Bronx For Law Government And Justice School in Bronx, NY
(06-12 • Public • Regular School)
- Address
- 244 E 163RD ST
Bronx, NY 10451
- Telephone
- (718) 733-8100
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- City-data.com school rating
- 51
- Students
- 774
- Classroom Teachers (FTE)
- 46.1
- National School Lunch
Program (NSLP) Status - No
- Free lunch eligible students
- 641
- Reduced-price lunch
eligible students - 60
- School district
- NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9
- Charter school
- No
- Shared Time Indicator
- No
- Adult education offered
- No
Ratings
Bronx For Law Government And Justice School: | 51 |
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY: A MOTT HALL SCHOOL (0.1 miles): | 46 |
GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (0.1 miles): | 20 |
SHERIDAN ACADEMY FOR YOUNG LEADERS (0.3 miles): | 19 |
FAMILY SCHOOL (THE) (0.3 miles): | 18 |
PS 35 FRANZ SIEGEL (0.1 miles): | 14 |
BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING (0.1 miles): | 14 |
JHS 145 ARTURO TOSCANINI (0.3 miles): | 1 |
URBAN SCIENCE ACADEMY (0.3 miles): | 1 |
New York: | 50 |
Bronx County: | 25 |
Bronx: | 25 |
This School: | 51 |
Students & Teachers
Total enrollment:
Enrollment in 2015: 771
Enrollment in 2014: 770
Enrollment in 2013: 767
Enrollment in 2012: 763
Enrollment in 2011: 725
Enrollment in 2010: 633
Enrollment in 2009: 602
Enrollment in 2008: 597
Enrollment in 2007: 576
Enrollment in 2006: 598
Enrollment by grade, gender and race:
(Note: Details may not add to totals. School year: 2015-2016)
Grade | G06 | G07 | G08 | G09 | G10 | G11 | G12 | UG | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All students | 92 | 99 | 96 | 141 | 155 | 117 | 73 | 1 | 774 |
Female students | 47 | 60 | 47 | 76 | 85 | 63 | 49 | - | 427 |
Male students | 45 | 39 | 49 | 65 | 70 | 54 | 24 | 1 | 347 |
American Indian/Alaska Native students | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 6 |
Asian students | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 10 |
Hispanic students | 60 | 75 | 72 | 93 | 111 | 87 | 52 | 1 | 551 |
Black students | 31 | 18 | 20 | 41 | 39 | 24 | 15 | - | 188 |
White students | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 9 |
Two or More Races students | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 10 |
Enrollment by grade:
7th grade enrollment: 99
8th grade enrollment: 96
9th grade enrollment: 141
10th grade enrollment: 155
11th grade enrollment: 117
12th grade enrollment: 73
Ungraded enrollment: 1
Bronx For Law Government And Justice School - Historical enrollment by grade
Enrollment by gender:
(State average from 6,131 schools)
Bronx For Law Government And Justice School: | 55.2% |
State: | 51.1% |
Bronx For Law Government And Justice School: | 44.8% |
New York: | 47.5% |
Bronx For Law Government And Justice School - Historical enrollment by gender
Enrollment by race/ethnicity:
(State average from 1,352 schools)
Bronx For Law Government And Justice School: | 0.8% |
New York: | 0.2% |
School: | 1.3% |
State: | 4.6% |
School: | 71.2% |
State: | 9.2% |
Here: | 24.3% |
New York: | 12.0% |
Here: | 1.2% |
New York: | 55.1% |
Here: | 1.3% |
New York: | 2.9% |
Bronx For Law Government And Justice School - Historical enrollment by race/ethnicity
Lunch Program Eligibility:
(State average from 4,921 schools)
Bronx For Law Government And Justice School: | 90.6% |
New York: | 52.7% |
Here: | 82.8% |
State: | 45.4% |
Bronx For Law Government And Justice School: | 7.8% |
New York: | 4.8% |
Bronx For Law Government And Justice School - Lunch Program Eligibility
Average Class Size:
- Grade 8 English: 34
- Grade 8 Mathematics: 29
- Grade 8 Science: 34
- Grade 8 Social Studies: 20
Teachers and support:
Student/Teacher Ratio
Bronx For Law Government And Justice School: | 16.8 |
New York: | 14.0 |
Number of individuals teaching out of certification: 26
Number of teachers with fewer than three years of teaching experience: 12
Number of teachers with Master's Degree plus 30 hours or doctorate: 13
Total number of classes taught: 266
Number of classes taught by teachers without appropriate certification: 123
Number of full-time principals: 1
Number of full-time assistant principals: 3
Number of full-time professional staff other than teachers, principals, and asst principals: 7
Bronx For Law Government And Justice School - Teachers (FTE) and pupil/teacher ratio
Statewide Student Assessments
Grades 3-8 New York State Testing Program Assessments:
