EMBLAZE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL

Located at 1164 GARRISON AVE, in BRONX, New York, EMBLAZE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is a compact 6-8 campus that hosts 222 students (grades 5 through 8), operated by EMBLAZE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL. That puts it 58% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

Operationally, EMBLAZE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL answers to EMBLAZE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, EMBLAZE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 34% Black.

Looking at school resources, On paper, EMBLAZE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. Roughly 95% of students at EMBLAZE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, EMBLAZE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.0%, the actual is 51.9%, a residual of +11.9 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Bronx County put the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. EMBLAZE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EMBLAZE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EMBLAZE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 47.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. As a public charter, EMBLAZE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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