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Validus Preparatory Academy

Public Grades 9-12
1155th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,234 New York High Schools
Better than 6% of New York high schools
Summary

Validus Preparatory Academy is a public high school located in the Bronx, New York, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 263 students. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #9, which is ranked 750 out of 874 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Validus Preparatory Academy consistently ranks in the bottom 10-15% of high schools in New York state, with a statewide ranking between 1,056-1,155 out of 1,234-1,242 high schools over the past several years. The school has received a 0-1 star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating very low performance. Validus Preparatory Academy struggles across various student subgroups, ranking in the bottom 10-20% for female, male, African American, Hispanic, English Language Learner, Special Education, and low socioeconomic status students compared to other high schools in the state. The school's four-year graduation rate has fluctuated between 67.3% and 84.3% over the past few years, which is below the state average, and the dropout rate has ranged from 4.5% to 10.2%, also higher than the state average. Validus Preparatory Academy has extremely high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 31.5% to 58.7% in recent years, significantly higher than the state and district averages.

The schools in the immediate vicinity of Validus Preparatory Academy, such as Urban Assembly School For Applied Math And Science, Mott Hall Bronx High School, and Bronx Leadership Academy High School, also struggle academically but generally perform better than Validus Preparatory Academy across various metrics. Additionally, Bronx Preparatory Charter School, located just 0.1 miles from Validus Preparatory Academy, outperforms the public school in almost every academic measure, including test scores, graduation rates, and subgroup performance.

282
Students ?
10.3
Student/teacher ratio ?
$35,236
Per pupil spending ?
97.5%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1595 Bathgate Ave
       Bronx, NY  10457

(718) 466-4000

District: New York City Geographic District # 9

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
61.0%
African American:
37.6%
American Indian:
0.7%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 22nd percentile in 2015 → 6th in 2025
Strengths
Small classes — about 10 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New York average (36% vs 66% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (6th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (57% vs 31% New York)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school36%
District avg47%
New York avg66%
1,155th of 1,234
New York public high schools ?
Bottom 6%▼ down 16 pts since 2015
From bottom 22% (2015) to bottom 6% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
18th of 20High Schools in the New York City Geographic District # 9
750th of 874New York City Geographic District # 9 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20258.81155 of 12346.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.91056 of 124215.0%★☆☆☆☆
20239.81105 of 122810.0%★☆☆☆☆
20225.81123 of 11905.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202115.1470 of 5199.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201916.3996 of 120717.5%★☆☆☆☆
201811.21065 of 121012.0%★☆☆☆☆
201711.71055 of 122113.6%★☆☆☆☆
201622.21020 of 125518.7%★☆☆☆☆
201523.5976 of 125522.2%★☆☆☆☆
20149.71129 of 12378.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20139.31081 of 121711.2%★☆☆☆☆
201212.91030 of 119814.0%★☆☆☆☆
20119.11105 of 11655.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201012.01022 of 11178.5%☆☆☆☆☆
200912.2992 of 10868.7%☆☆☆☆☆
200823.7822 of 102720.0%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202321.5559 of 67116.7%★☆☆☆☆
201934.5447 of 68634.8%★★☆☆☆
201820.6583 of 67914.1%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202546.1334 of 66950.1%★★★☆☆
202435.9425 of 63733.3%★★☆☆☆
202323.2523 of 58310.3%★☆☆☆☆
202218.2453 of 4815.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201924.1475 of 56515.9%★☆☆☆☆
201823.1464 of 54615.0%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202510.41120 of 12067.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.01109 of 12199.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.81141 of 11974.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.61130 of 11552.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201918.6977 of 119318.1%★☆☆☆☆
201810.71079 of 11768.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202518.9757 of 88514.5%★☆☆☆☆
202420.2723 of 86516.4%★☆☆☆☆
202315.7750 of 85111.9%★☆☆☆☆
202214.2682 of 76010.3%★☆☆☆☆
201921.2657 of 81519.4%★☆☆☆☆
201817.9685 of 79113.4%★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202531.8468 of 60722.9%★☆☆☆☆
202433.1393 of 56430.3%★★☆☆☆
202340.6312 of 53141.2%★★☆☆☆
202229.2295 of 38924.2%★☆☆☆☆
201944.9257 of 49347.9%★★☆☆☆
201845.3258 of 49848.2%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20256.91126 of 11794.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.91048 of 117010.4%★☆☆☆☆
202312.81018 of 115511.9%★☆☆☆☆
20228.71032 of 11016.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201917.7980 of 117916.9%★☆☆☆☆
201811.91049 of 11549.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20258.91128 of 12016.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202421.1949 of 121121.6%★☆☆☆☆
202313.61010 of 119115.2%★☆☆☆☆
20228.01061 of 11548.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.01030 of 119013.4%★☆☆☆☆
201813.91021 of 117613.2%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202521.01008 of 114912.3%★☆☆☆☆
202431.8786 of 114431.3%★★☆☆☆
202320.1978 of 113013.5%★☆☆☆☆
202214.3980 of 10385.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201920.3958 of 113215.4%★☆☆☆☆
201816.91001 of 10958.6%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
English Language Learner (2025)50th percentile+44 vs school
Homeless (2025)23rd percentile+16 vs school
African American (2023)17th percentile+7 vs school
Hispanic (2025)14th percentile+8 vs school
Special Education (2025)12th percentile+6 vs school
Female (2025)7th percentile~ school
Male (2025)6th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)4th percentile~ school
By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?
U.S. History and Government52%-23 vs state
Common Core English Language Arts42%-33 vs state
Global History and Geography40%-36 vs state
Living Environment35%-22 vs state
Earth and Space Sciences30%-26 vs state
Algebra I24%-32 vs state
Life Science Biology12%-47 vs state

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Validus Preparatory Academy ranks in the bottom 6.4% of New York high schools.

Students at Validus Preparatory Academy are 61% Hispanic, 38% African American.

In the 2024-25 school year, 282 students attended Validus Preparatory Academy.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the WNYC and the New York State Department of Health and the NY State Education Department.

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