Bronx Lab School (11X265)

800 East Gun Hill Road, Bronx, NY 10467, Bronx
Phone: 718-696-3700
Hours: 8:30am - 3:00pm
School Website: https://www.bronxlabschool.org
NYCDOE Website: https://www.myschools.nyc/en/schools/high-school/11X265/
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School Leader: Albert Sylvia (asylvia@schools.nyc.gov)
Parent Coordinator: Luis Layana (llayana2@schools.nyc.gov)
Parent Coordinator: Brittney Wilson (bwilson21@schools.nyc.gov)
Respect for All Liaison: Serena Paredes (sparedes3@schools.nyc.gov)
Sexual Harassment Prevention Liaison: Serena Paredes (sparedes3@schools.nyc.gov)
504 Coordinator: Lisa Pietrangolare (lpietrangolare@schools.nyc.gov)
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About
We Are a NY Performance Standards Consortium School. This means that you will NOT take four of the required five New York State Regents standardized exams. Instead, you will design and accomplish deep inquiry projects and defend theses in four core subject areas. This is real college preparatory work! We offer Software Development courses! You can learn Computer Science and coding at our school! We have a diverse population! Bronx Lab Students come from all around the world, with a concentration of students whose families hail from the Caribbean, Africa and Asia. You will learn with and from our diverse community! Advisory is the core of our school. Our advisory classes meet four times a week and stay together for four years with the same teacher. You will join a small family group that will help you navigate high school and beyond! Our Office of Student Support will keep you on track! You will work with a team of highly trained counselors, social workers and high school professionals who focus on your needs and your journey! Our Office of College Placement will get you into college. You will work with full-time college and career counselors to explore post-secondary goals and complete college and scholarship applications. You will go on college trips, take part in lock-in events to complete applications, and experience March Madness, a month-long push to learn about, apply and be accepted to your choice of college! You will become a student leader! You will connect with the Student Voice Committee, be mentored by older students in our Peer Group Connection classes, learn about your career choices in our Real World Learning classes and take part in Peer Mediations. Your classmates will include performers, thinkers, activists and athletes. Bronx Lab School students are our greatest asset and our greatest pride and joy!. We are part of Future Ready and Career Readiness Modern Youth Apprenticeship (CRMYA). These competitive programs allow Bronx Lab to support career readiness for ALL our students. We have courses that help our ninth and tenth graders explore their career interests and develop readiness skills. Our students can apply for apprenticeships in technology or business which allow them to earn and learn while in high school. We are LOOKING for Computer Science students! Come learn coding at BLS and you may start earning an adult salary in your junior year!. We are part of the Career Readiness and Modern Youth Apprenticeship (CRMYA) pilot, which helps us support career readiness for all our students. We have courses that help our ninth and tenth graders explore their career interests and develop readiness skills. Our students can apply for apprenticeships in tech, finance, and business, which allows them to earn and learn while in high school. We are part of the Career Readiness and Modern Youth Apprenticeship (CRMYA) pilot, which helps us support career readiness for all our students. We have courses that help our ninth and tenth graders explore their career interests and develop readiness skills. Our students can apply for apprenticeships in tech, finance, and business, which allows them to earn and learn while in high school.
Reports: School Budget | PTA Financials | Room Utilization
Teachers with more than 3 years of experience: 100%
Academic Highlights: Career Readiness & Modern Youth Apprenticeship (CRMYA) School, Advanced Placement Courses Available, Lehman College Now Classes, Real World Learning Classes, STEM (Coding Classes) and Humanities classes in 9/10th grade, FutureReadyNYC: Technology (Software Developer), Performance-Based Assessment Tasks (PBATs), Senior Paid Internships and CR Modern Youth Apprenticeship opportunities
Other Features: 10th Grade Seats Available, College Courses On Site, College Trips, Community School, Computer Science Coursework, CRMYA School, Expert College and Career Advisor On Staff, Financial Literacy Coursework, FutureReadyNYC School, Health Center, Internships, Online Grading System, Paid Apprenticeships, Paid Internships, Summer Bridge
School Features:
Performance Assessment School, which base graduation requirements on the successful completion of performance assessments in major subject areas in lieu of one or more Regents exams
Offers 10th Grade Seats
School whose primary location is co-located with another school
Guidance Counselors, Social Workers
AP Courses, Languages, Sports, Art
This school is part of a PSAL team comprised of the following schools:
Bronx Academy of Health Careers (11X290)
Bronx Aerospace High School (11X545)
Bronx High School for Writing and Communication Arts (11X253)
Bronx Lab School (11X265)
High School for Contemporary Arts (11X544)
High School of Computers and Technology (11X275)
Program Details
Humanities & Interdisciplinary
We are a member of the New York Performance Standards Consortium where students complete portfolios in core subjects in PBATs that replace most Regents. We offer a four-year advisory program, a senior internship program, Real World Learning classes that give paid apprenticeship opportunities, CUNY College Now classes, service learning projects, college trips and many, many after school opportunities. We have partnerships with ISA, Here2Here, Big Picture Learning, Epic Theatre Ensemble, Reel Works, STOKED Skateboarding, Beam Center, Duro Workforce, Rocking the Boat, Global Kids, United Activities Unlimited and many more!.
10th Grade seats available
- (Group 1) New York City residents
School Student & Admissions Statistics


Total Offers
This data was gathered from various NYC DOE reports: https://infohub.nyced.org/reports/students-and-schools/school-quality/information-and-data-overview
Survey Summary & Data (2023-24)























Note: Yellow bars indicate city-wide averages for the associated category
Academic Summary & Data (2023-24)
School Demographics (2023-24)
Female 41.70%

Black 44.50%
Hispanic 46.80%
White 0.90%
Other 2.30%
Other 38.10%
This data was gathered from the NYC DOE's demographic snapshots: https://infohub.nyced.org/reports/students-and-schools/school-quality/information-and-data-overview
IEP Statistics (2023-24)


This data was gathered from the NYC DOE's yearly quality reports: https://infohub.nyced.org/reports/students-and-schools/school-quality/school-quality-reports-and-resources
Special Education Programs & Services (2024-25)
Program | Fully Receiving | Partially Receiving | Not Receiving |
Integrated Co-Teaching Services | 32 (97%) | <=5 (?) | <=5 (?) |
SETSS | <=5 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Special Class | 27 (96%) | <=5 (?) | <=5 (?) |
Service | Fully Receiving | Partially Receiving | Not Receiving |
Counseling Services | >5 (94%) | N/A (N/A) | <=5 (6%) |
Occupational Therapy | <=5 (100%) | N/A (N/A) | 0 (0%) |
Physical Therapy | <=5 (100%) | N/A (N/A) | 0 (0%) |
Speech-Language Therapy | 25 (100%) | N/A (N/A) | 0 (0%) |
Speech-Language Therapy Bilingual | <=5 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Transportation | Number Receiving |
Curb to School | <=5 (?) |
Stop to School | 0 (0%) |
Unassigned | <=5 (?) |
This data was gathered from the NYC DOE's Special Education Reports: https://infohub.nyced.org/reports/government-reports/special-education-reports
ELL Performance (2023-24)
This data was gathered from the NYC DOE's yearly quality reports: https://infohub.nyced.org/reports/students-and-schools/school-quality/school-quality-reports-and-resources
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