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BRONX PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)BeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About BRONX PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL
Set in BRONX, New York, BRONX PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL is a reasonably sized secondary school, one of the schools within BRONX PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL. It works with 860 students across grades 6 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so BRONX PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL sits 29% bigger than that benchmark.
BRONX PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL is a school of BRONX PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.
Demographically, BRONX PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL reports that 52% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 46% Hispanic. By comparison, Bronx County as a whole is about 33% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BRONX PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.9%; this one delivers 57.5%.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Bronx County) records that median household earnings sit near $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 PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL is one.
Nearest neighbor: URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR APPLIED MATH AND SCIENCE (THE), around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BRONX PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.8%.
The campus sits in an inner-city setting. As a public charter, BRONX PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BRONX PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL has grew 19%, going from 724 students in 2018 to 860 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 50% to 46% across the same window.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for BRONX PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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