Is Dewitt Clinton High School a good school?

Dewitt Clinton High School ranks 791 st of 1228 New York high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Dewitt Clinton High School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,052 students attended Dewitt Clinton High School.

What is the racial makeup of Dewitt Clinton High School?

Students at Dewitt Clinton High School are 57% Hispanic, 27% African American, 7% Asian, 3% Two or more races, 2% White, 1% American Indian, 1% Pacific Islander.

Dewitt Clinton High School

Summary:

Dewitt Clinton High School is a public high school located in the Bronx, New York, serving grades 9-12 with a student population of 1,052. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #10, which is ranked 728 out of 866 districts in New York and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Dewitt Clinton High School faces several challenges, including a significantly higher percentage of Hispanic (57.03%) and African American (27.28%) students compared to nearby schools, which tend to have more diverse racial compositions. The school has seen a steady improvement in its four-year graduation rate, increasing from 74.9% in 2018-2019 to 96.0% in 2022-2023, and a corresponding decrease in the dropout rate from 12.3% to 2.2%. However, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 33.1% in 2022-2023, which is significantly higher than the nearby schools and the state average. Academically, Dewitt Clinton High School's test scores are generally lower than the New York City Geographic District #10 and the state averages across various Regents exams, though the school has shown improvement in some subject areas.

Compared to nearby high-performing schools, such as High School Of American Studies At Lehman College, Celia Cruz Bronx High School Of Music (The), and Bronx High School Of Science (The), Dewitt Clinton High School has significantly lower academic performance, graduation rates, and higher chronic absenteeism rates. However, the school's spending per student ($17,972 in 2022-2023) is higher than the state average, and it has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 13:1, suggesting the potential for more individualized attention to students. The school's performance also varies across different student subgroups, with higher rankings for African American and Hispanic students compared to other subgroups, indicating the need to address achievement gaps.

Detail:

Public 9-12

100 W Mosholu Pkwy S
Bronx, NY 10468

(718) 543-1000

District: New York City Geographic District #10

SchoolDigger Rank:
791^st of 1,228 New York High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $17,972

Student/teacher ratio: 13.0

Number of students: 1,052

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

57.0%

African American:

27.3%

Asian:

7.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 87.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Dewitt Clinton High School ranks worse than 64.4% of high schools in New York. It also ranks 8^th among 27 ranked high schools in the New York City Geographic District #10. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 34.59. (See more...)

The Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) measures the percentage of Dewitt Clinton High School freshmen who graduate within four years, adjusting for students who transfer in or out.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (57%), African American (27.3%), Asian (7.4%). (See more...)

Compare Details 87.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Dewitt Clinton High School is 13. 20 high schools in the New York City Geographic District #10 have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Dewitt Clinton High School employs 80.7 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Dewitt Clinton High School is $17,972. 21 high schools in the New York City Geographic District #10 spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Dewitt Clinton High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Dewitt Clinton High School 791^st of 1228 New York public high schools. (See Dewitt Clinton High School in the ranking list.)

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New York City Geographic District #10:

SchoolDigger ranks New York City Geographic District #10 728^th of 866 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Dewitt Clinton High School

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Rank History for all students at Dewitt Clinton High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2005	31.10	725^th	935	22.5%
2006	23.59	786^th	986	20.3%
2007	30.43	772^nd	1002	23.0%
2008	28.07	793^rd	1027	22.8%
2009	22.28	870^th	1086	19.9%
2010	30.37	820^th	1117	26.6%
2011	19.99	964^th	1165	17.3%
2012	16.36	992^nd	1198	17.2%
2013	17.47	974^th	1217	20.0%
2014	12.70	1068^th	1237	13.7%
2015	13.78	1112^th	1255	11.4%
2016	18.07	1095^th	1255	12.7%
2017	15.47	995^th	1221	18.5%
2018	14.48	1018^th	1210	15.9%
2019	13.04	1040^th	1207	13.8%
2022	25.95	857^th	1190	28.0%
2023	34.59	791^st	1228	35.6%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Dewitt Clinton High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	38.96	333^rd	546	39.0%
2019	23.03	488^th	565	13.6%
2022	40.50	276^th	481	42.6%
2023	42.58	315^th	583	46.0%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Dewitt Clinton High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	17.30	992^nd	1095	9.4%
2019	18.48	990^th	1132	12.5%
2022	25.24	813^th	1038	21.7%
2023	35.76	706^th	1130	37.5%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Dewitt Clinton High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	15.48	1002^nd	1154	13.2%
2019	14.90	1008^th	1179	14.5%
2022	29.12	797^th	1101	27.6%
2023	38.21	717^th	1155	37.9%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Dewitt Clinton High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	27.86	396^th	498	20.5%
2019	29.88	372^nd	493	24.5%
2022	50.01	150^th	389	61.4%
2023	63.68	100^th	531	81.2%

