← Back to school directoryCitywide comparisons are the average across high schools. Small cohorts are flagged since a handful of students can swing a percentage a lot; cells too small to report are omitted by DOE for student privacy.Source: NYC Open Data: School Quality Reports Data (2023-24 school year)Economic Need Index is DOE's estimate of the share of students facing economic hardship, based on eligibility for public assistance, temporary housing status, and household income relative to the poverty line. Some very high values are reported by DOE only as "Above 95%" for student privacy and are shown here as 95%.Source: NYC Open Data: Demographic Snapshot (2021-22 school year)Priority groups, in the order NYC DOE offers seats. Tap a group for NYC DOE's exact wording.Estimates derived from NYC DOE's own wording, which rounds and fuzzes small numbers for privacy. Each group's applicant count is independent of the others -- schools are usually oversubscribed, so applicant counts across groups often add up to more than the total seats. That's expected, not an error.Source: NYC DOE MySchools Admissions Data (2025-26 admissions cycle)
The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology: X223
360 EAST 145 STREET, BRONX, NY 10454 · Bronx · Secondary School
DBN: 07X223
Secondary School
Unzoned
SchoolDigger Middle: 587 (of 1500)
SchoolDigger High: 657 (of 1234)
Niche Middle: 504 (of 1516)
Niche High: 503 (of 1406)
Academic quality
- Graduation rate -- share of a cohort who earned a diploma within 4 (or 6) years of starting 9th grade.
- College/career readiness -- DOE's stricter bar: graduated AND met at least one benchmark (course credits, exam scores, etc.) showing they're on track for college or a career.
- Regents pass rate -- share of students who took that exam this year and scored 65+, NY State's passing threshold.
Attendance: 90.3%
69.5% attend 90%+ of days
Graduation & college readiness
4-year graduation rate
97.7%(citywide avg: 92%)
6-year graduation rate
92.9%(citywide avg: 93.9%)
4-year college/career readiness
66.9%(citywide avg: 53.4%)
6-year college/career readiness
53.5%(citywide avg: 52.8%)
Regents exam pass rates (scored 65+)
English
80%
See full grade-by-grade test results (ELA, Math, Science) →
Demographics
663 students enrolled
Economic Need Index: 91.7%
Race & ethnicity
Asian
0.8%
Black
16.4%
Hispanic or Latino
81.1%
White
0.8%
Multiracial
0.2%
Native American
0.6%
Other groups
Students with disabilities
17.9%
English Language Learners
5.6%
Living in poverty
93.5%
Female
51%
Male
49%
Middle School admissions priority breakdown
Admissions cycle
2025-26
Language Criteria
50 seats
1 applicants per seat
Not all seats filled last year
1. Priority to District 7 students and residents
~100% admitted
There were about 30 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~60% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).
2. Then to Bronx students and residents
~100% admitted
There were less than 10 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~18% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).
3. Then to New York City residents
~30% admitted
There were about 30 applicants in this group and less than 10 received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~18% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).