Discovery High School
2780 Reservoir Ave
Bronx NY, 10468, Bronx County
Phone: 718-733-3872
Ranking: 
(719 out of 989, bottom 27%)*
(719 out of 989, bottom 27%)*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 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 25 | 25 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 534 | 535 | 524 | 503 | 452 | 448 | 443 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 134 | 25.1% | 162 | 30.3% | 168 | 32.1% | 208 | 41.4% | 195 | 43.1% | 244 | 54.5% | 212 | 47.9% |
| Grade 10: | 177 | 33.1% | 215 | 40.2% | 196 | 37.4% | 188 | 37.4% | 130 | 28.8% | 82 | 18.3% | 46 | 10.4% |
| Grade 11: | 168 | 31.5% | 105 | 19.6% | 123 | 23.5% | 68 | 13.5% | 55 | 12.2% | 36 | 8.0% | 72 | 16.3% |
| Grade 12: | 54 | 10.1% | 51 | 9.5% | 37 | 7.1% | 39 | 7.8% | 22 | 4.9% | 29 | 6.5% | 52 | 11.7% |
| Ungraded: | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.4% | NA | NA | NA | NA | 50 | 11.1% | 57 | 12.7% | 61 | 13.8% |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 304 | 56.9% | 290 | 54.2% | 273 | 52.1% | 267 | 53.1% | 232 | 51.3% | 214 | 47.8% | 225 | 50.8% |
| Female: | 230 | 43.1% | 245 | 45.8% | 251 | 47.9% | 236 | 46.9% | 212 | 46.9% | 226 | 50.4% | 214 | 48.3% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.5% |
| Asian: | 14 | 2.6% | 13 | 2.4% | 10 | 1.9% | 11 | 2.2% | 9 | 2.0% | 9 | 2.0% | 6 | 1.4% |
| Hispanic: | 421 | 78.8% | 421 | 78.7% | 396 | 75.6% | 368 | 73.2% | 319 | 70.6% | 313 | 69.9% | 319 | 72.0% |
| Black: | 91 | 17.0% | 89 | 16.6% | 107 | 20.4% | 116 | 23.1% | 117 | 25.9% | 121 | 27.0% | 112 | 25.3% |
| White: | 6 | 1.1% | 9 | 1.7% | 7 | 1.3% | 6 | 1.2% | 5 | 1.1% | 3 | 0.7% | 4 | 0.9% |
| 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: | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 422 | 79.0% | 458 | 85.6% | 404 | 77.1% | 401 | 79.7% | NA | NA | 380 | 84.8% | 342 | 77.2% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 18 | 3.4% | 20 | 3.7% | 33 | 6.3% | 22 | 4.4% | NA | NA | 4 | 0.9% | 17 | 3.8% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 19.06 | 19.11 | 18.07 | 17.28 | 16.14 | 17.90 | 17.70 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| Regents | ||||||
| 2011 | Algebra 2/Trigonometry | End of course | % met std | 71% | 59% | 64% |
| 2012 | Algebra 2/Trigonometry | End of course | % met std | 82% | 63% | 64% |
| 2007 | Chemistry | End of course | % met std | 16% | 57% | 71% |
| 2008 | Chemistry | End of course | % met std | 86% | 62% | 73% |
| 2009 | Chemistry | End of course | % met std | 53% | 62% | 74% |
| 2010 | Chemistry | End of course | % met std | 89% | 64% | 73% |
| 2011 | Chemistry | End of course | % met std | 55% | 71% | 78% |
| 2007 | Earth Science | End of course | % met std | 100% | 52% | 72% |
| 2009 | Earth Science | End of course | % met std | 74% | 41% | 72% |
| 2011 | Earth Science | End of course | % met std | 83% | 34% | 72% |
| 2012 | Earth Science | End of course | % met std | 80% | 46% | 73% |
| 2006 | English | End of course | % met std | 55% | 53% | 78% |
| 2007 | English | End of course | % met std | 65% | 53% | 78% |
| 2008 | English | End of course | % met std | 58% | 61% | 82% |
| 2009 | English | End of course | % met std | 76% | 60% | 82% |
| 2010 | English | End of course | % met std | 85% | 65% | 83% |
| 2011 | English | End of course | % met std | 91% | 68% | 85% |
| 2012 | English | End of course | % met std | 80% | 67% | 82% |
| 2010 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 85% | 62% | 72% |
