BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING operates as a close-knit 9-12 campus in BRONX, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9. Current enrollment sits at 370 students spanning grades 6 through 12. That puts it 45% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9, which oversees 70 schools and 23,786 students, BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 77%; the rest looks like 19% Black. By comparison, Bronx County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.3%, the actual is 41.4%, a residual of +1.1 points.

Around the school, census data for Bronx County shows median household income runs about $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. In all, Bronx County runs 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), of which BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING is one.

Nearest neighbor: GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 44.7%.

BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING has ticked down 30%, going from 525 students in 2018 to 370 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 69% to 77%. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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