About New York City Geographic District # 8
New York City Geographic District # 8 is a public school system serving Bronx County, New York, based in Bronx. It serves 23,353 students across 52 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a city: large district. By enrollment it is the #19 largest of New York’s 1071 school systems.
Size and structure
New York City Geographic District # 8 enrolls 23,353 students in 52 schools — an average of about 449 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #19 of 1071 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in New York City Geographic District # 8, from the NCES Common Core of Data (23,353 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
New York City Geographic District # 8 employs about 1,925 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1 — above the New York average of about 12.1:1. Total district staff is roughly 3,449.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How New York funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for New York City Geographic District # 8 are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
New York reports accountability through its ESSA system, published as the NYSED School Report Card, covering achievement, graduation, chronic absenteeism, English-language proficiency, growth and college-and-career readiness. Look up New York City Geographic District # 8 on data.nysed.gov.
Accreditation status
New York does not use a private accreditor for public schools: every public district is registered by the Board of Regents under the Commissioner’s Regulations (Part 100), with registration review as the state’s oversight tool. See the New York State Education Department.
New York City Geographic District # 8 vs. New York
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Look up New York City Geographic District # 8’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):