BRONX DEBATE ACADEMY

BRONX DEBATE ACADEMY is an intermediate school of very small scale in BRONX, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9, teacheing 130 students in grade 6. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so BRONX DEBATE ACADEMY sits 76% leaner than that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 runs 70 schools in total, collectively educating 23,786 students. BRONX DEBATE ACADEMY is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, BRONX DEBATE ACADEMY logs that 78% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 18% Black, 2% Native American. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting BRONX DEBATE ACADEMY higher than the state norm the norm. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Bronx County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Bronx County) shows that 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%. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), BRONX DEBATE ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is BRONX ACADEMY OF PROMISE CHARTER SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

BRONX DEBATE ACADEMY operates from a high-density location.

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