| 2011 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 94% | 62% | 75% |
| 2012 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 77% | 61% | 75% |
| 2005 | Global History and Geography | End of course | % met std | 35% | 46% | 70% |
| 2006 | Global History and Geography | End of course | % met std | 14% | 43% | 67% |
| 2007 | Global History and Geography | End of course | % met std | 22% | 42% | 63% |
| 2008 | Global History and Geography | End of course | % met std | 40% | 49% | 67% |
| 2009 | Global History and Geography | End of course | % met std | 73% | 54% | 71% |
| 2010 | Global History and Geography | End of course | % met std | 79% | 53% | 69% |
| 2011 | Global History and Geography | End of course | % met std | 83% | 51% | 70% |
| 2012 | Global History and Geography | End of course | % met std | 84% | 55% | 71% |
| 2009 | Integrated Algebra | End of course | % met std | 86% | 51% | 72% |
| 2010 | Integrated Algebra | End of course | % met std | 92% | 55% | 72% |
| 2011 | Integrated Algebra | End of course | % met std | 88% | 59% | 73% |
| 2012 | Integrated Algebra | End of course | % met std | 97% | 55% | 72% |
| 2006 | Living Environment | End of course | % met std | 65% | 52% | 75% |
| 2007 | Living Environment | End of course | % met std | 50% | 55% | 75% |
| 2008 | Living Environment | End of course | % met std | 60% | 59% | 75% |
| 2009 | Living Environment | End of course | % met std | 80% | 64% | 80% |
| 2010 | Living Environment | End of course | % met std | 81% | 60% | 79% |
| 2011 | Living Environment | End of course | % met std | 90% | 65% | 81% |
| 2012 | Living Environment | End of course | % met std | 93% | 60% | 78% |
| 2005 | Mathematics A | End of course | % met std | 65% | 59% | 77% |
| 2006 | Mathematics A | End of course | % met std | 46% | 57% | 79% |
| 2007 | Mathematics A | End of course | % met std | 44% | 62% | 77% |
| 2008 | Mathematics A | End of course | % met std | 46% | 62% | 76% |
| 2009 | Mathematics A | End of course | % met std | 64% | 65% | 61% |
| 2007 | Mathematics B | End of course | % met std | 13% | 64% | 70% |
| 2008 | Mathematics B | End of course | % met std | 75% | 58% | 70% |
| 2009 | Mathematics B | End of course | % met std | 95% | 63% | 68% |
| 2010 | Mathematics B | End of course | % met std | 100% | 66% | 61% |
| 2005 | Physics | End of course | % met std | 0% | 75% | 81% |
| 2005 | Spanish | End of course | % met std | 100% | 98% | 96% |
| 2006 | Spanish | End of course | % met std | 78% | 97% | 96% |
| 2007 | Spanish | End of course | % met std | 100% | 98% | 97% |
| 2009 | Spanish | End of course | % met std | 100% | 98% | 96% |
| 2010 | Spanish | End of course | % met std | 98% | 97% | 95% |
| 2011 | Spanish | End of course | % met std | 92% | 94% | 94% |
| 2006 | U.S. History and Govt | End of course | % met std | 32% | 51% | 79% |
| 2007 | U.S. History and Govt | End of course | % met std | 36% | 49% | 79% |
| 2008 | U.S. History and Govt | End of course | % met std | 54% | 57% | 83% |
| 2009 | U.S. History and Govt | End of course | % met std | 69% | 57% | 80% |
| 2010 | U.S. History and Govt | End of course | % met std | 84% | 68% | 83% |
| 2011 | U.S. History and Govt | End of course | % met std | 85% | 66% | 80% |
| 2012 | U.S. History and Govt | End of course | % met std | 92% | 66% | 79% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Discovery 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.