At a Glance
A tiny Bronx high school where families feel deeply heard — but the academic story is largely invisible
Best suited for
Families seeking a tiny, relationship-driven high school for a student who has struggled at a larger school and needs a more personal, less anonymous environment to finish their diploma.
Overall Rating
Rating = average of 4-year graduation, English Regents college-ready and Regents completion · DOE 2025 report
Bands are Motley's thresholds on a 0–100 scale, not New York State performance levels.
How this is scored→What stands out
- Family trust is exceptionally high — 98% of parents trust the principal, the single strongest signal in the survey data.
- At 117 students, this is small enough that a teacher can realistically know every kid in the building.
- Teachers rate their own instructional quality at a perfect 100%, suggesting strong day-to-day classroom practice.
- The school serves a heavily Hispanic (63%) and Black (34%) student body with an economic need index of 91.4% — among the highest-need populations in District 7.
- Multiple subway lines (2, 4, 5, B, D) are within a 10-minute walk, giving families real flexibility to get here from across the borough.
Things to consider
- With no reported state test proficiency data, families should ask directly about graduation rates, credit accumulation, and post-secondary plans before enrolling.
- The teacher-principal trust gap (71%) is worth probing — it suggests staff experience the school differently than families do, and only 23 teachers responded to the survey.
- The surrounding neighborhood's 34% poverty rate and modest household income mean resources, enrichment, and peer networks outside school are limited.
- With 18% of students having IEPs, families of students with significant special needs should ask specifically about the support services and related-services staff available on site.
- This is effectively a transfer or alternative pathway school, so peer groups may include students who struggled at larger high schools — a feature for some families, a concern for others.
Based on 2024-25 data
School SummaryDistrict 7
District 7's top-scoring peers are almost entirely charter schools — Leaders of Excellence (97/100), South Bronx Classical II (96/100), Success Academy Bronx 1 (93/100), Zeta Charter (91/100) — so Bronx Legacy sits as one of the few small public alternatives in a district where charter competition is intense.
Academics
No state ELA, math, or science proficiency scores are reported for Bronx Legacy, which makes it impossible to benchmark academic performance against the District 7 averages of 51% ELA and 49% math proficiency. That data gap is itself a signal: transfer and alternative high schools in NYC are often exempted from or under-represented in state reporting, and families should ask directly about graduation rates and post-secondary outcomes. With 18% of students having IEPs and an economic need index of 91.4%, this is a school focused on catch-up and completion rather than acceleration.
Culture
The family side of the climate ledger is striking: 96% parent satisfaction, 97% parent-teacher trust, and 98% parent-principal trust — every one of those numbers beats the District 7 averages. Teachers rate their own instructional quality at a perfect 100%, suggesting classrooms feel rigorous and well-run. But there's a meaningful gap on the staff side: only 71% of teachers trust the principal (well below the 88% district norm for instruction-related trust), and only 23 teachers responded — a small sample worth keeping in mind. The disconnect suggests the building feels like a warm, trusted place from the family side and a more complicated one from the staff side.
Community
Bronx Legacy's student body is 63% Hispanic and 34% Black, closely mirroring the surrounding Concourse-Concourse Village neighborhood. With an economic need index of 91.4%, nearly every student comes from a low-income household, and 18% have IEPs — a population that benefits enormously from a setting where 117 students means no one is anonymous. The diversity index of 41% is on the lower end, reflecting a school that draws from a fairly homogenous neighborhood rather than a cross-borough mix.
Neighborhood
Concourse-Concourse Village is a working-class Bronx neighborhood where the median household income sits around $40,000 and roughly a third of residents live below the poverty line. Only about 14% of households include children — lower than typical for a New York City neighborhood — and just 11% of homes are owner-occupied, making this a mostly renter community. Bachelor's-degree attainment is around 16%, modest but not unusual for this part of the Bronx.
Families can reach the school via the 149 St-Grand Concourse station on the 2 and 5 trains (about a 7-minute walk) or the 4 train (about 8 minutes), with the 161 St-Yankee Stadium B and D trains roughly 10 minutes away on foot.
Survey Results
NYC School Survey (2025) · 162 families responded (65% rate)
Racial & Ethnic Diversity
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
Economic Need & Special Populations
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High school (9th grade)
High school is one citywide application, made in 8th grade. We don't have Bronx Legacy High School's program list, so read how each of its programs admits on MySchools before you rank it.
High school application
- Opened
- Tue, Oct 6
- Closes
- Fri, Dec 4
- Offers
- Wed, Mar 3
The DOE’s published dates.
- 1Apply on MySchools during the high school application, in 8th grade.
- 2Rank programs in true preference order — the match places your child in the highest-ranked one that offers a seat.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is Bronx Legacy High School a good school?
- On Motley, Bronx Legacy High School earns an overall rating of 43/100 — the average of the school's four-year graduation rate, the share of its students scoring college-ready (70+) on the English Regents, and its Regents completion rate, shown out of 100.
- What grades does Bronx Legacy High School serve?
- Bronx Legacy High School serves grades 9 to 12.
- Is Bronx Legacy High School public, charter, or private?
- Bronx Legacy High School is a public school in NYC Community School District 7.
- What neighborhood is Bronx Legacy High School in?
- Bronx Legacy High School is in Concourse-Concourse Village, Bronx.