BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA

BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA is a micro-enrollment middle-grades school in BRONX, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8. The school educates 144 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA sits 73% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 52 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8 (21,621 students total), BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 73% of enrollment. Other groups include 26% Black. By comparison, Bronx County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 5.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Bronx County's rate of about 90%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.2%, the actual is 47.8%, a residual of +9.6 points.

In the surrounding community, Bronx County reports that median household income runs about $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), BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LEADERS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA ranks 6th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 47.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 52%: 302 students in 2018 compared to 144 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 5.4:1 today.

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