BRILLA CARITAS CHARTER SCHOOL
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 83 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 21% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (87).
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 65.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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%.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 417 | 7 | 59.6:1 | 89% (370) |
| 2023-24 | 325 | 7 | 46.4:1 | 95% (310) |
| 2022-23 | 240 | N/A | N/A | 92% (221) |
| 2020-21 | 98 | N/A | N/A | 80% (78) |
About BRILLA CARITAS CHARTER SCHOOL
BRILLA CARITAS CHARTER SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in BRONX, New York, under BRILLA CARITAS CHARTER SCHOOL. It enrolled 417 students in kindergarten through 4 for the 2024-25 school year.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
Most students at BRILLA CARITAS CHARTER SCHOOL are Hispanic: 86% of enrollment. Other students are 10% Black. That is higher than the 55% Hispanic share among all Bronx County residents. BRILLA CARITAS CHARTER SCHOOL has a diversity index of 26%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 7 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 59.6:1. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is lower than this school's figure. Roughly 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Bronx County, the average is about the same, 90%.
BRILLA CARITAS CHARTER SCHOOL is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 71% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, BRILLA CARITAS CHARTER SCHOOL's results are 14.0 points above predicted: 56.4% against 42.4%.
County data help place the school in context: in Bronx County, median household income is about $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 23%. The public schools of Bronx County number 472 and enroll about 202,028.
The school nearest to BRILLA CARITAS CHARTER SCHOOL is BRILLA PAX CHARTER SCHOOL, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Within five miles of BRILLA CARITAS CHARTER SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 42.7%; BRILLA CARITAS CHARTER SCHOOL's is 56.4%, ranking 2nd of 9.
In the federal locale system, BRILLA CARITAS CHARTER SCHOOL is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Charter status: BRILLA CARITAS CHARTER SCHOOL is a public charter school.
BRILLA CARITAS CHARTER SCHOOL had 98 students in 2020-21 and 417 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans.
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