(State average from 1,650 schools)
- All305
- Males293
- Females315
- Hispanic303
- IDEA275
ELA Mean Score (6th Grade)
Computed mean of student ELA scores: 305
ELA Students scoring proficient and above: | 40% |
State: | 30% |
Students scoring at Level 1: 24%
Students scoring at Level 2: 35%
Students scoring at Level 3: 24%
Students scoring at Level 4: 16%
- All297
- Males291
- Females302
- Hispanic294
- IDEA263
MATH Mean Score (6th Grade)
Computed mean of student Math scores: 297
Math Students scoring proficient and above: | 35% |
New York: | 38% |
Students scoring at Level 1: 32%
Students scoring at Level 2: 33%
Students scoring at Level 3: 25%
Students scoring at Level 4: 10%
7th Grade:
- All309
- Males307
- Females311
- Hispanic310
- Black307
- IDEA291
ELA Mean Score (7th Grade)
Computed mean of student ELA scores: 309
ELA Students scoring proficient and above: | 33% |
State: | 39% |
Students scoring at Level 1: 16%
Students scoring at Level 2: 51%
Students scoring at Level 3: 28%
Students scoring at Level 4: 5%
- All309
- Males309
- Females309
- Hispanic311
- Black305
- IDEA278
MATH Mean Score (7th Grade)
Computed mean of student Math scores: 309
Math Students scoring proficient and above: | 32% |
New York: | 34% |
Students scoring at Level 1: 17%
Students scoring at Level 2: 51%
Students scoring at Level 3: 28%
Students scoring at Level 4: 4%
8th Grade:
- All320
- Males314
- Females323
- Hispanic320
- Black316
- IDEA292
ELA Mean Score (8th Grade)
Computed mean of student ELA scores: 320
ELA Students scoring proficient and above: | 64% |
State: | 43% |
Students scoring at Level 1: 7%
Students scoring at Level 2: 29%
Students scoring at Level 3: 49%
Students scoring at Level 4: 15%
- All291
- Males288
- Females293
- Hispanic293
- Black285
- IDEA254
MATH Mean Score (8th Grade)
Computed mean of student Math scores: 291
Math Students scoring proficient and above: | 23% |
New York: | 18% |
Students scoring at Level 1: 38%
Students scoring at Level 2: 38%
Students scoring at Level 3: 21%
Students scoring at Level 4: 2%
- All55
- Males52
- Females56
- Hispanic54
- Black55
- IDEA38
SCI Mean Score (8th Grade)
Computed mean of student Science scores: 55
Science Students scoring proficient and above: | 27% |
New York: | 57% |
Students scoring at Level 1: 26%
Students scoring at Level 2: 47%
Students scoring at Level 3: 24%
Students scoring at Level 4: 3%
Regents Examination:
(State average from 2,072 schools)
Bronx For Law Government And Justice School - % Scroring 55 and above in Regents Examination
- All78%
- Males89%
- Females60%
- Hispanic89%
- Black60%
Scoring 55 and above
(Geometry)
Number of students tested scoring Level 1 (0-54): 3 (21%)
Number of students tested scoring Level 2 (55-64): 8 (57%)
Number of students tested scoring Level 3 (65-78): 3 (21%)
Percentage of students scoring 55 and above: | 78% |
State: | 79% |
Integrated Algebra (Common Core):
- All91%
- Males90%
- Females93%
- Hispanic92%
- Black89%
- IDEA80%
Scoring 55 and above
(Integrated Algebra)
Number of students tested scoring Level 1 (0-54): 19 (8%)
Number of students tested scoring Level 2 (55-64): 26 (11%)
Number of students tested scoring Level 3 (65-78): 161 (70%)
Number of students tested scoring Level 4 (79-84): 24 (10%)
Number of students tested scoring Level 5 (85-100): 1 (0%)
Percentage of students scoring 55 and above: | 91% |
New York: | 93% |
Algebra II (Common Core):
- All80%
- Males70%
- Females86%
- Hispanic83%
- Black75%
- IDEA75%
Scoring 55 and above
(Algebra II)
Number of students tested scoring Level 1 (0-54): 19 (20%)
Number of students tested scoring Level 2 (55-64): 32 (33%)
Number of students tested scoring Level 3 (65-78): 44 (45%)
Number of students tested scoring Level 4 (79-84): 2 (2%)
Percentage of students scoring 55 and above: | 80% |
New York: | 87% |
Comprehensive English (Common Core):
- All95%
- Males95%
- Females96%
- Hispanic97%
- IDEA86%
Scoring 55 and above
(Comprehensive English)
Number of students tested scoring Level 1 (0-54): 6 (4%)
Number of students tested scoring Level 2 (55-64): 14 (10%)
Number of students tested scoring Level 3 (65-78): 32 (24%)
Number of students tested scoring Level 4 (79-84): 34 (25%)
Number of students tested scoring Level 5 (85-100): 48 (36%)
Percentage of students scoring 55 and above: | 95% |
New York: | 89% |
Regents Competency Test:
(State average from 681 schools)
Bronx For Law Government And Justice School - Percent Passing Regents Competency Tests
