The Bronx

==Education==
{{See also|Education in New York City|List of public elementary schools in New York City|Category:Charter schools in New York (state)}}

Education in the Bronx is provided by a large number of public and private institutions, many of which draw students who live beyond the Bronx. The [[New York City Department of Education]] manages the borough's public noncharter schools.<ref>{{cite web |title=2020 census – school district reference map: Bronx County, NY |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st36_ny/schooldistrict_maps/c36005_bronx/DC20SD_C36005.pdf |accessdate=2022-07-22 |publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]}} – [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st36_ny/schooldistrict_maps/c36005_bronx/DC20SD_C36005_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> In 2000, public schools enrolled nearly 280,000 of the Bronx's residents over three years old (out of 333,100 enrolled in all pre-college schools).<ref name="quicktable">[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-context=qt&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U_QTP19&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U&-CONTEXT=qt&-tree_id=403&-all_geo_types=N&-geo_id=05000US36005&-search_results=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en QT-P19. School Enrollment: 2000; Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) – Sample Data; Geographic Area: Bronx County, New York], [[United States Census Bureau]], retrieved August 22, 2008 {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20200212043728/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-context=qt&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U_QTP19&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U&-CONTEXT=qt&-tree_id=403&-all_geo_types=N&-geo_id=05000US36005&-search_results=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en |date=February 12, 2020 }}</ref> There are also several public [[charter schools]]. Private schools range from elite [[independent school]]s to religiously affiliated [[parochial schools#United States|schools]] run by the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York]] and Jewish organizations.

A small portion of land between Pelham and Pelham Bay Park, with 35 houses, is a part of the Bronx, but is cut off from the rest of the borough due to the county boundaries; the New York City government pays for the residents' children to go to [[Pelham Union Free School District]] schools, including [[Pelham Memorial High School]], since that is more cost effective than sending school buses to take the students to New York City schools. This arrangement has been in place since 1948.<ref name="gross19970506">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/06/nyregion/a-tiny-strip-of-new-york-that-feels-like-the-suburbs.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |title=A Tiny Strip of New York That Feels Like the Suburbs |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 6, 1997 |access-date=June 9, 2012 |author=Gross, Jane |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160717200357/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/06/nyregion/a-tiny-strip-of-new-york-that-feels-like-the-suburbs.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |archive-date=July 17, 2016 }} ()</ref>

===Educational attainment===
In 2000, according to the [[United States Census]], out of the nearly 800,000 people in the Bronx who were then at least 25 years old, 62.3% had graduated from high school and 14.6% held a bachelor's or higher college degree. These percentages were lower than those for New York's other boroughs, which ranged from 68.8% (Brooklyn) to 82.6% (Staten Island) for high school graduates over 24, and from 21.8% (Brooklyn) to 49.4% (Manhattan) for college graduates. (The respective state and national percentages were ''[NY]'' 79.1% & 27.4% and ''[US]'' 80.4% & 24.4%.)<ref>[[U.S. Census Bureau]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20080422014749/http://www.census.gov/statab/ccdb/ccdbstcounty.html ''County and City Data Book:2007''], Table B-4. Counties – Population Characteristics</ref>

===High schools===
{{See also|List of high schools in New York City#Bronx}}
[[File:BronxScience.jpg|thumb|[[The Bronx High School of Science]]]]

In the 2000 Census, 79,240 of the nearly 95,000 Bronx residents enrolled in high school attended public schools.<ref name="quicktable" />

Many public [[High school (North America)|high schools]] are in the borough including the elite [[Bronx High School of Science]], [[Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music]], [[DeWitt Clinton High School]], [[High School for Violin and Dance]], [[Bronx Leadership Academy 2]], [[Bronx International High School]], the [[School for Excellence]], the [[Morris Academy for Collaborative Study]], Wings Academy for young adults, The Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice, Validus Preparatory Academy, The Eagle Academy For Young Men, Bronx Expeditionary Learning High School, Bronx Academy of Letters, [[Herbert H. Lehman High School]] and [[High School of American Studies at Lehman College|High School of American Studies]]. The Bronx is also home to three of New York City's most prestigious private, secular schools: [[Ethical Culture Fieldston School|Fieldston]], [[Horace Mann School|Horace Mann]], and [[Riverdale Country School]].

High schools linked to the [[Catholic Church]] include: [[St. Raymond Academy for Girls]], [[All Hallows High School]], [[Fordham Preparatory School]], [[Monsignor Scanlan High School]], [[St. Raymond High School for Boys]], [[Cardinal Hayes High School]], [[Cardinal Spellman High School (New York City)|Cardinal Spellman High School]], [[Academy of Mount St. Ursula High School|The Academy of Mount Saint Ursula]], [[Aquinas High School (New York City)|Aquinas High School]], [[Preston High School (New York City)|Preston High School]], [[St. Catharine Academy]], [[Mount Saint Michael Academy]], and [[St. Barnabas High School]].

