H.E.R.O. High (Health, Education, and Research Occupations High School): average SAT score, 2017-2020
#396 of 548 citywide · 809/1600 in 2020 · Bronx · DBN 07X259
- SAT total, 2020
- 809
- Math
- 395
- Reading & writing
- 414
- Students counted
- 78
In 2020, students at H.E.R.O. High (Health, Education, and Research Occupations High School) who sat the SAT averaged 809 out of 1600 — 395 on Math and 414 on Reading and Writing. That is 166 points below the 975 averaged across the 485 New York City high schools that reported a score that year. Within Bronx, where the average is 903, it is 94 points lower. Citywide it ranks 396 of 548. In Bronx it is 89 of 146.
Across 4 measured years, the school's average went from 892 in 2017 to 809 in 2020, down 83 points. 2020 is the lowest figure on record here. The peak was 892, back in 2017. Citywide the average moved down 41 points over the same span, so relative to the rest of New York this school is behind by 42 points.
The sharpest single move came between 2019 and 2020, when the average dropped 58 points in one year. That is the pandemic cohort, and it moved almost everywhere in the city, so it says more about the year than about the school. Its place in the citywide order moved from 290 of 453 in 2017 to 403 of 485 in 2020, a slide of 113 places.
The 2020 figure is the average of 78 students at this school who actually sat the exam — not of the whole graduating class. Of those test takers, 3% on Math and 19% on Reading and Writing cleared the College Board's college-readiness benchmark. The two sections are far apart here: Reading and Writing clears the bar for a much larger share of students than Math does, which is usually where a prep plan starts.
The highest average in Bronx that year belonged to School for Tourism and Hospitality, at 871, 62 points ahead of H.E.R.O. High (Health, Education, and Research Occupations High School). The two sit close enough that a single strong cohort separates them.
Eight years against the city
SAT total out of 1600. The dashed line is the citywide average for the same years, weighted by the number of students counted at each school.
Year by year
| Year | SAT total | Math | Reading & writing | Tested | College ready, math | College ready, R&W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 892 | 439 | 453 | 75 | 5% | 24% |
| 2018 | 854 | 421 | 433 | 91 | 6% | 25% |
| 2019 | 867 | 415 | 452 | 76 | 3% | 27% |
| 2020 | 809 | 395 | 414 | 78 | 3% | 19% |
| City, 2020 | 975 | 491 | 484 | 60,314 | — | — |
| Bronx, 2020 | 903 | 451 | 452 | 10,177 | — | — |
“Tested” is the number of students the DOE counted in that year’s average, not the size of the class. “College ready” is the share of those students who met the College Board benchmark on that section. A dash means the DOE published no figure for that year; nothing here is estimated.
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- H.E.R.O. High (Health, Education, and Research Occupations High School) on schools.nyc.gov — the DOE’s own page for this school.
Figures from NYC Open Data — School Quality Reports, Multi-Year Metrics, New York City Department of Education. Rebuilt 2026-09-15. Method and caveats are set out on the index page.
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