Enrollment
456
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360120106679
CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL
685 E 182ND ST, BRONX, NY 10457 · (347) 708-0480 · Bronx County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL456 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
12.8:1
36 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
429 students
STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 16% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
38%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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
56.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +23.0pp since 2023
Math
70.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +31.0pp 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 70 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 31 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL
CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (45.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 456 | 94.1% | 45.0% |
| PS 48 JOSEPH R DRAKE BRONX | 441 | 96.1% | 24.3% |
| PS 257 JOHN F HYLAN BROOKLYN | 431 | 92.3% | 51.5% |
| PS 109 SEDGWICK BRONX | 430 | 95.3% | 20.1% |
| PS 9 RYER AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRONX | 472 | 95.1% | 32.7% |
| JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOL NEW YORK | 516 | 95.5% | 28.6% |
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 CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,392 of 2,335 | #96 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #701 of 2,342 ▲ 993 | #48 of 212 ▲ 78 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,097 of 2,343 ▲ 513 | #84 of 212 ▲ 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 456 | #1,042 of 2,585 | #89 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #1,576 of 2,338 | #128 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.3% | #1,660 of 2,388 | #157 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.1% | #242 of 2,534 | #109 of 220 |
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
456
+226 (+98%) vs 2020
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 | 456 | 35.5 | 12.8:1 | 94% (429) |
| 2023-24 | 474 | 28 | 16.9:1 | 91% (431) |
| 2022-23 | 371 | 23 | 16.1:1 | 88% (326) |
| 2020-21 | 230 | N/A | N/A | 83% (190) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL.
About CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL
CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL is one of the public schools in BRONX, New York. It is a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment is 456 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
At CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL, Hispanic students make up 76% of the student body. The next largest groups are 18% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 21 points above the 55% share among Bronx County residents. The school's diversity index is 38%, meaning two students picked at random have a 38% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 94%.
allk12 grades CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL a B-. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL is 4.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (45.0% versus 40.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
Census Bureau estimates for Bronx County show that the median household income is $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 23%. There are 472 public schools in Bronx County, enrolling about 202,028 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, PS 32 BELMONT is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL. On proficiency, CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL is ahead of the 33.9% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 8.
The federal government classifies CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL's location as City: Large. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
The 2020-21 count was 230 students and the 2024-25 count was 456. A difference that large may reflect a change in which grades the school serves.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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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
- PS 32 BELMONT0.1 mi · 527
- BRONX STEM AND ARTS ACADEMY (THE)0.1 mi · 147
- PS 1880.2 mi · 479
- PS 57 CRESCENT0.2 mi · 331
- FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMY V MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 146
- PS 3 RAUL JULIA MICRO SOCIETY0.3 mi · 308
Frequently asked questions
About CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOLHow many students attend CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL?
CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 456 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL.
How diverse is CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL?
CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL reports a student body of 1% White, 76% Hispanic, 18% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL?
CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL is overseen by CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL in Bronx County.
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