Claremont International HS

Specific proficiency numbers aren't reported here, so academic performance is best read through the school's structure: a screened admissions process with a 25% offer rate (286 applicants for 65 seats), AP coursework, and a humanities track. Average class size is 20.8, essentially identical to the district average of 20.8. The program richness score of 90 out of 100 signals broad academic offerings — AP, ELL support, world languages — even though raw outcome data isn't available. This is a school that selects students with academic interest and then supports them with a college-prep and humanities-oriented curriculum.

The day-to-day feel here is unusually warm for a public high school. Teacher-principal trust sits at 99% and collegial trust among teachers is also 99% — numbers that suggest staff genuinely work well together. Teachers rate instruction quality at 98%, well above the district average of 90%, which is one of the clearest signals in the data that classroom experience is strong. Parent satisfaction is 92%, slightly below the district average of 94%, but parent-teacher trust (93%) and parent-principal trust (95%) are both solid. Most striking: zero suspensions reported. That's not typical and points to either restorative practices working or a student body that's already self-selected for engagement. Attendance data isn't provided, so a longer-term stability read isn't possible.

Claremont's student body is 77% Hispanic, 17% Black, 3% Asian, 1% White, and 1% Native American, with 10% of students having IEPs. The diversity index of 40% reflects a school that isn't a melting pot but rather reflects one predominant cultural community — likely mirroring the surrounding Mount Eden-Claremont neighborhood. About 32% of families responded to the school's survey (122 responses), which is a respectable response rate for a high school.

Mount Eden-Claremont (West) is a working-class Bronx neighborhood where median household income sits around $45,405 and about a third of households live below the poverty line. Just 4.4% of homes are owner-occupied, which is typical for dense Bronx housing. Only 16.2% of adults have a bachelor's degree or higher, and 19.3% of households include children — a relatively low share that reflects many multi-generational and adult-only households. The school is in a community where most families rent, incomes are modest, and the population skews Hispanic, which is consistent with the school's enrollment.

Transit access is a real strength. The 170 St station on the B and D lines is roughly a 3-minute walk, and the 170 St and Mt Eden Av stations on the 4 line are about 7 and 8 minutes away on foot. For a Bronx high school, this is unusually good subway coverage.