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Bronx High School for Writing and Communication Ar

11X253

09,10,11,12 - Bronx, District 11

800 EAST GUN HILL ROAD (get directions)

PTA $ not reported

271 students (SY2020-21)

Attendance: 81.8%

Overview

Bronx High School for Writing and Communication Ar is a high school school (grades 09,10,11,12) in Bronx, Community School District 11.

Enrollment & demographics

School year	Total enrollment
2013-14	413
2014-15	389
2015-16	371
2016-17	317
2017-18	338
2018-19	317
2019-20	301
2020-21	271

% female: 50.6% (2020-21)

% poverty: 79.3% (2020-21)

% students with disabilities: 24.4% (2020-21)

% English language learners: 13.7% (2020-21)

Data year

Mixed years. Each share is the newest year this school published it, shown next to the number.

Race / ethnicity

DOE reports race and ethnicity. It does not publish country of nationality.

Asian: 2.6% (2020-21)

Black: 42.8% (2020-21)

Hispanic: 49.4% (2020-21)

White: 4.1% (2020-21)

Multi-racial: 0% (2020-21)

Native American: 0.4% (2020-21)

Economic Need Index: 0.86 (DOE's poverty/need composite score, 0-1)

Academic / quality

Attendance: 81.8%

Year	Metric	Value
2023	Attendance	81.8%
2023	College and career ready	32.4
2023	4-year graduation	89.5%
2023	SAT math mean	389
2023	SAT reading & writing mean	424
2022	Attendance	78.9%
2022	4-year graduation	76%
2022	SAT math mean	380
2022	SAT reading & writing mean	405
2021	Attendance	86.3%
2021	4-year graduation	68.9%
2021	SAT math mean	390
2021	SAT reading & writing mean	440
2020	Attendance	87.6%
2020	4-year graduation	73%
2020	SAT math mean	408
2020	SAT reading & writing mean	409
2019	Attendance	80.8%
2019	4-year graduation	67.1%
2019	SAT math mean	397
2019	SAT reading & writing mean	442
2018	Attendance	84.2%
2018	4-year graduation	70.5%
2018	SAT math mean	416.6
2018	SAT reading & writing mean	430.4
2017	4-year graduation	63.3%
2017	SAT math mean	419
2017	SAT reading & writing mean	439.2
2016	4-year graduation	67%
2015	4-year graduation	69.8%

See the full report on DOE's site for every metric this dataset publishes.

State tests

Mean scale score on the New York State test for the grades this school serves. The percent is students at level 3 or 4, not a percentile rank. Scores from 2023 on use the current standards and are not comparable to earlier years. High school SAT section scores stay in Academic / quality.

No grade 3-8 state test row is published for the grades this school serves.

Specialized high school offers

No SHSAT feeder-school row is published for this school. DOE reports this for middle schools whose 8th graders entered high-school admissions.

School budget (Galaxy)

No DOE Galaxy budget is published for this school.

PTA funding (LL171)

PTA $ not reported

PTA/PA fundraising per enrolled student - higher generally means a more active parent fundraising community, not a DOE quality signal.

PTA funding not reported for this school.

Sources & methodology

A free, DOE / NYC Open Data-only tool. No paid ranking data (GreatSchools, Niche, or similar) anywhere on this site.

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Data from NYC Department of Education and NYC Open Data. Free and public - no accounts, no paid ranking data.