School Performance
Graduation Rate: 66.000003% (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: 79.000002% of the school's students in the school year before last.
Percentage of Students Enough Variety: 37% students feel that this school offers a wide enough variety of programs, classes, and activities to keep them interested in school.
College Career Rate: 55.000001% of students enroll in college or career programs within 6 months.
Percentage of Students Safe: 69% 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: Women's Academy of Excellence
Code: Y01T
Interest: Science & Math
Method: Ed. Opt.
Seats 9 GE: 85
Grade 9 GE filled flag: N
Grade 9 GE applicants: 179
Grade 9 GE applicants per seat: 2
Seats 9 SWD: 23
Grade 9 SWD filled flag: Y
Grade 9 SWD applicants: 31
Grade 9 SWD applicants per seat: 1
Eligibility: Open only to Female-Identified students
Seats 10: 1
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, Fencing
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, Indoor Track, Softball, Volleyball
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: Stunt
School Sports
Sports offered by the school outside PSAL (Public School Athletics League): No data
Flag for female only school: 1
Flag for male only school: No data
Other info
Total students: 230
Start time: 8:24am
End time: 2:45pm
Final grades: 9 to 12
Language classes: Spanish
Advancedplacement courses: AP United States History, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Statistics, AP World History: Modern, AP Chemistry
Additional info: 10th Grade Seats Available,College Trips,Dress Code,Online Grading System,Orientation,Uniform
School accessibility description: Partially Accessible
Flag for schools that offer 10th grade seats: Y
More info
Borough: Bronx
NTA: Soundview-Castle Hill-Clason Point-Harding Park
Neighborhood: Castle Hill-Clason Point
School Number: X174
Shared space: Yes
Community board: 209
Council district: 18
Census tract: 4
BIN: 2020580
BBL: 2034780018
About Women's Academy of Excellence
Contacts
Address: 456 White Plains Road, Bronx NY 10473 (40.815043,-73.85607)
Latitude: 40.814833
Longitude: -73.85658
Phone number: 718-542-0740
Fax number: 718-542-0841
School email: [email protected]
Website: www.thewae.org
Subway lines near the school: 6 to Parkchester
Bus lines near the school: Bx22, Bx27, Bx36, Bx39, Bx5
Hotels near Women's Academy of Excellence
Dance, Drama/ Theater/ Film Classes, 5 AP Courses, AP Spring Break Institute, Pre-AP Summer Institute, In-house AP Saturday Study Sessions, Regents Prep/Credit Recovery (Saturday Academy and PM School)
Honors classes, College Now classes with Lehman College, Leadership courses, SAT Prep, Read 180, ACE IT Peer Tutoring Program, Lunch & Learn Tutoring, College Access for All, AP for All
Honors: National Honor Society, National Hispanic Honor Society, Academy Awards Night, PEARLS Awards, Parent-Daughter DIVA Attendance Awards
Partnerships: Montefiore Hospital Internship Program, NY Coalition of 100 Black Women, L'Oreal Role Model Program, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc, AAOZ, ACS NBO, Kechie's Project, Destiny Designer's University
College Acceptances: Cornell U, NYU, Syracuse U, Howard University, Penn State, Fordham U, Tuskegee U, St. John's U, Macaulay Honors