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Enrollment
423
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING II·NCES 360112706551
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING II
2545 GUNTHER AVE, BRONX, NY 10469 · (718) 655-6660 · Bronx County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL423 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% 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.
- B+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
17.9:1
24 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
346 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 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
33%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
61.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
53.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
51.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 II
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING II's state test result (51.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING II this school | 423 | 81.8% | 51.8% |
| PS 21 CRISPUS ATTUCKS BROOKLYN | 430 | 79.8% | 64.2% |
| BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 4 BRONX | 452 | 81.6% | 75.6% |
| STEAM AT DR KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 439 | 79.7% | 14.7% |
| FLATBUSH ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 404 | 87.6% | 61.7% |
| DR DAVID AND RUTH ANDERSON ACADEMY- SCHOOL 16 ROCHESTER | 430 | 85.8% | 21.8% |
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 CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING II ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #1,088 of 2,335 | #70 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,318 of 2,342 ▼ 208 | #97 of 212 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #895 of 2,343 ▲ 96 | #63 of 212 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 423 | #1,241 of 2,585 | #107 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #2,256 of 2,338 | #174 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.9% | #1,810 of 2,388 | #178 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.8% | #716 of 2,534 | #197 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +88.0% | #22 of 606 | #3 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
423
-31 (-7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 423 | 23.6 | 17.9:1 | 82% (346) |
| 2023-24 | 440 | 33.5 | 13.1:1 | 83% (367) |
| 2022-23 | 430 | 25.4 | 16.9:1 | 83% (358) |
| 2020-21 | 454 | 30 | 15.1:1 | 78% (354) |
| 2017-18 | 225 | 15.6 | 14.4:1 | 80% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 73 | 4 | 18.3:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING II.
About BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING II
At 2545 GUNTHER AVE in BRONX, New York, BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING II operates as a medium-sized elementary school. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 423 students.
In federal data, the district for BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING II is the school itself.
The student body at BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING II is 81% Black. The rest of enrollment is 14% Hispanic. Among all residents of Bronx County, the Black share is about 33%. BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING II's diversity index is 33%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 17.9:1. This ratio sits 5.1 above the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 82%. The rate at public schools in Bronx County averages 90%, higher than here.
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING II is graded B by allk12, scoring above 62% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING II would be expected to post about 44.9%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 51.8%.
Census Bureau estimates for Bronx County show that the median household income is $48,676, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING II is one of 472 public schools in the county.
PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL is located less than a tenth of a mile from BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING II. The five-mile area around BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING II holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 62.1% proficiency; BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING II posts 51.8%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING II operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.
Enrollment dropped 7% from its 2020-21 level of 454. The ratio was 15.1:1 in 2020-21 and 17.9:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 284
- JHS 144 MICHELANGELO0.0 mi · 388
- PS 970.5 mi · 578
- ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL 50.6 mi · 341
- ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL 30.6 mi · 350
- ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL 40.6 mi · 357
Frequently asked questions
About BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING IIHow large is BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING II?
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING II enrolls approximately 423 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING II serve?
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING II serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING II?
Approximately 17.9:1 students per teacher at BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING II.
How diverse is BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING II?
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING II reports a student body of 1% White, 14% Hispanic, 81% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING II public or private?
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING II is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING II.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.