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New Directions Secondary School

09X350

06,07,08,09,10,11,12 - Bronx, District 9

240 EAST 172 STREET (get directions)

PTA $ not reported

125 students (SY2025-26)

[email protected] budget $913,078 ($7,305/student)

Attendance: 63.2%

ELA Course Pass Rate: 62%

Math Course Pass Rate: 38%

Overview

New Directions Secondary School is a secondary school school (grades 06,07,08,09,10,11,12) in Bronx, Community School District 9.

Enrollment & demographics

School year	Total enrollment
2013-14	107
2014-15	149
2015-16	233
2016-17	251
2017-18	234
2018-19	228
2019-20	197
2020-21	142
2021-22	139
2022-23	145
2023-24	145
2024-25	135
2025-26	125

% female: 43.2% (2025-26)

% poverty: 92.1% (2021-22)

% students with disabilities: 33.6% (2025-26)

% English language learners: 34.4% (2025-26)

Data year

Mixed years. Each share is the newest year this school published it, shown next to the number.

Race / ethnicity

DOE reports race and ethnicity. It does not publish country of nationality.

Asian: 1.6% (2025-26)

Black: 30.4% (2025-26)

Hispanic: 64% (2025-26)

White: 2.4% (2025-26)

Multi-racial: 0% (2025-26)

Native American: 1.6% (2025-26)

Economic Need Index: not reported (DOE's poverty/need composite score, 0-1)

Academic / quality

Attendance: 63.2%

ELA Course Pass Rate: 62%

Math Course Pass Rate: 38%

Year	Metric	Value
2021	SAT math mean	379
2021	SAT reading & writing mean	381
2018	Attendance	63.2%
2018	ELA course pass rate	62%
2018	Math course pass rate	38%
2017	ELA course pass rate	61.8%
2017	Math course pass rate	61.8%
2016	ELA course pass rate	61%
2016	Math course pass rate	63.4%
2015	ELA course pass rate	48.9%
2015	Math course pass rate	62.6%

See the full report on DOE's site for every metric this dataset publishes.

State tests

Mean scale score on the New York State test for the grades this school serves. The percent is students at level 3 or 4, not a percentile rank. Scores from 2023 on use the current standards and are not comparable to earlier years. High school SAT section scores stay in Academic / quality.

No grade 3-8 state test row is published for the grades this school serves.

Specialized high school offers

No SHSAT feeder-school row is published for this school. DOE reports this for middle schools whose 8th graders entered high-school admissions.

School budget (Galaxy)

Allocated school budget from DOE Galaxy. Fair Student Funding is the main flexible allocation. This is the budget, not dollars already spent. Per student uses the latest enrollment, which can be a different year than the fiscal year. Figures as of 2026-10-23.

Fiscal year	Total budget	Fair Student Funding	Per student
FY 2027	$913,078	not reported	$7,305
FY 2026	$652,991	not reported	$5,224

FY 2027 line items

Allocation	Amount
Title I SWP	$171,187
AIDP Community School Social Workers	$167,850
TL Bridging the Gap	$125,115
TL CB School Staff	$77,717
Contract for Excellence FY 09 HS	$69,782
TL College & Career Advising	$65,885
Title I SWP STH	$60,506
C4E Class Size Transition HS	$31,061
Contract for Excellence FY 2024 HS	$27,077
TL C4E FSF	$21,781
TL 12-Month AP HS	$19,115
Class Size Reduction C4E Phase In HS	$15,676
IDEA RS IEP Para	$13,119
Title III LEP	$12,465
High Need Support for Title I	$11,757
Contract for Excellence FY 2025 HS	$10,349
High Need Support for Title I STH	$4,155
TL Computer Maintenance HS	$2,657
Title III LEP Carryover	$2,480
Title I SWP Parent and Family Engagement	$1,712
Title I SWP Translation Services	$1,632

PTA funding (LL171)

PTA $ not reported

PTA/PA fundraising per enrolled student - higher generally means a more active parent fundraising community, not a DOE quality signal.

PTA funding not reported for this school.

Sources & methodology

A free, DOE / NYC Open Data-only tool. No paid ranking data (GreatSchools, Niche, or similar) anywhere on this site.

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Data from NYC Department of Education and NYC Open Data. Free and public - no accounts, no paid ranking data.