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Enrollment
588
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS·NCES 360006304875
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS
950 LONGFELLOW AVE, BRONX, NY 10474 · (718) 893-1042 · Bronx County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL588 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% 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
12.1:1
49 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
525 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 | 46 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 102 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 55% smaller than its 8th grade class (102).
Student demographics
43%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
56.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
54.1%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 54.1% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 57.7% |
% 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
52.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 THE ARTS
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS's state test result (52.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS this school | 588 | 89.3% | 52.2% |
| ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - BRONX MOUNT EDEN BRONX | 582 | 88.8% | 83.9% |
| PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS BRONX | 576 | 92.7% | 62.0% |
| BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 569 | 92.4% | 53.8% |
| PS 53 BASHEER QUISIM BRONX | 600 | 96.2% | 34.9% |
| LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUFFERN | 584 | 90.8% | 16.7% |
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 THE ARTS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #1,078 of 2,335 | #68 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #1,270 of 2,342 ▼ 248 | #88 of 212 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,088 of 2,343 ▼ 300 | #80 of 212 ▼ 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 588 | #513 of 2,585 | #54 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #1,317 of 2,338 | #110 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.5% | #1,515 of 2,388 | #131 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.3% | #442 of 2,534 | #156 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +90.3% | #21 of 606 | #2 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
588
-37 (-6%) vs 2020
+91% since 2010-11, when it was 308
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 588 | 48.5 | 12.1:1 | 89% (525) |
| 2023-24 | 622 | 50.1 | 12.4:1 | 89% (554) |
| 2022-23 | 596 | 51 | 11.7:1 | 87% (520) |
| 2020-21 | 625 | 49 | 12.8:1 | 85% (533) |
| 2017-18 | 309 | 28 | 11.0:1 | 92% (284) |
| 2015-16 | 318 | 29 | 11.0:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 308 | 31 | 9.9:1 | 86% (265) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS.
About BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in BRONX, New York. Students in kindergarten through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 588 students. Elementary schools in New York average about 443 students, which makes this school 33% bigger than average.
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
About 71% of the student body at BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS is Hispanic. Other groups make up 25% Black. County-wide, 55% of Bronx County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 43% means there is a 43% chance two randomly chosen students at BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS is 12.1:1, based on 48.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS counts 89% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Bronx County average a similar 90%.
On the allk12 Grade, BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS lands at B+, ahead of 65% of New York public elementary schools.
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 52.2% and a predicted 42.2%.
In the wider Bronx County area, the median household earns about $48,676 a year, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. Across Bronx County, 472 public schools serve about 202,028 students.
EMBLAZE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is the nearest public school to BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS, about 0.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 52.2% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 9 nearby schools.
NCES assigns BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
The school's enrollment fell 6% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- EMBLAZE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 222
- PS 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY0.1 mi · 509
- BRONX ARENA HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 158
- BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS0.3 mi · 589
- PS 152 EVERGREEN0.4 mi · 634
- DEMOCRACY PREP ENDURANCE CHARTER SCHOOL0.4 mi · 836
Frequently asked questions
About BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTSWhat is the total enrollment at BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS?
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS enrolls approximately 588 students in grades KG-08.
Is BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS an elementary, middle, or high school?
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS is approximately 12.1:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS?
At BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS, the student body is approximately 2% White, 71% Hispanic, 25% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS public or private?
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.