BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL

BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL is one of the reasonably sized primary schools in BRONX, New York, part of BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL, with 569 students on its rolls from grades K through 7. That puts it 28% larger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

Operationally, BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL answers to BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL reports that 66% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 29% Black. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.0%; this one delivers 53.8%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Bronx County indicate median household earnings sit near $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

PS 157 GROVE HILL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 47.1%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL has increased 395%, going from 115 students in 2018 to 569 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 43% to 29%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 today.

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