SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL
BRONX · NY · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7 · Public · K-12 combined
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LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223 → BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL → DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL → INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL → LONGWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMY → AMERICAN DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL → SOUTH BRONX COMMUNITY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL → ALFRED E SMITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 18% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 57th percentile by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 92% (60th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL compares for families
What families should know about SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL.
- ▸ LocallyNY sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223, BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL, DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2157th percentile by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
60th percentile nationally
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
Stony Brook University
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $18,784/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
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New York's public scholarships
New York's Excelsior Scholarship makes SUNY and CUNY tuition-free for middle-income families — there's no GPA or test gate, but you commit to staying in New York after you graduate.
Tuition-free SUNY/CUNY for NY families under $125k AGI — no GPA or test gate, but you must stay on track and live in New York after graduating. (Stay on-track (30 credits/yr); live & work in NY afterward for the years you received it.)
Official program details ↗Eligibility rules change yearly — confirm with the official program before relying on it. Amounts are recent published figures; awards cover tuition/fees, not housing or books unless noted. Verified 2026-06-14.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -2.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 603 students:
≈ 59 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223 BRONX |
Public | 0.0 | 390 | +1.3% |
| BRONX LEADERSHIP ACADEMY II HIGH SCHOOL BRONX |
Public | 0.6 | 381 | -16.4% |
| DEMOCRACY PREP HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL NEW YORK |
Public · charter | 1.3 | 364 | -0.5% |
| INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL BRONX |
Public | 0.3 | 345 | +4.2% |
| LONGWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMY BRONX |
Public | 1.2 | 351 | +1.2% |
| AMERICAN DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX |
Public · charter | 0.6 | 341 | +2.1% |
| SOUTH BRONX COMMUNITY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL BRONX |
Public · charter | 1.2 | 349 | +6.7% |
| ALFRED E SMITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL BRONX |
Public | 0.3 | 412 | -6.2% |