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Forward School (The)

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

3710 Barnes Ave

Bronx NY, 10467, Bronx County

Phone: 718-652-0519

Ranking:

(3,136 out of 3,424, bottom 8%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	17		17		22		21		24		25		16
Total Students:	256		213		239		302		326		349		346
Grade 6:	109	42.6%	77	36.2%	64	26.8%	84	27.8%	79	24.2%	84	24.1%	105	30.3%
Grade 7:	74	28.9%	67	31.5%	77	32.2%	96	31.8%	85	26.1%	109	31.2%	115	33.2%
Grade 8:	69	27.0%	67	31.5%	98	41.0%	119	39.4%	110	33.7%	104	29.8%	96	27.7%
Ungraded:	4	1.6%	2	0.9%	NA	NA	3	1.0%	52	16.0%	52	14.9%	30	8.7%
Student By Gender:
Male:	129	50.4%	102	47.9%	115	48.1%	143	47.4%	150	46.0%	140	40.1%	121	35.0%
Female:	127	49.6%	111	52.1%	124	51.9%	159	52.6%	168	51.5%	201	57.6%	221	63.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	1.6%	3	1.4%	3	1.3%	2	0.7%	2	0.6%	2	0.6%	4	1.2%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	1.3%	3	1.0%	3	0.9%	2	0.6%	6	1.7%
Hispanic:	69	27.0%	53	24.9%	71	29.7%	102	33.8%	113	34.7%	102	29.2%	84	24.3%
Black:	183	71.5%	154	72.3%	159	66.5%	191	63.2%	207	63.5%	238	68.2%	245	70.8%
White:	0	0.0%	2	0.9%	3	1.3%	4	1.3%	1	0.3%	5	1.4%	7	2.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	197	77.0%	166	77.9%	179	74.9%	239	79.1%	NA	NA	264	75.6%	245	70.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	6	2.3%	11	5.2%	14	5.9%	20	6.6%	NA	NA	35	10.0%	37	10.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.05		12.78		10.86		14.27		13.58		14.00		21.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	35%	42%	61%
2007	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	33%	44%	63%
2008	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	41%	47%	67%
2009	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	53%	66%	81%
2010	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	21%	32%	54%
2011	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	25%	37%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	28%	38%	55%
2013	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	6.5%	14.6%	29.6%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	33%	47%	60%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	23%	54%	71%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	56%	64%	79%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	60%	70%	83%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	22%	43%	61%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	32%	46%	63%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	40%	51%	66%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	4%	20.2%	30.6%
2007	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	43%	39%	58%
2008	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	37%	53%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	60%	65%	80%
2010	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	29%	27%	50%
2011	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	13%	28%	48%
2012	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	23%	36%	53%
2013	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	9.4%	16.3%	31.4%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	37%	47%	66%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	44%	59%	79%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67%	73%	88%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	34%	39%	62%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	33%	46%	64%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	46%	48%	65%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	6.3%	15.6%	27.7%
2008	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	22%	35%	56%
2009	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	43%	49%	69%
2010	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	26%	28%	51%
2011	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	21%	25%	47%
2012	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	23%	29%	50%
2013	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	9.2%	17.4%	33.7%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	30%	47%	70%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	44%	58%	80%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	19%	28%	55%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	38%	36%	60%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56%	44%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	13.6%	14.5%	27.4%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	42%	44%	71%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	11%	36%	69%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	29%	39%	71%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	30%	37%	69%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	27%	44%	70%
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	20%	29%	63%
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	11%	25%	63%
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	31%	36%	69%
Regents
2011	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	100%	57%	73%
2012	Integrated Algebra	End of course	% met std	100%	57%	72%
2011	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	100%	60%	81%
2012	Living Environment	End of course	% met std	90%	59%	78%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Forward School (The) was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.