EQUALITY CHARTER SCHOOL

EQUALITY CHARTER SCHOOL is an average-sized combined-grade school in BRONX, New York, part of EQUALITY CHARTER SCHOOL. The school hosts 752 students in grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 38% above the state mean of about 544.

EQUALITY CHARTER SCHOOL is the operating authority for EQUALITY CHARTER SCHOOL, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, EQUALITY CHARTER SCHOOL logs that Black students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 32% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 33% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.7:1, putting EQUALITY CHARTER SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), EQUALITY CHARTER SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.4%, the actual is 52.5%, a residual of +11.1 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Bronx County) records that median household earnings sit near $48,676, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. EQUALITY CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

PS 160 WALT DISNEY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EQUALITY CHARTER SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EQUALITY CHARTER SCHOOL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 49.5%.

EQUALITY CHARTER SCHOOL operates from a high-density location. EQUALITY CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. EQUALITY CHARTER SCHOOL's enrollment has climbed 18% since 2018, when it stood at 638 (now 752). Class-load math has tightened: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

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