East Bronx Academy for the Future

Overview written by the school: East Bronx Academy for the Future is a technology-based school for students in grades 6-12. Our students learn the content and skills required by the New York State Board of Regents combined with project-based learning and a focus on using technology in the classroom. Students learn in small classes, using computers and completing hands-on projects. Accelerated students take college courses in partnership with Lehman College. East Bronx Academy students graduate from high school ready for college and the world of work. Our graduates are linked to careers that employ technology such as journalism, the arts, engineering, architecture, and urban planning.

School Performance

Graduation Rate: 75% (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: 82% of the school's students in the school year before last.
Percentage of Students Enough Variety: 65% students feel that this school offers a wide enough variety of programs, classes, and activities to keep them interested in school.
College Career Rate: 46% of students enroll in college or career programs within 6 months.
Percentage of Students Safe: 79% 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: East Bronx Academy for the Future
Code: X83X

Interest: Humanities & Interdisciplinary
Method: Ed. Opt.

Seats 9 GE: 39
Grade 9 GE filled flag: Y
Grade 9 GE applicants: 578
Grade 9 GE applicants per seat: 15
Seats 9 SWD: 10
Grade 9 SWD filled flag: N
Grade 9 SWD applicants: 172
Grade 9 SWD applicants per seat: 17

Seats 10: No
Admissions priority 1: Priority to continuing 8th graders
Admissions priority 2: Priority to Bronx students or residents
Admissions priority 3: Then 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): Art, Band, Boys Group, Chess, Dance/Theater, Engineering and Robotics, Girls Group, Humanities, Music, National Honor Society, Running/Track, School Leadership Team, Science, Senior Committee, Student Government, Technology Class, Tutoring (Before- and After-School)
PSAL Sports Boys
Male PSAL (Public School Athletics League) sports offered at the school, listed under Extracurricular Activities and Clubs in the HS Directory: Tennis
PSAL Sports Girls
Female PSAL (Public School Athletics League) sports offered at the school, listed under Extracurricular Activities and Clubs in the HS Directory: No data
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: No data
School Sports
Sports offered by the school outside PSAL (Public School Athletics League): Baseball/Softball, Basketball, Football, Soccer, Track/Cross Country
Flag for female only school: No data
Flag for male only school: No data

Other info

Total students: 668
Start time: 8:15am
End time: 2:35pm

Final grades: 6 to 12
ELL programs: English as a New Language
Language classes: Spanish
Advancedplacement courses: AP English Language and Composition, AP Environmental Science, AP Human Geography, AP Psychology, AP Statistics, AP United States History
Additional info: College Trips; Community School; Extended Day Program; Health Center; Online Grading System; Saturday Programs; Student Parent Orientation; Summer Internships; Weekend Programs

School accessibility description: Fully Accessible

More info

Borough: Bronx
NTA: Crotona Park East
Neighborhood: Crotona Park East

School Number: X973

Community board: 203
Council district: 17
Census tract: 161
BIN: 2010604
BBL: 2029830015

About East Bronx Academy for the Future

Contacts

Address: 1716 SOUTHERN BOULEVARD, BRONX NY 10460
Latitude: 40.836356
Longitude: -73.888361
Phone number: 718-861-8641
Fax number: 718-861-8634
School email: [email protected]
Website: www.eastbronxacademy.org
Subway lines near the school: 2, 5 to 174th St
Bus lines near the school: Bx11, Bx17, Bx19, Bx21, Bx36, Bx40, Bx42, Bx9

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