ATMOSPHERE ACADEMY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL

ATMOSPHERE ACADEMY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL is a big secondary school in BRONX, New York, overseen by ATMOSPHERE ACADEMY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL. The school instructs 1,481 students in grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 122% above the state mean of about 668.

ATMOSPHERE ACADEMY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL sits inside ATMOSPHERE ACADEMY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ATMOSPHERE ACADEMY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 77% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 19% Black. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, New York County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, ATMOSPHERE ACADEMY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.5%; this one delivers 58.7%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for New York County indicate median household income runs about $103,931, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. ATMOSPHERE ACADEMY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

Nearest neighbor: UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ATMOSPHERE ACADEMY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ATMOSPHERE ACADEMY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.2%.

The school occupies an urban site. ATMOSPHERE ACADEMY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 279%: 391 students in 2018 compared to 1,481 in 2025.

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