Enrollment
339
Elementary
DISTRICT 555 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11·NCES 360008806144
BAYCHESTER ACADEMY
3500 EDSON AVE, BRONX, NY 10466 · (718) 325-1138 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL339 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 67% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
281 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 32 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
58.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
60.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 68.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BAYCHESTER ACADEMY
BAYCHESTER ACADEMY's state test result (54.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYCHESTER ACADEMY this school | 339 | 82.9% | 54.8% |
| CITIZENSHIP AND SCIENCE ACADEMY OF ROCHESTER CHARTER SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 361 | 83.4% | 35.4% |
| BROOKLYN LANDMARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 378 | 81.0% | 71.3% |
| DISCOVERY CHARTER SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 300 | 82.3% | 58.7% |
| HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL NEW YORK | 309 | 87.1% | 47.3% |
| SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-BED STUY 2 BROOKLYN | 271 | 80.4% | 87.8% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BAYCHESTER ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #973 of 2,335 | #59 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #1,056 of 2,342 ▼ 438 | #77 of 212 ▼ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,015 of 2,343 ▼ 226 | #74 of 212 ▼ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 339 | #1,736 of 2,585 | #154 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,933 of 2,338 | #155 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.6% | #1,366 of 2,388 | #108 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.9% | #682 of 2,534 | #195 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.0% | #852 of 1,757 | #130 of 153 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
339
-35 (-9%) vs 2020
+47% since 2010-11, when it was 231
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 339 | 23.6 | 14.3:1 | 83% (281) |
| 2023-24 | 331 | 28.5 | 11.6:1 | 82% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 302 | 23.6 | 12.8:1 | 79% (238) |
| 2020-21 | 374 | 26 | 14.4:1 | 81% (303) |
| 2017-18 | 399 | 25 | 15.9:1 | 85% (340) |
| 2015-16 | 415 | 25 | 16.6:1 | 88% (366) |
| 2010-11 | 231 | 16 | 14.4:1 | 78% (181) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BAYCHESTER ACADEMY.
About BAYCHESTER ACADEMY
Families in BRONX, New York, are served by BAYCHESTER ACADEMY, a low-enrollment elementary school. The school had 339 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New York is about 443, so this school runs 23% smaller than that.
BAYCHESTER ACADEMY is one school in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11, a system of 62 schools with 30,138 students.
BAYCHESTER ACADEMY is 67% Black by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 30% Hispanic. In Bronx County overall, about 33% of residents are Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 47% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at BAYCHESTER ACADEMY is 23.6 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.3:1. That is higher than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The school counts 281 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 83%.
allk12 grades BAYCHESTER ACADEMY a B+. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 54.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 44.5%.
Federal survey data for Bronx County show that the median household income is $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 472 public schools in Bronx County, enrolling about 202,028 students in all.
PS 111 SETON FALLS is located about 0.2 miles from BAYCHESTER ACADEMY. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, BAYCHESTER ACADEMY ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around BAYCHESTER ACADEMY as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at BAYCHESTER ACADEMY declined 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 374 to 339 students.
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Bronx County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,404,779
Census ACS
Median income
$48,676
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
472
202,028 students
Quick facts
Related schools
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- HARRY S TRUMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- PS 83 DONALD HERTZElementary · 1,451 students
- PS 89Elementary · 1,169 students
- PS/MS 194Elementary · 1,169 students
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- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE)High · 2,953 students
- KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL IIICombined · 2,390 students
- HARRY S TRUMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- ATMOSPHERE ACADEMY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLHigh · 1,481 students
- PS 83 DONALD HERTZElementary · 1,451 students
- RIVERDALE/KINGSBRIDGE ACADEMY (MS/HS 141)High · 1,383 students
Nearby schools
- PS 111 SETON FALLS0.2 mi · 397
- BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING0.3 mi · 532
- PS 112 BRONXWOOD0.3 mi · 370
- BRONX ALLIANCE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 191
- ONE WORLD MIDDLE SCHOOL AT EDENWALD0.3 mi · 309
- BAYCHESTER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 298
Frequently asked questions
About BAYCHESTER ACADEMYHow large is BAYCHESTER ACADEMY?
BAYCHESTER ACADEMY enrolls approximately 339 students in grades PK-05.
Is BAYCHESTER ACADEMY an elementary, middle, or high school?
BAYCHESTER ACADEMY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BAYCHESTER ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BAYCHESTER ACADEMY is approximately 14.3:1 (24 FTE teachers).
How diverse is BAYCHESTER ACADEMY?
BAYCHESTER ACADEMY reports a student body of 1% White, 30% Hispanic, 67% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is BAYCHESTER ACADEMY public or private?
BAYCHESTER ACADEMY is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.