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How Bard High School Early College Bronx compares for families

What families should know about Bard High School Early College Bronx.

  • 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: EXPLORATIONS ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL, UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE HUMANITIES II, BRONX ENVISION ACADEMY and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Federal Title I context

High-poverty school

Title I Schoolwide eligible

79.2%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

≥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

49%
admit rate
$10,931
in-state tuition/yr · $32,741 out-of-state
1320–1490
SAT 25–75 · ACT 28–33

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.

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Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Pay for college in New York

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.

Promise Excelsior Scholarship
Free SUNY/CUNY tuition (last-dollar, up to $5,500/yr)
Income: Household AGI ≤ $125,000

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.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 122 in 2023 to 245 in 2024 — over 1 years.
+100.8%

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

Most similar nearby high schools

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.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
EXPLORATIONS ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL
BRONX
Public 0.0 240 -25.2%
UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE HUMANITIES II
BRONX
Public · charter 1.2 250 -44.4%
BRONX ENVISION ACADEMY
BRONX
Public 0.0 266 -20.6%
PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
BRONX
Public · charter 0.9 234 -14.3%
ARTURO A SCHOMBURG SATELLITE ACADEMY BRONX
BRONX
Public 1.0 258 +98.5%
WINGS ACADEMY
BRONX
Public 0.9 230 -17.3%
BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE
BRONX
Public 1.1 260 -18.2%
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY III SECONDARY SCHOOL
BRONX
Public 0.7 219 -13.4%

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