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Bronx High School For Medical Science

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

240 East 172nd St

Bronx NY, 10457, Bronx County

Phone: 718-410-4040

Ranking:

High School:

(655 out of 989, bottom 34%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(2,376 out of 3,424, bottom 31%)*

Type: Regular Other School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 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:	25		24		23		22		26		29		38
Total Students:	468		465		455		434		459		487		504
Grade 6:	60	12.8%	60	12.9%	55	12.1%	56	12.9%	43	9.4%	50	10.3%	49	9.7%
Grade 7:	61	13.0%	59	12.7%	60	13.2%	50	11.5%	46	10.0%	52	10.7%	51	10.1%
Grade 8:	48	10.3%	56	12.0%	53	11.6%	59	13.6%	54	11.8%	46	9.4%	33	6.5%
Grade 9:	71	15.2%	96	20.6%	94	20.7%	74	17.1%	101	22.0%	87	17.9%	105	20.8%
Grade 10:	93	19.9%	95	20.4%	93	20.4%	97	22.4%	74	16.1%	76	15.6%	113	22.4%
Grade 11:	92	19.7%	65	14.0%	67	14.7%	64	14.7%	61	13.3%	98	20.1%	84	16.7%
Grade 12:	43	9.2%	33	7.1%	33	7.3%	34	7.8%	61	13.3%	57	11.7%	58	11.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	19	4.1%	21	4.3%	11	2.2%
Student By Gender:
Male:	199	42.5%	204	43.9%	192	42.2%	175	40.3%	169	36.8%	166	34.1%	167	33.1%
Female:	269	57.5%	261	56.1%	263	57.8%	259	59.7%	282	61.4%	313	64.3%	333	66.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	4	0.9%	4	0.9%	5	1.0%	7	1.4%
Asian:	30	6.4%	23	4.9%	23	5.1%	29	6.7%	32	7.0%	35	7.2%	37	7.3%
Hispanic:	268	57.3%	266	57.2%	263	57.8%	245	56.5%	228	49.7%	230	47.2%	243	48.2%
Black:	164	35.0%	172	37.0%	167	36.7%	156	35.9%	192	41.8%	213	43.7%	213	42.3%
White:	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	3	0.7%	4	0.8%	4	0.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	3	0.6%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	465	99.4%	371	79.8%	362	79.6%	345	79.5%	NA	NA	419	86.0%	359	71.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	18	3.9%	17	3.7%	17	3.9%	NA	NA	3	0.6%	63	12.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.72		19.38		19.78		19.71		17.65		16.80		13.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	58%	33%	61%
2008	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	53%	32%	67%
2009	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	81%	56%	81%
2010	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	58%	24%	54%
2011	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	42%	23%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	35%	26%	55%
2013	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	10.9%	7.9%	29.6%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	43%	30%	60%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	100%	54%	79%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79%	65%	83%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70%	37%	61%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78%	38%	63%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	37%	44%	66%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	20%	12.7%	30.6%
2007	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	0%	31%	58%
2008	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	65%	44%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	78%	54%	80%
2010	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	28%	19%	50%
2011	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	27%	18%	48%
2012	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	42%	22%	53%
2013	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	18.5%	10.5%	31.4%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	0%	37%	66%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79%	56%	79%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	98%	69%	88%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	38%	35%	62%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72%	38%	64%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81%	37%	65%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	18.9%	10.3%	27.7%
2008	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	44%	23%	56%
2009	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	61%	39%	69%
2010	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	34%	24%	51%
2011	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	25%	19%	47%
2012	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	43%	22%	50%
2013	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	22.7%	9.5%	33.7%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62%	45%	70%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	88%	62%	80%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53%	31%	55%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	42%	37%	60%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80%	41%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	33.9%	11.5%	27.4%
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	59%	18%	63%
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	54%	23%	63%
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	63%	30%	69%
Regents
2011	Algebra 2/Trigonometry	End of course	% met std	42%	36%	64%
2012	Algebra 2/Trigonometry	End of course	% met std	42%	31%	64%
2005	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	86%	40%	73%
2006	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	94%	24%	75%
2007	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	67%	29%	71%
2008	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	86%	46%	73%
2009	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	83%	49%	74%
2010	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	91%	53%	73%
2011	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	77%	52%	78%
2012	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	74%	50%	78%
2005	English	End of course	% met std	37%	41%	77%
2006	English	End of course	% met std	70%	52%	78%
2007	English	End of course	% met std	76%	48%	78%
2008	English	End of course	% met std	81%	64%	82%
2009	English	End of course	% met std	74%	61%	82%
2010	English	End of course	% met std	89%	64%	83%
2011	English	End of course	% met std	82%	70%	85%
2012	English	End of course	% met std	65%	68%	82%
2010	Geometry	End of course	% met std	79%	42%	72%
2011	Geometry	End of course	% met std	57%	46%	75%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	41%	48%	75%
2005	Global History and Geography	End of course	% met std	50%	38%	70%
2006	Global History and Geography	End of course	% met std	53%	41%	67%
2007	Global History and Geography	End of course	% met std	17%	32%	63%
2008	Global History and Geography	End of course	% met std	79%	44%	67%
2009	Global History and Geography	End of course	% met std	75%	49%	71%
2010	Global History and Geography	End of course	% met std	58%	52%	69%
2011	Global History and Geography	End of course	% met std	72%	48%	70%
2012	Global History and Geography	End of course	% met std	96%	60%	71%
2009	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	55%	49%	72%
2010	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	59%	49%	72%
2011	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	61%	52%	73%
2012	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	62%	53%	72%
2005	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	60%	47%	75%
2006	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	55%	46%	75%
2007	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	58%	50%	75%
2008	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	58%	54%	75%
2009	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	66%	61%	80%
2010	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	78%	55%	79%
2011	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	77%	61%	81%
2012	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	78%	61%	78%
2005	Mathematics A	End of course	% met std	58%	42%	77%
2006	Mathematics A	End of course	% met std	66%	54%	79%
2007	Mathematics A	End of course	% met std	71%	57%	77%
2008	Mathematics A	End of course	% met std	67%	49%	76%
2009	Mathematics A	End of course	% met std	70%	43%	61%
2006	Mathematics B	End of course	% met std	77%	28%	68%
2007	Mathematics B	End of course	% met std	78%	22%	70%
2008	Mathematics B	End of course	% met std	72%	48%	70%
2009	Mathematics B	End of course	% met std	56%	44%	68%
2010	Mathematics B	End of course	% met std	72%	41%	61%
2007	Spanish	End of course	% met std	100%	96%	97%
2008	Spanish	End of course	% met std	100%	97%	95%
2009	Spanish	End of course	% met std	100%	97%	96%
2010	Spanish	End of course	% met std	100%	94%	95%
2011	Spanish	End of course	% met std	100%	95%	94%
2005	U.S. History and Govt	End of course	% met std	42%	36%	76%
2006	U.S. History and Govt	End of course	% met std	65%	49%	79%
2007	U.S. History and Govt	End of course	% met std	57%	47%	79%
2008	U.S. History and Govt	End of course	% met std	49%	53%	83%
2009	U.S. History and Govt	End of course	% met std	50%	49%	80%
2010	U.S. History and Govt	End of course	% met std	55%	60%	83%
2011	U.S. History and Govt	End of course	% met std	58%	52%	80%
2012	U.S. History and Govt	End of course	% met std	58%	57%	79%

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* Bronx High School For Medical Science was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.