Enrollment
329
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 5·NCES 360120006675
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 5
1946 BATHGATE AVE, BRONX, NY 10457 · (718) 882-1058 · Bronx County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL329 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest 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
18.3:1
18 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
305 students
STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 6% larger than its 6th grade class (49).
Student demographics
47%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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
90.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +25.0pp since 2023
Math
96.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 96 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 25 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.0% | 96.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 91.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
81.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+41.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 41% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 41 points, placing it in New York's top 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 EXCELLENCE 5
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 5's state test result (81.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 5 this school | 329 | 92.7% | 81.9% |
| PS/IS 155 NICHOLAS HERKIMER BROOKLYN | 298 | 90.9% | 40.2% |
| PS 7 SAMUEL STERN NEW YORK | 348 | 90.5% | 26.1% |
| PS 57 CRESCENT BRONX | 331 | 96.1% | 23.1% |
| PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE) BRONX | 335 | 96.4% | 39.3% |
| DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL HIGHBRIDGE BRONX | 363 | 94.5% | 62.5% |
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 EXCELLENCE 5 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.9% | #143 of 2,335 | #24 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 96.0% | #58 of 2,342 ▲ 39 | #15 of 212 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #84 of 2,343 ▲ 277 | #21 of 212 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 329 | #1,812 of 2,585 | #160 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #2,265 of 2,338 | #175 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.7% | #1,364 of 2,388 | #107 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.7% | #311 of 2,534 | #128 of 220 |
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
329
+177 (+116%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 329 | 18 | 18.3:1 | 93% (305) |
| 2023-24 | 268 | 13 | 20.6:1 | 93% (250) |
| 2022-23 | 265 | 13 | 20.4:1 | 98% (259) |
| 2020-21 | 152 | 9 | 16.9:1 | 89% (135) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 5.
About BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 5
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 5, a small elementary school, is located in BRONX, New York. Students in kindergarten through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 329 students. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 5 is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
Federal enrollment data show BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 5 is 66% Hispanic. Other groups include 32% Black. The county population is about 55% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 47%.
Its ratio of 18.3:1 is based on 18 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1, 5.4 fewer students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 93%. The average for public schools in Bronx County is similar, at 90%.
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 5 holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 96% of New York public elementary schools.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 5 is 40.9%. It actually posts 81.9%, which is 41.0 points higher and in the top 10% of New York schools.
The county, Bronx County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $48,676, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 23%. The county has 472 public schools and about 202,028 students.
PS 58 is the nearest public school to BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 5, about 0.2 miles away. BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 5 is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 48.9% proficiency; BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 5 posts 81.9%.
The federal government classifies BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 5's location as City: Large. Charter status: BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 5 is a public charter school.
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 5 had 152 students in 2020-21 and 329 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (18.3:1) than in 2020-21 (16.9:1).
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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
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- JHS 118 WILLIAM W NILES0.2 mi · 468
- ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - BRONX TREMONT PARK0.2 mi · 592
- PS 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG0.3 mi · 292
Frequently asked questions
About BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 5How large is BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 5?
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 5 enrolls approximately 329 students in grades KG-06.
Is BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 5 an elementary, middle, or high school?
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 5 is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 5 have?
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 5 employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.3:1.
What is the student diversity at BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 5?
Student demographics at BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 5 are roughly 1% White, 66% Hispanic, 32% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 5?
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 5 is overseen by BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 5 in Bronx County.
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