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Enrollment
569
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360116506617
BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL
600 E 156TH ST, BRONX, NY 10455 · (347) 273-8439 · Bronx County
GRADES KG–07ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL569 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% 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
19.6:1
29 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
526 students
STATE 58%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 64 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 76 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 18% smaller than its 7th grade class (76).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
68.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +20.0pp since 2023
Math
57.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 59.0% |
% 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
53.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL
BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (53.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 569 | 92.4% | 53.8% |
| PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE) BRONX | 538 | 92.4% | 36.5% |
| RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) FAR ROCKAWAY | 542 | 96.3% | 28.9% |
| PS/MS 29 MELROSE SCHOOL BRONX | 606 | 96.0% | 33.9% |
| BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS BRONX | 588 | 89.3% | 52.2% |
| PS 111 JACOB BLACKWELL LONG ISLAND CITY | 554 | 97.3% | 22.3% |
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 BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #1,007 of 2,335 | #64 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,181 of 2,342 ▼ 219 | #82 of 212 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #604 of 2,343 ▲ 344 | #47 of 212 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 569 | #572 of 2,585 | #59 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #2,293 of 2,338 | #179 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.5% | #1,343 of 2,388 | #103 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.4% | #318 of 2,534 | #130 of 220 |
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
569
+202 (+55%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 569 | 29 | 19.6:1 | 92% (526) |
| 2023-24 | 506 | 21 | 24.1:1 | 91% (461) |
| 2022-23 | 457 | 44 | 10.4:1 | 87% (396) |
| 2020-21 | 367 | 29 | 12.7:1 | 88% (324) |
| 2017-18 | 115 | 10 | 11.5:1 | 97% (112) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL.
About BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL
A mid-sized elementary school in BRONX, New York, BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL is part of BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL. It had 569 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 7. Elementary schools in New York average about 443 students, which makes this school 28% larger than average.
BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL operates as its own local education agency.
At BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL, 66% of students are Hispanic. It is also 29% Black. For comparison, the population of Bronx County is roughly 55% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL scores 48%.
There are 29 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 19.6:1. The average for elementary schools in New York, 12.8:1, is lower. Of all students at BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL, 92% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Bronx County average a similar 90%.
On the allk12 Grade, BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL lands at B+, ahead of 68% of New York public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL would be expected to post about 41.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 53.8%.
The county, Bronx County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $48,676, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 23%. The county's public schools total 472, with about 202,028 students.
PS 157 GROVE HILL sits less than a tenth of a mile from BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL is a public charter school.
Reported enrollment: 367 (2020-21) and 569 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades. The number of students per teacher increased from 12.7 to 19.6 over 4 years.
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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
Other schools in BRONX
- 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 157 GROVE HILL0.0 mi · 377
- MOTT HAVEN VILLAGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 197
- UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE0.1 mi · 596
- PS 6430.2 mi · 108
- LEADERS OF EXCELLENCE ADVOCACY AND DISCOVERY0.2 mi · 192
- JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 130
Frequently asked questions
About BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOLHow many students attend BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL?
BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 569 students in grades KG-07.
What age range does BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 07.
How many students per teacher at BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL?
Approximately 19.6:1 students per teacher at BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL are roughly 1% White, 66% Hispanic, 29% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL in?
BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL is part of BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL.
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