School Performance
Graduation Rate: 70.999998% (at the end of the school year before last, the percent of students who graduated "on time" by earning a diploma four years after they entered 9th grade).
Daily Attendance Rate: 85.000002% of the school's students in the school year before last.
Percentage of Students Enough Variety: 86.000001% students feel that this school offers a wide enough variety of programs, classes, and activities to keep them interested in school.
College Career Rate: 31% of students enroll in college or career programs within 6 months.
Percentage of Students Safe: 86.000001% students feel safe in the hallways, bathrooms, locker room and cafeteria. (Student opinions on school safety, as reported on the NYC School Survey.)
Programs offered
Program 1: DreamYard Preparatory School
Code: Y21A
Program description: Students will take arts classes each year of high school. In 9th and 10th Grades, students take an Arts Elective Class each semester in Choral Music, Dance, Theater, or Visual Arts. In 11th and 12th grades, students choose a major in one of these areas. Each semester, students are expected to participate in an arts exhibition or performance. Students with a strong interest in the arts can participate in summer intensives in their area of choice.
Interest: Performing Arts/Visual Art & Design
Method: Ed. Opt.
Seats 9 GE: 85
Grade 9 GE filled flag: N
Grade 9 GE applicants: 347
Grade 9 GE applicants per seat: 4
Seats 9 SWD: 23
Grade 9 SWD filled flag: Y
Grade 9 SWD applicants: 121
Grade 9 SWD applicants per seat: 5
Seats 10: 1
Admissions priority 1: Open to New York City residents
Activities
Extracurricular Activities
Extracurricular activities and clubs offered by the school that do not fall under one of the Sports categories (PSAL Sports or School Sports): No data
PSAL Sports Boys
Male PSAL (Public School Athletics League) sports offered at the school, listed under Extracurricular Activities and Clubs in the HS Directory: Baseball, Basketball, Bowling, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Soccer, Volleyball, Wrestling
PSAL Sports Girls
Female PSAL (Public School Athletics League) sports offered at the school, listed under Extracurricular Activities and Clubs in the HS Directory: Basketball, Cross Country, Flag Football, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Softball, Volleyball, Wrestling
PSAL Sports Coed
Co-ed PSAL (Public School Athletics League) sports offered at the school, listed under Extracurricular Activities and Clubs in the HS Directory: Double Dutch
School Sports
Sports offered by the school outside PSAL (Public School Athletics League): No data
Flag for female only school: No data
Flag for male only school: No data
Other info
Total students: 271
Start time: 8:30am
End time: 3:50pm
Final grades: 9 to 12
Language classes: Spanish
Advancedplacement courses: AP Spanish Language and Culture, AP English Language and Composition, AP Calculus AB, AP English Literature and Composition, AP United States History
Additional info: 10th Grade Seats Available,Community School,LYFE (Living For The Young Family Through Education)
School accessibility description: Partially Accessible
Flag for schools that offer 10th grade seats: Y
More info
Borough: Bronx
NTA: East Concourse-Concourse Village
Neighborhood: E. Concourse-Concourse Village
Campus name: William Howard Taft Educational Campus
School Number: X410
Shared space: Yes
Community board: 204
Council district: 16
Census tract: 225
BIN: 2007806
BBL: 2028170002
About Dreamyard Preparatory School
Contacts
Address: 240 East 172nd Street, Bronx NY 10457 (40.839307,-73.911366)
Latitude: 40.840422
Longitude: -73.91091
Phone number: 718-410-4242
Fax number: 718-410-4312
School email: [email protected]
Website: www.dyprep.org
Subway lines near the school: 4 to Mt Eden Ave; B, D to 170th St
Bus lines near the school: Bx1, Bx11, Bx15, Bx18, Bx2, Bx32, Bx35, Bx41, Bx41-SBS, BxM4
Hotels near Dreamyard Preparatory School
College Now Classes, SAT Preparation, Life-Ready Class, Senior Seminar, Poetry, Cosmetology, Fashion Design, Barbershop, Technology Classes
AP Government, AP English Language, AP Spanish Language, AP Psychology, AP Computer Science
Arts Integrated Classes, Advisory, Arts Electives in 9th and 10th grades
Arts Major in 11th and 12th grades, School-wide display of student artwork
Honors courses in ELA