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Enrollment
601
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRONX ACADEMY OF PROMISE CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360095606025
BRONX ACADEMY OF PROMISE CHARTER SCHOOL
1349 INWOOD AVE, BRONX, NY 10452 · (718) 293-6950 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL601 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% 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.
- 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
Student : Teacher
,
Teacher data unavailable
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
585 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 70 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 14% smaller than its 8th grade class (70).
Student demographics
50%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
65.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -23.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 23 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 54.5% |
% 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
54.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 BRONX ACADEMY OF PROMISE CHARTER SCHOOL
BRONX ACADEMY OF PROMISE CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (54.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRONX ACADEMY OF PROMISE CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 601 | 97.3% | 54.5% |
| PS/MS 29 MELROSE SCHOOL BRONX | 606 | 96.0% | 33.9% |
| PS 111 JACOB BLACKWELL LONG ISLAND CITY | 554 | 97.3% | 22.3% |
| RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) FAR ROCKAWAY | 542 | 96.3% | 28.9% |
| PS 85 GREAT EXPECTATIONS BRONX | 653 | 96.3% | 32.1% |
| BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 569 | 92.4% | 53.8% |
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 BRONX ACADEMY OF PROMISE CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #980 of 2,335 | #60 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #2,076 of 2,342 ▼ 930 | #189 of 212 ▼ 113 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #721 of 2,343 ▼ 81 | #49 of 212 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 601 | #458 of 2,585 | #46 of 225 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.8% | #1,236 of 2,388 | #86 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.3% | #70 of 2,534 | #40 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.6% | #446 of 606 | #34 of 36 |
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
601
+13 (+2%) vs 2020
+91% since 2010-11, when it was 314
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 | 601 | N/A | N/A | 97% (585) |
| 2023-24 | 578 | N/A | N/A | 98% (565) |
| 2022-23 | 549 | 29 | 18.9:1 | 95% (523) |
| 2020-21 | 588 | 51 | 11.5:1 | 98% (579) |
| 2017-18 | 580 | 49 | 11.8:1 | 88% (511) |
| 2015-16 | 574 | 42 | 13.7:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 314 | 19 | 16.5:1 | 81% (253) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BRONX ACADEMY OF PROMISE CHARTER SCHOOL.
About BRONX ACADEMY OF PROMISE CHARTER SCHOOL
BRONX ACADEMY OF PROMISE CHARTER SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school located in BRONX, New York. The latest federal count shows 601 students in pre-K through 8. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York, enrollment here is 36% higher.
In federal data, the district for BRONX ACADEMY OF PROMISE CHARTER SCHOOL is the school itself.
Hispanic students make up a majority at BRONX ACADEMY OF PROMISE CHARTER SCHOOL, at 64%. Other students are 30% Black and 2% Native American. That is higher than the 55% Hispanic share among all Bronx County residents. The school's diversity index is 50%, meaning two students picked at random have a 50% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 97% in 2024-25.
allk12 grades BRONX ACADEMY OF PROMISE CHARTER SCHOOL a B+. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BRONX ACADEMY OF PROMISE CHARTER SCHOOL is 15.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (54.5% versus 39.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
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.
The shortest distance from BRONX ACADEMY OF PROMISE CHARTER SCHOOL to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, BRONX ACADEMY OF PROMISE CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 2nd on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, BRONX ACADEMY OF PROMISE CHARTER SCHOOL is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (588) to 2024-25 (601).
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at BRONX ACADEMY OF PROMISE CHARTER SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 428
- BRONX DEBATE ACADEMY0.1 mi · 130
- FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 423
- ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - BRONX MOUNT EDEN0.2 mi · 582
- LUCERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 284
- WALTON AVENUE SCHOOL (THE)0.2 mi · 304
Frequently asked questions
About BRONX ACADEMY OF PROMISE CHARTER SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at BRONX ACADEMY OF PROMISE CHARTER SCHOOL?
BRONX ACADEMY OF PROMISE CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 601 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does BRONX ACADEMY OF PROMISE CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
BRONX ACADEMY OF PROMISE CHARTER SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How diverse is BRONX ACADEMY OF PROMISE CHARTER SCHOOL?
BRONX ACADEMY OF PROMISE CHARTER SCHOOL reports a student body of 1% White, 64% Hispanic, 30% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees BRONX ACADEMY OF PROMISE CHARTER SCHOOL?
BRONX ACADEMY OF PROMISE CHARTER SCHOOL is overseen by BRONX ACADEMY OF PROMISE CHARTER SCHOOL in Bronx County.
What county does BRONX ACADEMY OF PROMISE CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
BRONX ACADEMY OF PROMISE CHARTER SCHOOL serves Bronx County in NY.
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