BRONX DANCE ACADEMY SCHOOL

BRONX DANCE ACADEMY SCHOOL is a modestly sized intermediate school in BRONX, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10. The school hosts 267 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 50% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10 runs 83 schools in total, collectively educating 40,459 students. BRONX DANCE ACADEMY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BRONX DANCE ACADEMY SCHOOL records that nearly all students (83%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 12% Black. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, BRONX DANCE ACADEMY SCHOOL has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BRONX DANCE ACADEMY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.7%; this one delivers 52.6%.

In the broader community, census data for Bronx County shows the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. In all, Bronx County runs 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), of which BRONX DANCE ACADEMY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is PS 94 KINGS COLLEGE SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, BRONX DANCE ACADEMY SCHOOL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 51.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BRONX DANCE ACADEMY SCHOOL has remained close to its prior level, going from 269 students in 2018 to 267 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment declined from 22% to 12% over that span.

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