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Rank History for Female students at Dewitt Clinton High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	15.29	1015^th	1176	13.7%
2019	14.02	1031^st	1193	13.6%
2022	29.29	815^th	1155	29.4%
2023	35.74	779^th	1197	34.9%

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Rank History for Male students at Dewitt Clinton High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	14.31	1013^th	1176	13.9%
2019	12.99	1031^st	1190	13.4%
2022	21.42	878^th	1154	23.9%
2023	34.10	782^nd	1191	34.3%

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Rank History for Asian students at Dewitt Clinton High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	26.23	339^th	426	20.4%
2019	14.93	408^th	447	8.7%
2022	34.21	281^st	386	27.2%
2023	50.13	234^th	424	44.8%

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Rank History for African American students at Dewitt Clinton High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	39.53	391^st	679	42.4%
2019	29.58	506^th	686	26.2%
2022	44.97	294^th	593	50.4%
2023	53.85	249^th	671	62.9%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Dewitt Clinton High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	13.64	724^th	791	8.5%
2019	15.74	704^th	815	13.6%
2022	30.61	510^th	760	32.9%
2023	41.98	455^th	851	46.5%

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Rank History for Native American students at Dewitt Clinton High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	54.51	12^th	28	57.1%

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Rank History for White students at Dewitt Clinton High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	3.88	747^th	765	2.4%
2019	13.31	736^th	793	7.2%
2023	28.60	610^th	776	21.4%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: NY State Education Department

Review counts

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Reviews:

by a student
Friday, November 29, 2019

I was a graduate of 2019 and I think this school did way better than it did back when I started in 2015-16 school year plus the graduation rate is the highest it’s been being at 78 for the class of 2019 plus the number of incidents at the school was lower than it was when I started there Close Quote

by a parent
Wednesday, May 11, 2011

All teachers and staffs are very devoted about their duty, and always ready to help students and also encourge to student to study for higher education. Close Quote

by a student
Monday, October 4, 2010

I am currently a senior at Dewitt Clinton High School and I can honestly say that this has been the best experience I had. The teachers are great and are always available to help the students. I love the fact that Clinton is a big school because more programs and sports are available for the students. The Macy Program is wonderful and the people involved with it made it possible for me to get the most out of my education. I would not change anything about Clinton. Close Quote

by a student
Sunday, November 15, 2009

I attended Dewitt Clinton high school indeed there has been problems in the school in the last few years prior to 2006 and post, but it was all due to the closure of many small high school. before this clinton was rated the 2nd best school in the bronx 2nd only to bronx science, there was standarized exams to be admited which was ommited .after the closure of these school the just place as much stodents as they could over crawded, no more standardrized exams just what ever they can fix the proffesors care about the students they are great and do their job. what failed was the sistem they over crowded the classroom, ignore proffessors exams and introduced to the school heavy involved gangmenbers which practically destroyed the school am from class 2006 and i attand cornell university and all i have today is thanks to them Close Quote

