Eagle Academy for Young Men

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Eagle Academy for Young Men
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Eagle Academy for Young Men
The Bronx, New York City
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New York

United States
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Established2004;21 years ago (2004)
Gender Boys
Website www.eaglebronx.org

The Eagle Academy for Young Men is an American all-boys' public secondary school in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York. A part of the New York City Department of Education, it opened in 2004, [1] established by the 100 Black Men of America organization.

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The school, intended to primarily serve Latino/Hispanic and black boys, is a part of the Eagle Academy network of schools, [2] which has campuses in other New York City boroughs and Newark, New Jersey. [1]

The Eagle group of boys' schools was the inspiration of Boys Academic Leadership Academy in Los Angeles. [3]

Student body

As of 2014, 62% of the students were black and 35% were Hispanic/Latino. 80% of the students were on free or reduced lunch. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Home page. Eagle Academy for Young Men. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Lankes, Tiffany. ""How Bronx's Eagle Academy helps inner-city kids soar"(). The Buffalo News . June 22, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
  3. ↑ Resmovits, Joy (August 25, 2017). "In Los Angeles, a public school just for boys". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved November 19, 2023. - Copy at the Chicago Tribune

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