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.
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