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New School For Leadership And Journalism

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

120 West 231st St

Bronx NY, 10463, Bronx County

Phone: 718-601-2869

Ranking:

(2,841 out of 3,424, bottom 17%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

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:	49		50		47		50		50		55		51
Total Students:	786		699		649		674		744		756		721
Grade 6:	173	22.0%	151	21.6%	168	25.9%	137	20.3%	114	15.3%	104	13.8%	101	14.0%
Grade 7:	285	36.3%	306	43.8%	238	36.7%	223	33.1%	246	33.1%	293	38.8%	270	37.4%
Grade 8:	322	41.0%	237	33.9%	242	37.3%	312	46.3%	304	40.9%	283	37.4%	267	37.0%
Ungraded:	6	0.8%	5	0.7%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	80	10.8%	76	10.1%	83	11.5%
Student By Gender:
Male:	396	50.4%	364	52.1%	345	53.2%	367	54.5%	407	54.7%	432	57.1%	451	62.6%
Female:	390	49.6%	335	47.9%	304	46.8%	307	45.5%	329	44.2%	316	41.8%	266	36.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	1	0.1%
Asian:	19	2.4%	17	2.4%	19	2.9%	22	3.3%	31	4.2%	38	5.0%	33	4.6%
Hispanic:	651	82.8%	577	82.5%	532	82.0%	532	78.9%	586	78.8%	571	75.5%	548	76.0%
Black:	90	11.5%	84	12.0%	87	13.4%	109	16.2%	114	15.3%	131	17.3%	129	17.9%
White:	23	2.9%	21	3.0%	11	1.7%	11	1.6%	13	1.7%	14	1.9%	10	1.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	666	84.7%	616	88.1%	575	88.6%	601	89.2%	NA	NA	688	91.0%	616	85.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	32	4.1%	33	4.7%	39	6.0%	40	5.9%	NA	NA	30	4.0%	57	7.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.04		13.98		13.81		13.43		14.98		13.70		14.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	22%	45%	61%
2007	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	40%	45%	63%
2008	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	34%	41%	67%
2009	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	72%	63%	81%
2010	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	26%	30%	54%
2011	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	30%	33%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	36%	35%	55%
2013	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	21.1%	13.5%	29.6%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	12%	39%	60%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	31%	51%	71%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	53%	64%	79%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77%	73%	83%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	46%	45%	61%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	50%	47%	63%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	71%	52%	66%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	28%	17.4%	30.6%
2006	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	28%	39%	57%
2007	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	25%	41%	58%
2008	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	46%	49%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	64%	62%	80%
2010	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	27%	28%	50%
2011	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	32%	26%	48%
2012	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	31%	32%	53%
2013	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	24.3%	15.3%	31.4%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	24%	35%	56%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	28%	47%	66%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	49%	59%	79%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	88%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	39%	43%	62%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	52%	45%	64%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	46%	45%	65%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	20.2%	13.1%	27.7%
2007	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	34%	41%	58%
2008	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	21%	30%	56%
2009	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	44%	45%	69%
2010	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	22%	27%	51%
2011	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	27%	25%	47%
2012	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	35%	28%	50%
2013	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	13.7%	14.7%	33.7%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	17%	36%	59%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	44%	52%	70%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67%	67%	80%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	27%	35%	55%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60%	43%	60%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73%	47%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	23%	14.5%	27.4%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	28%	28%	65%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	24%	36%	71%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	15%	36%	69%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	24%	39%	71%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	30%	42%	69%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	38%	41%	70%
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	19%	20%	57%
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	15%	26%	63%
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	27%	26%	63%
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	28%	33%	69%
Regents
2007	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	100%	52%	72%
2008	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	100%	39%	70%
2009	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	35%	41%	72%
2010	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	41%	45%	74%
2009	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	65%	51%	72%
2010	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	84%	55%	72%
2011	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	100%	59%	73%
2012	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	96%	55%	72%
2011	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	75%	65%	81%
2012	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	100%	60%	78%
2008	Mathematics A	End of course	% met std	101%	62%	76%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* New School For Leadership And Journalism was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.