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Westchester Square Academy

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Westchester Square Academy ranks 919 th of 1234 New York high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

919^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,234 New York High Schools

Better than 26% of New York high schools

Summary

Westchester Square Academy is a public high school serving grades 9-12 in the Bronx, New York, with an enrollment of 415 students. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #8, which is ranked 731 out of 874 districts in the state.

Academically, Westchester Square Academy consistently ranks in the bottom quarter of New York high schools, with proficiency rates on Regents exams generally below the district and state averages. The school's graduation rate of 70-84% is also lower than the state average of around 80%. Additionally, Westchester Square Academy has a high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 31.5% to 57.3% in recent years, significantly higher than the state average.

The school serves a predominantly disadvantaged student population, with 91.33% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-2024. Westchester Square Academy has a diverse student body, with significant populations of African American (around 30-45%) and Hispanic (around 50-60%) students. The school also has a relatively high percentage of English Language Learners and students with disabilities. While Westchester Square Academy performs similarly to or slightly better than other nearby high schools in the same district, it lags behind the higher-performing Renaissance High School for Musical Theater and the Arts and Bronx River High School.

410

Students ?

11.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$31,373

Per pupil spending ?

92%

Free/discounted lunch ?

3000 E Tremont Ave
Bronx, NY 10461

(718) 904-5050

District: New York City Geographic District # 8

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

52.0%

African American:

26.8%

Asian:

12.2%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 16th percentile in 2014 → 26th in 2025

Strengths

✓90% graduate in 4 years — above the New York average (83%)

✓Ranking is trending up — up 10 percentile points since 2014

✓Small classes — about 12 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New York average (50% vs 66% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (55% vs 31% New York)

!Geometry scores 38 pts below the New York average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school50%

District avg46%

New York avg66%

919^th of 1,234

New York public high schools ?

Bottom 26%▲ up 4 pts since 2015

From bottom 21% (2015) to bottom 26% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 18High Schools in the New York City Geographic District # 8

731^st of 874New York City Geographic District # 8 among New York districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	25.7	919 of 1234	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.4	856 of 1242	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	8.8	1131 of 1228	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.1	1002 of 1190	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.4	1011 of 1207	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.9	957 of 1210	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	21.0	923 of 1221	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	25.4	961 of 1255	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	22.5	989 of 1255	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	14.9	1038 of 1237	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	36.3	447 of 713	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	49.3	302 of 690	56.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	22.9	542 of 671	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	35.6	373 of 593	37.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	30.2	494 of 686	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.9	556 of 679	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	22.0	343 of 413	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.1	388 of 426	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	1.1	421 of 424	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.2	403 of 447	9.8%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	46.1	333 of 669	50.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	62.5	161 of 637	74.7%	★★★★☆
2023	19.4	549 of 583	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	41.6	264 of 481	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	32.7	392 of 565	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	33.6	373 of 546	31.7%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	29.8	858 of 1206	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.0	857 of 1219	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	9.4	1106 of 1197	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.6	1045 of 1155	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	20.1	960 of 1193	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.2	893 of 1176	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	33.9	570 of 885	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	43.5	446 of 865	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	13.0	780 of 851	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.6	661 of 760	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.1	651 of 815	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.3	589 of 791	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	48.8	273 of 607	55.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	60.4	148 of 564	73.8%	★★★★☆
2023	17.0	497 of 531	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	38.5	230 of 389	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	29.5	376 of 493	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	37.3	316 of 498	36.5%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	28.0	868 of 1179	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.1	799 of 1170	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	8.8	1079 of 1155	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.2	985 of 1101	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.9	1024 of 1179	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.5	939 of 1154	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	24.5	915 of 1201	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.8	868 of 1211	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	9.1	1103 of 1191	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	18.1	926 of 1154	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.8	1019 of 1190	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.3	1001 of 1176	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	36.7	705 of 1149	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	39.5	644 of 1144	43.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	12.0	1091 of 1130	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.8	952 of 1038	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	17.4	1012 of 1132	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.4	820 of 1095	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2022	4.9	715 of 738	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	15.0	727 of 793	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	24.9	653 of 765	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Homeless (2025)55th percentile+29 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)50th percentile+25 vs school

Special Education (2025)39th percentile+13 vs school

African American (2025)37th percentile+12 vs school

Hispanic (2025)36th percentile+10 vs school

Female (2025)29th percentile+3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)26th percentile~ school

Male (2025)24th percentile~ school

Asian (2025)17th percentile-9 vs school

White (2022)3rd percentile-13 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

Chemistry72%+7 vs state

Common Core English Language Arts66%-10 vs state

Common Core Algebra II65%-9 vs state

Earth and Space Sciences61%+5 vs state

Global History and Geography51%-25 vs state

Algebra I46%-10 vs state

U.S. History and Government43%-32 vs state

Life Science Biology43%-16 vs state

Living Environment23%-33 vs state

Geometry22%-38 vs state

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by a citizen
Monday, January 8, 2018

I've visited many schools as a teaching artist and this is by far the most dangerous, unkempt school I have worked in. The teacher turnover is extraordinarily high as they lost around 40 teachers last year in April and teachers are very discouraged, scared and live in fear not only of the bullying, inept administration but even some students. Most students just want to get along and get a good education but fear and loathing of the principal run deep and are worsening as she is ineffectual and does not listen to their needs and wants. I feel very sorry for the student body and even some teachers. Close Quote

