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What’s Special

Paid internships for students; project-based learning

The Downside

Many students miss a month or more of school

Bronx Lab is a small high school that helps students develop a love for learning through hands-on projects and research. For example, in neurobiology, a student explored how smells affect emotions, and colors influence memory. In history, students studied how well the United States lives up to its constitutional ideals.

Bronx Lab is is part of the New York Performance Standards Consortium, a group of roughly 30 high schools whose students are exempt from taking most Regents exams required for graduation. Instead, in the 11th and 12th grades students complete “PBATs” (performance based assessment tasks) in English, math, history, and science. These tasks may include lab reports, research, and literary analyses; they culminate with students writing papers and presenting their work to family, teachers, and experts.  

Academics & Instruction: Teachers focus on in-depth learning in all classes—they cover fewer topics and spend more time on each one. Classes are 90 minutes long, compared to the usual 45 minutes. During lessons, students do a lot of reading, writing, and research, often in small groups.

Ninth- and 10th-graders take a “real world learning” course that meets two or three times a week. This course helps them explore their interests, write resumes, apply for internships, and develop skills like leadership, organization, and communication. 

The school also offers a four-year internship program where students earn graduation credit through real jobs. By their senior year, most students work four days a week, mostly in paid internships. 

Past internships have included work at local schools, architecture firms, the Prospect Park Zoo, dentist and pediatrics offices, an accounting firm, an animal hospital, Google, and the Queens County Supreme Court.

As a FutureReady school, Bronx Lab offers students the opportunity to study software development, pursue industry certifications, and intern at tech sector and related industry businesses. 

Culture & Environment: Students participate in advisory classes, which meet four times a week with the same teacher for all four years. Students typically participate in one or two extracurricular activities each week, such as playwriting with EPIC Theater, art and tech with BEAM Center, filmmaking with Reel Works, and boat-building with Rocking the Boat. Several organizations also help with internships, job training, and support.

Bronx Lab welcomes new immigrants, especially those entering 9th or 10th grades. Older students might find it harder to meet graduation requirements due to the long research required for PBATs, according to the administration. 

New teachers receive strong support, including one-on-one mentoring, regular team meetings, and weekly visits for help with the consortium approach and requirements. All teachers study best practices for teaching new immigrants. Bronx Lab is connected to two local shelters to help inform unhoused new immigrants about school admissions.

Bronx Lab has a low attendance rate, and many students are absent for a month of more of the school year. 

College & Career: Teens work with a full-time college and career counselor to explore goals beyond high school and complete scholarship, financial aid, and college applications. Students visit colleges, take part in events to learn about college admissions and complete applications.

Building & Facilities: Bronx Lab is located in the Evander Childs Educational Complex and shares the library, gym, and cafeteria with other schools in the building. (Lydie Raschka, web reports and interview, August 2024)

 

 

 

 

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School Stats

Citywide Average Key
This school is Better Near Worse than the citywide average

Academics

School
Citywide
How many students graduate in 4 years?
 
88%
How many students with disabilities graduate in 4 years?
 
84%
How many English language learners graduate in 4 years?
 
100%
Average daily attendance
 
78%
How many students miss 18 or more days of school?
 
60%
How many parents of students with disabilities say this school offers enough activities and services for their children's needs?
 
100%
How many parents of students with disabilities say this school works to achieve the goals of their students' IEPs?
 
100%
From the 2022-23 School Quality Guide and 2022-23 NYC School Survey

Students

218
Number of students
Citywide Average is 615

Race/Ethnicity


School
Citywide
Low-income students
 
88%
Students with disabilities
 
29%
Multilingual learners
 
14%
From the 2022-23 Demographic Snapshot

Safety & Vibe

School
Citywide
How many students were suspended?
 
2%
How many students say they feel safe in the hallways, bathrooms and locker rooms?
 
94%
How many students think bullying happens most or all of the time at this school?
 
23%
How many students say that some are bullied at their school because of their gender or sexual orientation?
 
18%
How many teachers say they would recommend this school to other families?
 
96%
From the 2022-23 NYC School Survey and 2019-20 NY State Report Card

Faculty & Staff

School
Citywide
How many teachers say the principal is an effective manager?
 
100%
0.6
Years of principal experience at this school
Citywide Average is 7
252
Number of students for each guidance counselor or social worker
Citywide Average is 191
How many teachers have 3 or more years of experience teaching?
 
100%
Are teachers effective?
From the 2022-23 NYC School Survey, 2022-23 School Quality Guide, 2021-22 Report on School-Based Staff Demographics, 2023 Guidance Counselor Report, and this school's most recent Quality Review Report

College Readiness

School
Citywide
How many students graduate with test scores high enough to enroll at CUNY without remedial help?
 
48%
How many students take a college-level course or earn a professional certificate?
 
19%
How many students who have graduated from this high school stay in college for at least 3 semesters?
 
42%
From the 2020-21 and 2022-23 School Quality Guide

How many graduates who are eligible received Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) funding to attend a NYS college?
 
55%
This shows how well this school supports low-income students to get funding for college.
How many of those TAP recipients made it through college? Learn more
From unpublished, anonymized student-level data for the class of 2016-17 provided by the New York State Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC) in coordination with the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC), brought to you by
How many students filled out a FAFSA form by the end of their senior year?
 
61%
From the 2022-23 FAFSA data released by Federal Student Aid, brought to you by Visit Understanding FAFSA for help with the FAFSA and financial aid.
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Programs & Admissions

From the 2024 High School Directory

Bronx Lab School D75 Inclusion Program (X64U)

Admissions Method: D75 Special Education Inclusive Services

Bronx Lab School (X64X)

Admissions Method: Ed. Opt.

Program Description:

We are an inquiry-based, academically-focused 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, CUNY College Now classes, service learning projects, college trips and many after school opportunities. We have partnerships with ISA, Here2Here, Big Picture Learning & The Mountain School.

Offerings

From the 2024 High School Directory

Advanced Courses

Algebra II (Advanced Math), Comp Sci/Math Tech (College Course [Credited]), Econ/Gov (College Course [Credited]), ELA (College Course [Credited]), Math (College Course [Credited]), Other (College Course [Credited]), Other (College Course [Uncredited]), Physics (Advanced Science), Social Studies (College Course [Credited])

Boys PSAL teams

Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Soccer, Swimming

Girls PSAL teams

Basketball, Cross Country, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Softball, Swimming, Volleyball

Read about admissions, academics, and more at this school on NYCDOE’s MySchools

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Contact & Location

Location

800 East Gun Hill Road
Bronx NY 10467

Trains: 2 Line, 5 Line to Gun Hill Rd

Buses: Bx28, Bx30, Bx38, Bx39, Bx41, Bx41-SBS, Bx8, BxM11


Contact

Principal: Albert Sylvia

Parent Coordinator: Kermis Polanco

Phone: 718-696-3700

Website

Other Details

Shared campus? Yes

This school shares the Evander Childs Educational Campus with five other schools

Uniforms required? No
Metal detectors? Yes

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