The [[SAR Academy]] and [[SAR High School]] are [[Modern Orthodox]] Jewish [[Yeshiva]] coeducational day schools in [[Riverdale, Bronx|Riverdale]], with roots in Manhattan's [[Lower East Side]].

In the 1990s, New York City began closing the large, public high schools in the Bronx and replacing them with small high schools. Among the reasons cited for the changes were poor graduation rates and concerns about safety. Schools that have been closed or reduced in size include [[John F. Kennedy High School (Bronx, New York)|John F. Kennedy]], [[James Monroe High School (New York)|James Monroe]], [[William Howard Taft High School (New York City)|Taft]], [[Theodore Roosevelt High School (New York City)|Theodore Roosevelt]], [[Adlai E. Stevenson High School (New York City)|Adlai Stevenson]], [[Evander Childs High School|Evander Childs]], [[Christopher Columbus High School (Bronx, New York)|Christopher Columbus]], [[Morris High School (Bronx, New York)|Morris]], [[Walton High School (New York City)|Walton]], and South Bronx High Schools.

[[File:Fordham University Keating Hall.JPG|thumb|[[Fordham University]]'s Keating Hall]]

===Colleges and universities===
{{See also|List of colleges and universities in New York City}}
In 2000, 49,442 (57.5%) of the 86,014 Bronx residents seeking college, graduate or professional degrees attended public institutions.<ref name="quicktable" />

Several colleges and universities are in the Bronx.

[[Fordham University]] was founded as St. John's College in 1841 by the [[Archdiocese of New York|Diocese of New York]] as the first Catholic institution of higher education in the [[Northeastern United States|northeast]]. It is now officially an independent institution, but strongly embraces its [[Jesuit]] heritage. The {{convert|85|acre|m2|adj=on}} Bronx campus, known as Rose Hill, is the main campus of the university, and is among the largest within the city (other Fordham campuses are in Manhattan and Westchester County).<ref name="fordzoo">In September 2008, [[Fordham University]] and its neighbor, the Wildlife Conservation Society, a global research organization which operates the [[Bronx Zoo]], will begin a joint program leading to a [[Master of Science]] degree in adolescent science education (biology grades 7–12).</ref>

Three campuses of the [[City University of New York]] are in the Bronx: [[Hostos Community College]], [[Bronx Community College]] (occupying the former [[University Heights, Bronx|University Heights]] Campus of [[New York University]])<ref>{{cite web |last=Chronopoulos |first=Themis |title="Urban Decline and the Withdrawal of New York University from University Heights, The Bronx." The Bronx County Historical Society Journal XLVI (Spring/Fall 2009): 4–24. |url=http://themis.slass.org/university-heights.html |access-date=October 2, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031124152/http://themis.slass.org/university-heights.html |archive-date=October 31, 2014 }}</ref> and Herbert H. [[Lehman College]] (formerly the uptown campus of [[Hunter College]]), which offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees.

The [[College of Mount Saint Vincent]] is a Catholic liberal arts college in [[Riverdale, Bronx|Riverdale]] under the direction of the [[Sisters of Charity of New York]]. Founded in 1847 as a school for girls, the academy became a degree-granting college in 1911 and began admitting men in 1974. The school serves 1,600 students. Its campus is also home to the [[Academy for Jewish Religion (New York)|Academy for Jewish Religion]], a transdenominational rabbinical and cantorial school.

[[Manhattan College]] is a Catholic college in [[Riverdale, Bronx|Riverdale]] which offers undergraduate programs in the arts, business, education, engineering, and science. It also offers graduate programs in education and engineering.

[[Albert Einstein College of Medicine]], part of the [[Montefiore Medical Center]], is in [[Morris Park, Bronx|Morris Park]].

The coeducational and non-sectarian [[Mercy College (New York)|Mercy College]]—with its main campus in [[Dobbs Ferry, New York|Dobbs Ferry]]—has a Bronx campus near [[Westchester Square, Bronx|Westchester Square]].

The [[State University of New York Maritime College]] in [[Fort Schuyler]] ([[Throggs Neck]])—at the far southeastern tip of the Bronx—is the national leader in maritime education and houses the [[Maritime Industry Museum]]. (Directly across [[Long Island Sound]] is [[Kings Point, New York|Kings Point]], Long Island, home of the [[United States Merchant Marine Academy]] and the American Merchant Marine Museum.) As of 2017, graduates from the university earned an average annual salary of $144,000, the highest of any university graduates in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/nyregion/suny-maritime-college.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/nyregion/suny-maritime-college.html |archive-date=January 1, 2022 |url-access=limited|title=The Young Mariners of Throgs Neck|author=Gary M. Stern|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 16, 2017|access-date=March 17, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In addition, the private, proprietary [[Monroe College]], focused on preparation for business and the professions, started in the Bronx in 1933 and now has a campus in [[New Rochelle, New York|New Rochelle]] (Westchester County) as well the Bronx's [[Fordham, Bronx|Fordham]] neighborhood.<ref>[http://www.monroecollege.edu/aboutmonroe/monroeshistory Monroe College history] (from the College's web site) retrieved on July 27, 2008.</ref>