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Fordham Leadership Academy is a public high school located in the Bronx, New York, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 416 students. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #10, which is ranked 715 out of 865 districts in New York and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Fordham Leadership Academy has consistently ranked in the bottom 20% of New York high schools over the past 10 years, with a ranking between 973-1238 out of 1190-1255 schools. The school has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating it is among the lowest-performing schools in the state. Student performance on Regents/Common Core exams is significantly below the state and district averages across various subjects, with proficiency rates ranging from 0% to 74.38%, and the majority of subjects falling below 50% proficiency. The school's four-year graduation rate has fluctuated between 84.3% and 100%, slightly below the state average, and its dropout rate has varied from 0% to 10%, higher than the state average. Fordham Leadership Academy also has a high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 34.1% to 46.3%, significantly higher than the state and district averages.
Nearby schools, such as Theatre Arts Production Company School, Providing Urban Learners Success In Education High School, and Belmont Preparatory High School, generally perform better than Fordham Leadership Academy on various metrics, including test scores, graduation rates, and chronic absenteeism. These schools have higher statewide rankings, ranging from 825-1094, and some have higher ratings of 2-4 stars from SchoolDigger. Additionally, Fordham Leadership Academy has a relatively high student-teacher ratio, ranging from 10 to 14.2, compared to the nearby schools, which have ratios between 9.1 and 12.9.
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