Enrollment information for Dewitt Clinton High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	36	2087	93	2471	7	n/a	n/a	0	4694
1990	64	1657	123	77	4	n/a	n/a	2000	3925
1991	48	1459	110	1801	3	n/a	n/a	0	3421
1992	42	1410	140	1734	5	n/a	n/a	0	3331
1993	36	1382	173	1864	5	n/a	n/a	0	3460
1994	45	1386	183	2076	5	n/a	n/a	0	3695
1995	68	1346	211	2174	17	n/a	n/a	0	3816
1996	68	1346	211	2174	17	n/a	n/a	0	3816
1997	88	1462	221	2295	18	n/a	n/a	0	4084
1998	104	1531	242	2444	16	n/a	n/a	0	4337
1999	96	1524	246	2430	15	n/a	n/a	0	4311
2000	109	1483	211	2383	12	n/a	n/a	0	4198
2001	119	1282	212	2241	10	n/a	n/a	0	3864
2002	173	1191	224	2246	7	n/a	n/a	0	3841
2003	173	1191	224	2246	7	n/a	n/a	0	3841
2004	180	1309	260	2590	11	n/a	n/a	0	4350
2005	162	1309	254	2895	12	n/a	n/a	0	4632
2006	152	1177	259	2933	12	n/a	n/a	0	4533
2007	124	1136	246	2937	22	n/a	n/a	0	4465
2008	108	1113	242	2912	23	n/a	n/a	0	4398
2009	105	1145	264	2847	30	n/a	n/a	0	4391
2010	288	1232	266	2820	37	n/a	n/a	0	4643
2011	94	1274	292	2726	31	0	0	0	4417
2012	88	1295	273	2500	33	4	2	0	4195
2013	83	1117	252	2108	24	10	7	0	3601
2014	70	877	210	1541	15	0	10	0	2723
2015	72	677	183	1169	21	0	16	0	2138
2016	60	521	156	887	22	0	20	0	1666
2017	50	459	114	738	14	14	17	0	1406
2018	46	403	118	624	11	13	13	0	1228
2019	36	353	109	578	14	9	13	0	1112
2020	34	305	93	524	15	12	14	0	997
2021	26	292	95	511	17	11	12	0	964
2022	27	297	91	565	19	14	13	0	1026
2023	24	287	78	600	15	12	35	1	1052

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Dewitt Clinton High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	4694	255.7	18.3	n/a
1990	3925	231.6	16.9	n/a
1991	3421	173.3	19.7	n/a
1992	3331	190.6	17.4	n/a
1993	3460	194.0	17.8	n/a
1994	3695	207.2	17.8	n/a
1995	3816	196.9	19.4	n/a
1996	3816	196.9	19.4	n/a
1997	4084	216.1	18.9	79
1998	4337	233.5	18.6	82.8
1999	4311	245.2	17.6	69.8
2000	4198	215.4	19.5	79.8
2001	3864	199.1	19.4	92.8
2002	3841	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	3841	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	4350	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	4632	n/a	n/a	0
2006	4533	282.0	16.1	71.9
2007	4465	253.6	17.6	76.2
2008	4398	258.6	17.0	79.1
2009	4391	246.1	17.8	80.7
2010	4643	244.0	19.0	n/a
2011	4417	230.0	19.2	80.6
2012	4195	221.0	18.9	73.7
2013	3601	206.9	17.4	10.3
2014	2723	147.2	18.4	75.2
2015	2138	126.0	16.9	76.4
2016	1666	105.0	15.8	78.4
2017	1406	85.4	16.4	80.2
2018	1228	87.8	13.9	88.7
2019	1112	76.0	14.6	78.9
2020	997	88.4	11.2	85.9
2021	964	85.6	11.2	88.5
2022	1026	84.6	12.1	86.8
2023	1052	80.7	13.0	87.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Dewitt Clinton High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	4694	255.7	18.3	n/a
1990	3925	231.6	16.9	n/a
1991	3421	173.3	19.7	n/a
1992	3331	190.6	17.4	n/a
1993	3460	194.0	17.8	n/a
1994	3695	207.2	17.8	n/a
1995	3816	196.9	19.4	n/a
1996	3816	196.9	19.4	n/a
1997	4084	216.1	18.9	79
1998	4337	233.5	18.6	82.8
1999	4311	245.2	17.6	69.8
2000	4198	215.4	19.5	79.8
2001	3864	199.1	19.4	92.8
2002	3841	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	3841	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	4350	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	4632	n/a	n/a	0
2006	4533	282.0	16.1	71.9
2007	4465	253.6	17.6	76.2
2008	4398	258.6	17.0	79.1
2009	4391	246.1	17.8	80.7
2010	4643	244.0	19.0	n/a
2011	4417	230.0	19.2	80.6
2012	4195	221.0	18.9	73.7
2013	3601	206.9	17.4	10.3
2014	2723	147.2	18.4	75.2
2015	2138	126.0	16.9	76.4
2016	1666	105.0	15.8	78.4
2017	1406	85.4	16.4	80.2
2018	1228	87.8	13.9	88.7
2019	1112	76.0	14.6	78.9
2020	997	88.4	11.2	85.9
2021	964	85.6	11.2	88.5
2022	1026	84.6	12.1	86.8
2023	1052	80.7	13.0	87.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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