Students tested with valid scores: 6
Number of students tested failing: 5 (83%)
Number of students tested passing: 1 (17%)
Percentage of students tested passing: | 17% |
New York: | 37% |
The New York State English as a Second Language Achievement Test:
(State average from 642 schools)
Bronx For Law Government And Justice School - % Scoring at Expanding Level or above in NYSESLAT
- All64%
- Males51%
- Females83%
Scoring at Expanding Level or above (6th Grade)
Scoring at Expanding Level or above: | 64% |
New York: | 61% |
Students scoring at Entering Level: 0%
Students scoring at Emerging Level: 0%
Students scoring at Transitioning Level: 36%
Students scoring at Expanding Level: 57%
Students scoring at Commanding Level: 7%
8th Grade:
Students tested with valid scores: 8
Scoring at Expanding Level or above: | 101% |
New York: | 67% |
Students scoring at Entering Level: 0%
Students scoring at Emerging Level: 0%
Students scoring at Transitioning Level: 0%
Students scoring at Expanding Level: 63%
Students scoring at Commanding Level: 38%
9th Grade:
- All82%
- Hispanic82%
- IDEA80%
Scoring at Expanding Level or above (9th Grade)
Scoring at Expanding Level or above: | 82% |
State: | 50% |
Students scoring at Entering Level: 0%
Students scoring at Emerging Level: 9%
Students scoring at Transitioning Level: 9%
Students scoring at Expanding Level: 73%
Students scoring at Commanding Level: 9%
10th Grade:
- All41%
- Males50%
- Females33%
- Hispanic41%
Scoring at Expanding Level or above (10th Grade)
Scoring at Expanding Level or above: | 41% |
New York: | 61% |
Students scoring at Entering Level: 0%
Students scoring at Emerging Level: 24%
Students scoring at Transitioning Level: 35%
Students scoring at Expanding Level: 41%
Students scoring at Commanding Level: 0%
Outcomes
High School Completers:
Regents Diploma - Requires a student pass a minimum of 5 Regents examinations in addition to meeting course and credit requirements.
Regents with Advanced Designation - Requires a student pass a minimum of 8 Regents examinations in addition to meeting course and credit requirements.
Local Diploma - Can only be obtained by students with disabilities with an individualized education program or section 504 Accommodation Plan.
Bronx For Law Government And Justice School - High School Completers
- All85%
- Males77%
- Females93%
- Hispanic82%
- Black93%
- IDEA57%
Graduation Rate - 6 Year Outcome
All students
Number of Completers (graduates + commencement credentials): 106
└─ Number of Graduates (Regents + Local Diplomas): 106
└─ Number of students who earned a Regents diploma: 95 (90% of Graduates)
└─ Number of students who earned a Regents diploma with advanced designation: 12 (11% of Graduates)
└─ Number of students who earned a Local Diploma: 11 (10% of Graduates)
- All84%
- Males70%
- Females92%
- Hispanic79%
- Black94%
- IDEA55%
Graduation Rate - 5 Year Outcome
All students
Number of Completers (graduates + commencement credentials): 87
└─ Number of Graduates (Regents + Local Diplomas): 87
└─ Number of students who earned a Regents diploma: 84 (97% of Graduates)
└─ Number of students who earned a Regents diploma with advanced designation: 11 (13% of Graduates)
└─ Number of students who earned a Local Diploma: 3 (3% of Graduates)
- All80%
- Males78%
- Females82%
- Hispanic78%
- Black81%
- IDEA68%
Graduation Rate - 4 Year Outcome
All students
Number of Completers (graduates + commencement credentials): 19
└─ Number of Graduates (Regents + Local Diplomas): 19
└─ Number of students who earned a Regents diploma: 11 (58% of Graduates)
└─ Number of students who earned a Regents diploma with advanced designation: 1 (5% of Graduates)
└─ Number of students who earned a Local Diploma: 8 (42% of Graduates)
High School Non-completers:
(State average from 1,468 schools)
Bronx For Law Government And Justice School - High School Non-completers
- All14%
- Males20%
- Females7%
- Hispanic16%
- Black7%
- IDEA39%
Dropout Rate - 6 Year Outcome
All students
Number enrolled in grades 9-12 (and ungraded age 14 or older) as of BEDS day: 489
Number of non-completers: 25
└─ Number of students who dropped out: 19
└─ Number of students who entered an approved high school equivalency preparation program: 6
Percent of non-completers: | 5.0% |
New York: | 5.4% |
- All14%
- Males24%
- Females8%
- Hispanic18%
- Black6%
- IDEA36%
Dropout Rate - 5 Year Outcome
All students
Number enrolled in grades 9-12 (and ungraded age 14 or older) as of BEDS day: 389
