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
AP Courses
Algebra II (Advanced Math), Biology (CPCC), Comp Sci/Math Tech (College Course [Credited]), ELA (College Course [Credited]), Math (College Course [Credited]), Other (College Course [Credited]), Physics (Advanced Science), Social Studies (College Course [Credited]), World Languages (Advanced World Languages)
Languages Offered
Spanish
Diploma Endorsements
Arts
Boys PSAL Sports
Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Soccer, Swimming
Girls PSAL Sports
Basketball, Cross Country, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Softball, Swimming, Volleyball
PSAL Team
Evander Childs Campus
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)
Other Sports
Basketball, Cheerleading, Dance, Soccer, Swimming, Yoga
Clubs
Academic Enrichment, Advisory Trips, Documentary Film Making, Drama – Epic Theatre Ensemble, Explore Week / Community Service, Fitness, Gender Sexuality Alliance (GSA), Girls/Boys Support Groups, Mural Creation, Paid afterschool programs, Paid Internships, STOKED skateboarding and design, Student Voice Council, SYEP Guaranteed Positions, Visual Arts, Yearbook
Art
Bronx Lab students have the opportunity to explore the arts through theater instruction, with multidisciplinary theatrical projects created in collaboration with Epic Theatre Ensemble. Epic Theatre Ensemble is an organization comprised of artists and activists dedicated to making bold theatrical works on professional stages and in public schools that inspire dialogue about social, ethical, and political issues. Epic builds thoughtful citizenship in communities throughout New York City, modeling creative engagement with civic issues by commissioning, developing, and producing socially-minded theater, and connecting these plays to schools and neighborhoods via innovative in-school, afterschool, and public performance programs. Additionally, again through multidisciplinary projects, the students explore visual art and creative writing, created in collaboration with Community-Word Project (CWP). CWP is a New York city-based arts-in-education organization that facilitates culturally responsive, multidisciplinary art programs for students, teaching artists, and communities to develop and amplify their voices and creative skills. A CWP strength is supporting multilingual learners and students with disabilities is the multiple modalities they introduce into instruction and student response prompts.
Program Details
Bronx Lab School(X64X)
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

Method:
Requirement:
Ed. Opt. programs admit students across all academic levels. Students are grouped into Low, Middle, and High categories based on a composite of their academic data. One-third of offers are made to students in each category.
Priority:
  • (Group 1) New York City residents

Applicant Analysis
2023-242022-23
GE applicants/seats:32 / 97 (0.33)22 / 97 (0.23)
SWD applicants/seats:14 / 25 (0.56)8 / 25 (0.32)
Rank Avg: 6.36
OffersOffers - Waitlist
School Student & Admissions Statistics
School Year
2024-25
2023-24
2022-23
Total Students Across All Grades
262
218
220
    Grade 12 Students
69
49
68
    Grade 11 Students
54
74
50
    Grade 10 Students
66
56
70
    Grade 9 Students
73
39
32
Avg. Class Size
23.7
27.3
17.9
Pupil-Teacher Ratio
11.5
10.2
9.6
Safety Comp. / Susp. / NYPD
11 / 0 / 0
27 / 68 / 1
27 / 71 / 0
Attendance %
83%
78%
Graduation %
85%
77%
College %
41%
50%
Total Applicants / Seats
Total Offers
381 (47) / 123
0
284 (32) / 123
0
Survey Summary & Data (2024-25)
Student Responses 71% responded
Academic Rigor 
  88.67%
Academic Engagement 
  82.55%
Safety 
  88.13%
Bully Prevention 
  91.50%
Inclusivity 
  94.00%
Mental Support 
  91.88%
Environment 
  83.79%
Post-School Support 
  96.80%
Teacher Responses 91% responded
Academic Rigor 
  90.50%
School Satisfaction 
  96.38%
Student Behavior 
  82.78%
Student Support 
  96.33%
School Leadership 
  96.33%
Instructional Clarity 
  95.00%
Instructional Development 
  97.22%
Post-School Support 
  99.17%
Family Responses 62% responded
Education 
  99.75%
Teacher Support 
  99.17%
Safety 
  99.00%
School Community 
  85.29%
School Leadership 
  99.40%
Post-School Support 
  100.00%
IEP Support 
  100.00%

Note: Yellow bars indicate city-wide averages for the associated category

View Full NYC DOE Survey Results:

This data was gathered from the NYC DOE's yearly school surveys: https://infohub.nyced.org/reports/students-and-schools/school-quality/nyc-school-survey

Academic Summary & Data (2023-24)
Academic Proficiency
4-Year Grad. %
  87.50%
CC Regents
  63
Impact Score
  0.39
Performance Score
  0.4
College Aptitude
CCR
  47.00%
SAT Math
  364
SAT R/W
  393
Postsecondary
2-Year College 30.40%
4-Year College 27.40%
Other Postsecondary 1.40%
Unknown 40.80%

View Full Academic Data:

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

School Demographics (2024-25)
Student Population:
Male 53.80%
Female 45.80%
Other 0.40%
English Language Learners:
  20.60%
Students with Disabilities:
  25.20%
Economic Need Index: 
  91.30%
Student Ethnicity:
Asian 5.30%
Black 40.50%
Hispanic 50.80%
White 1.50%
Other 1.90%
Teacher Ethnicity:
White 61.90%
Other 38.10%
IEP Statistics (2023-24)
IEP Services
Students with IEPs
  29.80%
Students with SETSS
  0.00%
Students with ICT
  13.30%
Students with SC
  10.60%
Has all programs
  98.00%
Has all services
  98.00%
IEP Student Performance
Regents English
  51
4-Year Grad. Rate
  81.8
IEP Movement
Excellent
IEP Support 
  100.00%
Special Education Programs & Services (2024-25)
ProgramFully ReceivingPartially ReceivingNot Receiving
Integrated Co-Teaching Services32 (97%)<=5 (?)<=5 (?)
SETSS<=5 (100%)0 (0%)0 (0%)
Special Class27 (96%)<=5 (?)<=5 (?)
ServiceFully ReceivingPartially ReceivingNot 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 Therapy25 (100%)N/A (N/A)0 (0%)
Speech-Language Therapy Bilingual<=5 (100%)0 (0%)0 (0%)
TransportationNumber Receiving
Curb to School<=5 (?)
Stop to School0 (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)
Regents English
  62
4-Year Grad. Rate
  100
ELL Progress
  46
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