At a Glance
A small screened South Bronx high school blending humanities, hip-hop dance, and leadership — with zero suspensions.
Best suited for
A family that wants a screened, humanities-focused high school with deep cultural programming, a discipline-light environment, and strong teacher-family trust — and whose child doesn't need heavy on-site special-education services.
What stands out
- Zero suspensions paired with sky-high teacher trust — a rare combination that signals how the school handles behavior day-to-day.
- Cultural programming that goes well past token electives: Afro-Caribbean dance, hip-hop dance, and capoeira are formal course offerings, not after-club extras.
- The Aspira Leadership Program and Girls Leadership Program give students explicit civic and personal-development pathways.
- Student-voice programming is layered in — peer mediation, student government, Open Mike Club, and a group called Sauti Yetu ("our voice" in Swahili).
- A perfect 100/100 program richness score, with one of the most varied extracurricular menus in District 7.
Things to consider
- No proficiency test data is available, so families who weigh raw ELA or math scores should ask the school directly.
- Only 10% of families completed the survey — the 93% parent satisfaction figure comes from a self-selected group, not the full parent body.
- Class size of 20.5 is essentially at the district average, so this isn't the small-class haven some screened schools offer.
- With just 9% IEP students, families whose children need significant special-education support may find fewer in-house resources than at schools with higher special-needs populations.
- The school sits in a high-poverty neighborhood; the building reads as safe by every climate measure, but the surrounding area's economic reality shapes daily life outside the doors.
Based on 2024-25 data
School SummaryDistrict 7
Within District 7, this school sits solidly in the upper tier of high school options — peer schools like Leaders of Excellence and South Bronx Classical Charter School II edge it out slightly on the district's quality score, but it lands clearly above the District 7 average on virtually every survey measure.
Academics
Specific ELA, math, and science proficiency scores aren't available in this data, so test-score comparisons to the district average can't be drawn. What does come through is the program's intellectual identity: a screened humanities track with ELL support, French, and computer science, reinforced by SAT prep, peer tutoring, a math competition team, and a Center for the Urban Pedagogy partnership. The 100/100 program richness score signals one of the most varied academic and extracurricular menus in the district.
Culture
Zero suspensions is the headline, and it's not framed as an absence of discipline so much as a sign of how the school runs. Teachers rate instruction quality at 100% and report strong trust in one another (95%) and in the principal (86%, well above the district average). Parent trust in teachers (97%) and in the principal (99%) is similarly high. The honest caveat: only 10% of families returned the survey, so the satisfaction numbers reflect a small, likely more engaged slice of the parent body rather than the full community.
Community
The student body is 79% Hispanic, 15% Black, and 4% White — closely mirroring Mott Haven-Port Morris itself, a predominantly Latino, working-class neighborhood. With 356 students total, the school is small enough that most families will recognize each other in the hallways. At 9% IEP students, this is less of a special-needs hub than some peers — a screened school with relatively few students flagged for special-education services.
Neighborhood
Mott Haven-Port Morris is one of the city's poorest neighborhoods, with a median household income under $30,000 and a poverty rate above 40%. Only about 6% of households own their homes, and just over 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, which makes this a transit-dependent, predominantly renter community. About 12% of households include children, anchoring a tight, family-rooted population that this high school draws from directly.
Brook Av on the 6 line is a four-minute walk, and both 3 Av-149 St on the 2 and 5 lines and Cypress Av on the 6 are about nine minutes on foot.
Survey Results
NYC School Survey (2025) · 35 families responded (10% rate)
Programs & Activities
Admissions Demand
Each new student and family attends a comprehensive orientation session during the last week of August.
Racial & Ethnic Diversity
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
Discipline
NYSED Student & Educator Database
Economic Need & Special Populations
How to get in, step by step
High school (9th grade)
High school is one citywide application, made in 8th grade. International Community High School admits through one program, and each one has its own admissions method:
- International Community High SchoolScreened
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.
- 2Screened programs rank the 7th-grade core-course average, so last year's final grades are the ones that count.
- 3Rank 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 International Community High School a good school?
- Published quality ratings aren't available for International Community High School yet on Motley. It's a public school serving grades 9 to 12 in Mott Haven-Port Morris.
- What grades does International Community High School serve?
- International Community High School serves grades 9 to 12.
- How do students get into International Community High School?
- International Community High School is a screened school — it admits by application, ranking applicants on their course grades (4th grade for middle school, the 7th-grade core-course average for high school); a few schools add an assessment, writing sample, or interview.
- Is International Community High School public, charter, or private?
- International Community High School is a public school in NYC Community School District 7.
- What neighborhood is International Community High School in?
- International Community High School is in Mott Haven-Port Morris, Bronx.