LEADERS OF EXCELLENCE ADVOCACY AND DISCOVERY
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 99 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 95 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 96% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 51 points, placing it in New York's top 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About LEADERS OF EXCELLENCE ADVOCACY AND DISCOVERY
Set in BRONX, New York, LEADERS OF EXCELLENCE ADVOCACY AND DISCOVERY is a low-enrollment elementary campus, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7. It teaches 192 students across grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 57% smaller than typical.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7 runs 41 schools in total, collectively educating 13,625 students. LEADERS OF EXCELLENCE ADVOCACY AND DISCOVERY is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, LEADERS OF EXCELLENCE ADVOCACY AND DISCOVERY reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 65% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 30% Black, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, The school reports having 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Bronx County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, LEADERS OF EXCELLENCE ADVOCACY AND DISCOVERY is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 44.9%; this one delivers 95.8%, a residual of +50.9 points.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Bronx County put median household income runs about $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), LEADERS OF EXCELLENCE ADVOCACY AND DISCOVERY is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: PS 643, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LEADERS OF EXCELLENCE ADVOCACY AND DISCOVERY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LEADERS OF EXCELLENCE ADVOCACY AND DISCOVERY at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 57.8%.
LEADERS OF EXCELLENCE ADVOCACY AND DISCOVERY operates from a metropolitan location.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 45%: 350 students in 2018 compared to 192 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 in 2025.
On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Bronx County at a glance
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