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Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Regents Chemistry End of Course	Regents Common Core Algebra II End of Course	Regents Common Core English Language Arts End of Course	Regents Common Core Geometry End of Course	Regents Earth Science End of Course	Regents Global History and Geography End of Course	Regents Living Environment End of Course	Regents Physics End of Course	Regents U.S. History and Government End of Course	Regents Algebra I End of Course	Regents Life Science Biology End of Course	Regents Geometry End of Course	Regents Earth and Space Sciences End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Renaissance High School For Musical Theater And The Arts	Public	9-12	3000 E Tremont Ave	Bronx	10461	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 8	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 430-6390	385	39	9.7	87.0%	11 (2.9%)	105 (27.3%)	252 (65.5%)	7 (1.8%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	6 (1.6%)	53.6	599^th of 1234 public high schools	51.5%		42.6	732^nd of 1242 public high schools	41.1%	133		70.0	93.1			84.1	36.7	18.8	86.3	69.7	46.9	31.6	46.4	$31,675	$2,977	$28,698
Westchester Square Academy	Public	9-12	3000 E Tremont Ave	Bronx	10461	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 8	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 904-5050	410	35	11.8	92.0%	27 (6.6%)	110 (26.8%)	213 (52.0%)	50 (12.2%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	5 (1.2%)	25.7	919^th of 1234 public high schools	25.5%		29.4	856^th of 1242 public high schools	31.1%	63	72.0	65.4	65.7			51.4	23.3		43.2	46.1	42.7	21.7	60.7	$31,373	$3,276	$28,097
Pelham Lab High School	Public	9-12	3000 E Tremont Ave	Bronx	10461	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 8	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 904-5090	285	31	9.1	84.9%	26 (9.1%)	83 (29.1%)	143 (50.2%)	22 (7.7%)	4 (1.4%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.1%)	12.9	1094^th of 1234 public high schools	11.3%		7.2	1181^st of 1242 public high schools	4.9%	87	66.7	22.9	50.8	16.7	26.1	53.8	36.4		45.5	21.7	43.6	20.3	33.3	$34,413	$3,687	$30,726
Schuylerville Preparatory High School	Public	9-12	3000 E Tremont Ave	Bronx	10461	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 8	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 904-5080	324	28	11.4	88.9%	26 (8.0%)	87 (26.9%)	159 (49.1%)	34 (10.5%)	6 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.7%)	17.8	1015^th of 1234 public high schools	17.7%		12.8	1096^th of 1242 public high schools	11.8%	81	13.3	26.3	66.1	11.1	27.8	65.5	36.6		45.7	27.2	20.0	5.2	35.9	$29,239	$2,981	$26,257
Bronx River High School	Public	9-12	3000 E Tremont Ave	Bronx	10461	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 8	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 904-4210	419	33	12.8	84.5%	17 (4.1%)	85 (20.3%)	268 (64.0%)	37 (8.8%)	7 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (1.0%)	34.1	814^th of 1234 public high schools	34.0%		41.4	740^th of 1242 public high schools	40.4%	74	47.6	76.7	74.2	60.0		61.2	42.9		63.1	37.3	24.1	65.5	52.8	$29,492	$2,968	$26,524
Herbert H Lehman High School	Public	9-12	3000 E Tremont Ave	Bronx	10461	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 8	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 904-4200	1,087	88	12.2	81.2%	86 (7.9%)	273 (25.1%)	623 (57.3%)	78 (7.2%)	15 (1.4%)	3 (0.3%)	8 (0.7%)	30.7	851^st of 1234 public high schools	31.0%		23.9	926^th of 1242 public high schools	25.4%	75	50.0	90.6	73.0	39.5		53.4	32.0	68.4	48.0	36.7	54.9	42.2	79.6	$34,042	$3,143	$30,899
Ps 721 Stephen McSweeney School	Public	9-12	2697 Westchester Ave	Bronx	10461	Bronx County	Nyc Special Schools - District 75	No	No	No	No	(718) 597-6404	481	89	5.4	96.0%	13 (2.7%)	167 (34.7%)	280 (58.2%)	13 (2.7%)	5 (1.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)								(n/a)														$108,183	$1,400	$106,783
Ps 12 Lewis And Clark School	Public	6-12	2555 Tratman Ave	Bronx	10461	Bronx County	Nyc Special Schools - District 75	No	No	No	No	(718) 409-9040	279	63	4.4	96.1%	13 (4.7%)	90 (32.3%)	148 (53.0%)	14 (5.0%)	7 (2.5%)	3 (1.1%)	4 (1.4%)								(n/a)														$108,157	$1,403	$106,754
E Monroe New Renaissance Basketball	Public, Charter	9-12	1617 Parkview Ave	Bronx	10461	Bronx County	E Monroe New Renaissance Basketball	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 873-6049	364	13	25.8	82.4%	13 (3.6%)	173 (47.5%)	168 (46.2%)	4 (1.1%)	3 (0.8%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	23.4	946^th of 1234 public high schools	23.3%					(n/a)	20.0		75.8		14.7	53.3	31.6		56.5	27.7	38.1	18.6		$29,894	$1,537	$28,356
Gotham Collaborative High School	Public	9-12	1980 Lafayette Ave	Bronx	10473	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 8	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 597-1587	295	35	8.4	91.2%	9 (3.1%)	89 (30.2%)	178 (60.3%)	14 (4.7%)	4 (1.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6.1	1195^th of 1234 public high schools	3.2%		8.6	1164^th of 1242 public high schools	6.3%	31	0.0	2.8	43.0			53.1	18.9		46.2	14.3	16.4			$40,887	$5,131	$35,756

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