BRONX ARTS AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL

BRONX ARTS AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL is one of the middle-of-the-pack K-5 schools in BRONX, New York, part of BRONX ARTS AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL, with 428 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.

Operationally, BRONX ARTS AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL answers to BRONX ARTS AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, BRONX ARTS AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL reports that 73% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 19% Black, 3% White, 3% Asian. By comparison, Bronx County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.0:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BRONX ARTS AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.6%, the actual is 41.1%, a residual of -0.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Bronx County put median household income runs about $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), BRONX ARTS AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

PS 10 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BRONX ARTS AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 51.1%.

The school occupies a downtown site. BRONX ARTS AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.