Bronx International High School

Proficiency data was not available for this profile, so a direct comparison to the district averages of roughly 45% ELA and 45% Math proficiency isn't possible. What is clear from the program mix is the school's academic identity: AP Courses and a Humanities track for college-bound students, layered with dedicated ELL Support for newcomers still building English skills. With 3% of students classified as IEP — well below typical high schools — this is a school whose academic supports are organized almost entirely around language acquisition rather than special education services.

The climate picture is split down the middle. Parents love the school — 94% satisfaction, 97% trust in teachers, 97% trust in the principal — and there were zero suspensions, which is genuinely remarkable and well below the district average of 0.42%. Teachers, however, give the principal only 56% trust, a sharp gap from the parental side, while still rating instructional quality at 90% and collegial trust at 76%. The day-to-day feel is probably warm and supportive for families, with a staff that works well together but has real reservations about school leadership.

Bronx International is, demographically, a Latino school: 78% Hispanic, 17% Black, and small numbers of other groups, producing a diversity index of just 38% because the population is concentrated rather than varied. The student body mirrors Morrisania's immigrant character — a neighborhood where the median household income is $33,049, more than a third of residents live in poverty, and only 14.9% of adults have a bachelor's degree. This is a school built for families who are new to the country, learning English, and navigating the American high school system for the first time.

Morrisania is a densely populated, working-class South Bronx neighborhood shaped by generations of immigration. Renting is the rule — only 8.9% of households own their homes — and the typical family is renting in a building where the unit value is around $500,000, with 11.5% of households including children. Getting around means the subway; there's not much parking and most families rely on transit for daily life. The area is built for density and foot traffic, with neighborhood commercial strips doing the work of a downtown.

Families coming from outside the neighborhood can reach the school via the 2 and 5 trains — Prospect Av is about a 12-minute walk, Intervale Av about 11 minutes, and Simpson St about 13 minutes.