Herbert H. Lehman High School

Specific ELA and math proficiency figures aren't reported for Lehman in the data provided, so a direct read against the district's 56.7% ELA and 55.6% math averages isn't possible. What's visible is a serious academic architecture: a 100/100 program richness score, AP courses, ELL support, STEM, world languages, and a coding partnership with Lehman College. Average class size of 23.8 matches the district exactly, so students aren't getting more seat-time per teacher than peers, but the screened honors and CS tracks do create a more selective academic lane for families who land a spot.

Zero suspensions across 1,027 students is dramatically better than the district's 0.49% average and is the headline climate story here. Teacher trust signals are strong — 94% collegial trust, 94% principal trust, 90% instruction quality — even with a high-needs population. The softer note is parent satisfaction at 89%, several points below the district's 93%, paired with a family survey response rate of only 29%, so that gap may reflect who's answering the survey as much as how the school is doing.

The student body is 53% Hispanic, 28% Black, 9% Asian, 8% White, and 2% Native American — a 68% diversity index that reflects a genuinely mixed Bronx catchment. With an economic need index of 81 and a quarter of students on IEPs, the school absorbs significant need without the discipline troubles you sometimes see at similarly situated schools. The competitive screened programs layer a more affluent, test-prepared applicant pool on top of the zoned population, which families should know creates two different worlds under one roof.

Throgs Neck-Schuylerville is a working- and middle-class family neighborhood where the median household income of $85,113 sits alongside a 14.9% poverty rate, and 48% of households own their homes at a median value around $581,000. Eighteen percent of households have children, and a 26% bachelor's-or-higher rate reflects a community of working families more than credentialed professionals. It's the kind of place where kids still play outside and grandparents are a short drive away.

Three 6 train stations are within easy walking distance — Westchester Sq–E Tremont Av about 4 minutes on foot, Middletown Rd about 7 minutes, and Zerega Av about 10 minutes — making this one of the more transit-friendly K-8 campuses in the Bronx.