Number of non-completers: 13
└─ Number of students who dropped out: 9
└─ Number of students who entered an approved high school equivalency preparation program: 4
Percent of non-completers: | 3.0% |
State: | 6.5% |
- All8%
- Males7%
- Females10%
- Hispanic9%
- Black8%
- IDEA16%
Dropout Rate - 4 Year Outcome
All students
Number enrolled in grades 9-12 (and ungraded age 14 or older) as of BEDS day: 100
Number of non-completers: 12
└─ Number of students who dropped out: 10
└─ Number of students who entered an approved high school equivalency preparation program: 2
Percent of non-completers: | 12.0% |
State: | 10.1% |
Post-graduation Plans of Completers:
Bronx For Law Government And Justice School - Post-graduation Plans of Completers
Total number of students reported with graduation plan: 106
└─ Graduates who planned to enroll in four-year colleges: 59 (56%)
└─ Graduates who planned to enroll in two-year colleges: 37 (35%)
└─ Graduates who planned to enroll in other post-secondary institutions: 2 (2%)
└─ Graduates who planned to pursue employment: 1 (1%)
└─ Graduates a known plan that is not specified above: 2 (2%)
└─ Graduates whose status is unknown : 5 (5%)
General Education:
Total number of students reported with graduation plan: 87
└─ Graduates who planned to enroll in four-year colleges: 53 (61%)
└─ Graduates who planned to enroll in two-year colleges: 27 (31%)
└─ Graduates who planned to enroll in other post-secondary institutions: 2 (2%)
└─ Graduates who planned to pursue employment: 1 (1%)
└─ Graduates a known plan that is not specified above: 1 (1%)
└─ Graduates whose status is unknown : 3 (3%)
Students with Disabilities:
Total number of students reported with graduation plan: 19
└─ Graduates who planned to enroll in four-year colleges: 6 (32%)
└─ Graduates who planned to enroll in two-year colleges: 10 (53%)
└─ Graduates a known plan that is not specified above: 1 (5%)
└─ Graduates whose status is unknown : 2 (11%)
Accountability
Adequate Yearly Progress:
(State average from 3,754 schools)
- All104
- Males96
- Females111
- Hispanic101
High School Math - Performance Index (PI)
Met the participation criterion: Yes
Met the performance criterion: No
Students enrolled during the test administration period: 115
Percent of enrolled students with valid test scores: 100%
Performance Index (PI): | 104 |
New York: | 126 |
Safe harbor target: 121
High School ELA:
- All148
- Males143
- Females154
- Hispanic138
High School ELA - Performance Index (PI)
Met the participation criterion: Yes
Met the performance criterion: No
Students enrolled during the test administration period: 115
Percent of enrolled students with valid test scores: 99%
Performance Index (PI): | 148 |
New York: | 151 |
Safe harbor target: 153
Elementary/Middle-Level Science:
- All101
- Females106
- Hispanic102
Elementary/Middle-Level Science - Performance Index (PI)
Met the participation criterion: Yes
Met the performance criterion: No
Students enrolled during the test administration period: 86
Percent of enrolled students with valid test scores: 91%
Performance Index (PI): | 101 |
State: | 174 |
Safe harbor target: 119
Elementary/Middle-Level Math:
- All101
- Males99
- Females102
- Hispanic99
- Black107
- IDEA49
Elementary/Middle-Level Math - Performance Index (PI)
Met the participation criterion: Yes
Met the performance criterion: No
Students enrolled during the test administration period: 254
Percent of enrolled students with valid test scores: 100%
Performance Index (PI): | 101 |
New York: | 114 |
Safe harbor target: 102
Elementary/Middle-Level ELA:
- All131
- Males115
- Females143
- Hispanic130
- Black128
- IDEA74
Elementary/Middle-Level ELA - Performance Index (PI)
Met the participation criterion: Yes
Met the performance criterion: Yes
Students enrolled during the test administration period: 254
Percent of enrolled students with valid test scores: 100%
Performance Index (PI): | 131 |
State: | 113 |
5-Year Graduation Rate:
- All85%
- Males77%
- Females93%
- Hispanic82%
5-Year Graduation Rate
Met graduation rate criteria: Yes
Students enrolled during the test administration period: 125
Graduation Rate: | 85% |
New York: | 78% |
4-Year Graduation Rate:
- All83%
- Males67%
- Females92%
- Hispanic78%
4-Year Graduation Rate
Met graduation rate criteria: Yes
Students enrolled during the test administration period: 86
Graduation Rate: | 83% |
State: | 76% |
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