AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL KINGSBRIDGE

As a large K-5 school in BRONX, New York, AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL KINGSBRIDGE educates 720 students from grades K through 8, overseen by AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL KINGSBRIDGE. That puts it 63% above the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL KINGSBRIDGE sits inside AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL KINGSBRIDGE, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL KINGSBRIDGE lists that 82% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest reads as 13% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL KINGSBRIDGE shows 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL KINGSBRIDGE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.1%; this one delivers 50.0%.

Around the school, Bronx County reports that median household earnings sit near $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL KINGSBRIDGE is one campus in the mix.

MILTON FEIN SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL KINGSBRIDGE at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 50.3%.

AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL KINGSBRIDGE operates from a city-core location. AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL KINGSBRIDGE operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL KINGSBRIDGE has rose 160%, going from 277 students in 2018 to 720 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 18% to 13% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.