Bronx Leadership Academy II High School

The school's own proficiency rates aren't reported here, so direct comparisons to the district's roughly 51% ELA and 49% math averages aren't possible. What the catalog does show is a college-prep posture: AP Courses, STEM, world languages including French and Spanish, and ELL Support alongside partner programs like Blue Engine, iMentor, and a Campus College Center that explicitly bridge students to higher ed. With 27% of students classified IEP and a 91.7% economic need index, the academic challenge is real, but the scaffolding appears built in.

The day-to-day feel here is unusually calm for a high-need high school: zero suspensions were recorded, against a district average suspension rate of 0.84% — a meaningful signal about how the school handles behavior. Parents report 95% satisfaction and 95% trust in teachers, both above the district average, and teachers rate instructional quality at 93% versus a district average near 88%. The one soft spot in the survey picture is teacher-principal trust at 79%, a 14-point gap from teacher-to-teacher collegial trust (90%) — worth asking about if you're visiting.

About 68% of students identify as Hispanic and 30% as Black, with the remaining 2% split among Asian, White, and multiracial — a profile that closely mirrors the surrounding neighborhood. The economic need index of 91.7% places this firmly in the high-poverty tier, and 27% of students have IEPs, so families should expect a student body with a wide range of support needs. The diversity index sits at 42%, reflecting the mostly two-group composition rather than broad ethnic mix.

Concourse-Concourse Village is a high-density, mostly renter neighborhood: only about 11% of households own their homes, median household income is around $40,000, and roughly a third of residents live below the poverty line. About 14% of households have children, and just under 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher — a community where most families are working-class and many are first- or second-generation New Yorkers. It's the kind of place where Grand Concourse traffic and the shadow of Yankee Stadium set the daily rhythm.

Three subway options sit within roughly 10 minutes on foot — 149 St-Grand Concourse on the 2 and 5 lines (about 7 minutes), the same station on the 4 line (about 8 minutes), and 161 St-Yankee Stadium on the B and D (about 10 minutes).