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Enrollment
532
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING·NCES 360008905554
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING
3740 BAYCHESTER AVE ANNEX, BRONX, NY 10466 · (718) 655-6660 · Bronx County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL532 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of New York public elementary schools
- B+Test 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
20.2:1
26 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
409 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 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
23%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
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
67.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
59.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING's state test result (59.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING this school | 532 | 76.9% | 59.0% |
| PS 176 CAMBRIA HEIGHTS CAMBRIA HEIGHTS | 561 | 76.3% | 71.3% |
| EXPLORE EXCEL CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 624 | 79.0% | 55.8% |
| GORDON PARKS SCHOOL (THE) ROSEDALE | 561 | 79.0% | 48.9% |
| SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-FLATBUSH BROOKLYN | 598 | 81.9% | 84.6% |
| PS 21 CRISPUS ATTUCKS BROOKLYN | 430 | 79.8% | 64.2% |
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 CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #787 of 2,335 | #50 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #796 of 2,342 ▲ 36 | #59 of 212 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #781 of 2,343 ▼ 39 | #54 of 212 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 532 | #694 of 2,585 | #65 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.2:1 | #2,301 of 2,338 | #181 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.9% | #2,043 of 2,388 | #197 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.9% | #857 of 2,534 | #207 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.9% | #1,720 of 1,757 | #153 of 153 |
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
532
-19 (-3%) vs 2020
+43% since 2010-11, when it was 373
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 532 | 26.3 | 20.2:1 | 77% (409) |
| 2023-24 | 532 | 38.7 | 13.7:1 | 84% (449) |
| 2022-23 | 546 | 29.9 | 18.3:1 | 81% (443) |
| 2020-21 | 551 | 41 | 13.4:1 | 75% (412) |
| 2017-18 | 537 | 48.4 | 11.1:1 | 80% (429) |
| 2015-16 | 499 | 44 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 373 | 32 | 11.7:1 | 73% (274) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING.
About BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in BRONX, New York. Enrolled students number 532 students, in kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 20% higher than the average for elementary schools in New York, which is about 443.
In federal data, the district for BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING is the school itself.
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING's enrollment is 87% Black. Next come 8% Hispanic. The county population is about 33% Black. The school's diversity index is 23%, meaning two students picked at random have a 23% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING employs 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 20.2:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 77%. The rate at public schools in Bronx County averages 90%, higher than here.
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 73% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING is 12.3 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 59.0% actual, 46.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING is located in Bronx County, where the median household income is $48,676, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 23%. Besides BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING, Bronx County has 471 other public schools.
The closest other public school is PS 111 SETON FALLS, less than a tenth of a mile away. BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING ranks 1st of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 59.0% against a local average of 38.0%.
Under the NCES locale system, BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING is City: Large. BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING is a public charter school.
Enrollment has fallen by 19 students since 2020-21, to 532. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 20.2:1, from 13.4:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 111 SETON FALLS0.1 mi · 397
- BRONX ALLIANCE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 191
- ONE WORLD MIDDLE SCHOOL AT EDENWALD0.1 mi · 309
- BAYCHESTER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 298
- BAYCHESTER ACADEMY0.3 mi · 339
- PS 112 BRONXWOOD0.3 mi · 370
Frequently asked questions
About BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNINGWhat is the total enrollment at BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING?
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING enrolls approximately 532 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING serve?
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING is approximately 20.2:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING?
At BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING, the student body is approximately 0% White, 8% Hispanic, 87% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING in?
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING is part of BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING.
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