Bronx High School of Science
| The Bronx High School of Science | |
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"Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination."
— John Dewey |
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75 West 205th Street Bronx, NY United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°52′42″N 73°53′27″W / 40.87833°N 73.89083°WCoordinates: 40°52′42″N 73°53′27″W / 40.87833°N 73.89083°W |
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| Type | Public, Exam school, Selective Magnet School, NYC Specialized High School |
| Established | 1938 |
| Founder | Morris Meister |
| School district | DOE Region 10 |
| Oversight | NYC Department of Education |
| Principal | Jean M. Donahue |
| Faculty | 139 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 3,062 |
| Color(s) | Green and Gold |
| Athletics conference | PSAL |
| Nickname | Wolverines |
| Average SAT scores (2012) | 2,010 |
| Newspaper | Science Survey |
| Yearbook | Observatory |
| Affiliations | NCSSSMST |
| Nobel laureates | 8 |
| Website | bxscience |
The Bronx High School of Science (commonly called Bronx Science or Science, and formerly Science High) is a selective public high school in New York City. It is one of nine "specialized" public high schools located in New York City and operated by the New York City Department of Education. Admission to eight of them, including Bronx Science, is based on performance on a standardized examination administered mainly to students in the 8th grade, but also those in the 9th grade.
Founded in 1938 in the borough (an administrative and geographical region) of the Bronx in New York City, Bronx Science is now situated in an educational area known as the Educational Mile in Bedford Park, a neighborhood in the northwest portion of the Bronx. The exam administered to students in the 8th grade was reportedly taken by more than 20,000 students every year as of 1999[update]. Although known for its focus on mathematics and science, Bronx Science also emphasizes the humanities and social sciences and continually attracts students with a wide variety of interests beyond math and science.
Bronx Science is ranked among the top 50 high schools in the country as well as among the top few in New York State. Eight former students have received the Nobel Prize in science, more than any other secondary school in the country.
The Bronx High School of Science is often referred to as Bronx Science and sometimes just Science. Students are called Sciencites.
Bronx Science has received international recognition as one of the best high schools in the United States, public or private, regularly ranking in the top 100 in U.S. News and World Report's lists of America's "Gold-Medal" high schools. In 2014, they ranked 34th out of all high schools nationwide and 2nd in New York State; nationwide, Bronx Science ranked 33rd in 2008 and 58th in 2009. It attracts an intellectually gifted blend of culturally, ethnically, and economically diverse students from New York City. As of 2012[update], Bronx Science is ranked as one of the "22 top-performing schools" in America on The Washington Post as well as number 50 out of a list of the best 1,000 high schools in the country on The Daily Beast's "America's Best High Schools" list. In 2014 it was ranked second highest on Cities Journal's list of the "15 Best High Schools in New York", along with Stuyvesant (ranked third) and Brooklyn Tech (ranked eighth).
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