Bronx Health Sciences High School

The dataset doesn't include school-level ELA or math proficiency figures for Bronx Health Sciences, so we can't say whether students here test above or below the district averages of roughly 57% ELA and 56% math proficiency. What we can read is the demand signal: 1,316 applicants for 86 seats (a 6.7% offer rate) tells you families with options are choosing this school. The course catalog includes AP classes, ELL support, and Spanish language tracks, suggesting a curriculum aimed at both college-bound and English-learner students. With no year-over-year proficiency data to track, the trajectory is genuinely unknown from the numbers provided.

Every climate metric the school reports lands above district averages: parent satisfaction at 95% (vs. ~93% district), teacher-reported instruction quality at 97% (vs. ~92% district), and teacher-principal trust at 95%. The standout number is the discipline line — zero suspensions in a year, against a district average suspension rate of roughly 0.5%. That combination — high trust, high instructional confidence, no formal removals — paints a picture of a school where relationships, not consequences, are doing the heavy lifting. The 39% family survey response rate and 126 responses give those trust numbers real weight; this isn't a survey driven by a handful of enthusiastic families.

The student body is 52% Black, 33% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 4% Native American, and a small mix of White and multiracial students, with a diversity index of 64%. The economic need index of 79.1 — meaning roughly four out of five students are considered economically disadvantaged — is high, and 15% of students have IEPs, so special education is a real presence here, not a footnote. This sits inside Co-op City, a famously middle-income cooperative housing development where the median household income is $58,565 and homeownership runs 44% — a neighborhood whose housing stock and stability don't always match the school's economic profile, which tells you the school draws well beyond its immediate blocks.

Co-op City is one of the Bronx's most recognizable planned communities — a dense cluster of co-op apartment towers with a homeownership rate (44%) and median income ($58,565) that sit well above many parts of the borough. The 26% bachelor's-degree rate and 11.9% poverty rate point to a working- and middle-class population with a mix of longtime residents and younger families. Only 11.8% of households here have children, which is partly why a school like this one — small, selective, and reaching beyond the immediate census tract for its student body — feels like a deliberate choice rather than a default assignment.

The 5 train is the only subway line serving the area; Baychester Av (5) is about a 10-minute walk, with Eastchester-Dyre Av (5) roughly 20 minutes and Gun Hill Rd (5) about 17 minutes on foot.