | 33% | 51% | 73% |
| 2012 | Integrated Algebra | End of course | % met std | 35% | 44% | 72% |
| 2005 | Living Environment | End of course | % met std | 30% | 40% | 75% |
| 2006 | Living Environment | End of course | % met std | 33% | 47% | 75% |
| 2007 | Living Environment | End of course | % met std | 44% | 50% | 75% |
| 2008 | Living Environment | End of course | % met std | 52% | 46% | 75% |
| 2009 | Living Environment | End of course | % met std | 46% | 54% | 80% |
| 2010 | Living Environment | End of course | % met std | 36% | 53% | 79% |
| 2011 | Living Environment | End of course | % met std | 42% | 56% | 81% |
| 2012 | Living Environment | End of course | % met std | 46% | 50% | 78% |
| 2005 | Mathematics A | End of course | % met std | 48% | 48% | 77% |
| 2006 | Mathematics A | End of course | % met std | 43% | 58% | 79% |
| 2007 | Mathematics A | End of course | % met std | 48% | 54% | 77% |
| 2008 | Mathematics A | End of course | % met std | 43% | 48% | 76% |
| 2009 | Mathematics A | End of course | % met std | 69% | 51% | 61% |
| 2006 | Mathematics B | End of course | % met std | 0% | 53% | 68% |
| 2005 | Spanish | End of course | % met std | 94% | 95% | 96% |
| 2007 | Spanish | End of course | % met std | 100% | 97% | 97% |
| 2008 | Spanish | End of course | % met std | 96% | 96% | 95% |
| 2009 | Spanish | End of course | % met std | 100% | 97% | 96% |
| 2010 | Spanish | End of course | % met std | 95% | 97% | 95% |
| 2011 | Spanish | End of course | % met std | 95% | 94% | 94% |
| 2005 | U.S. History and Govt | End of course | % met std | 47% | 31% | 76% |
| 2006 | U.S. History and Govt | End of course | % met std | 33% | 46% | 79% |
| 2007 | U.S. History and Govt | End of course | % met std | 36% | 45% | 79% |
| 2008 | U.S. History and Govt | End of course | % met std | 40% | 54% | 83% |
| 2009 | U.S. History and Govt | End of course | % met std | 45% | 54% | 80% |
| 2010 | U.S. History and Govt | End of course | % met std | 39% | 57% | 83% |
| 2011 | U.S. History and Govt | End of course | % met std | 43% | 55% | 80% |
| 2012 | U.S. History and Govt | End of course | % met std | 36% | 56% | 79% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Banana Kelly High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.