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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II administration to hear?
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Enrollment
858
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II·NCES 360107006318
FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II
296 E 140TH ST, BRONX, NY 10454 · (718) 665-2805 · Bronx County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL858 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of New York public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
18.6:1
46 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
796 students
STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 25 | 3% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 4% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 5% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 5% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 6% |
| Grade 6 | 212 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 197 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 202 | 24% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 88% smaller than its 8th grade class (202).
Student demographics
40%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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
56.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
42.4%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.3pp 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 42 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 42.4% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 46.7% |
% 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
50.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II
FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II's state test result (50.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II this school | 858 | 92.8% | 50.5% |
| ACHIEVEMENT FIRST-BUSHWICK CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 899 | 91.0% | 61.0% |
| NEW WORLD PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL STATEN ISLAND | 803 | 93.3% | 51.3% |
| PS 214 BRONX | 814 | 96.4% | 35.0% |
| PS 103 HECTOR FONTANEZ BRONX | 774 | 94.1% | 50.4% |
| PS 95 SHEILA MENCHER BRONX | 851 | 94.1% | 35.3% |
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 FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #1,145 of 2,335 | #75 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #1,749 of 2,342 ▼ 304 | #140 of 212 ▼ 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,096 of 2,343 ▼ 99 | #83 of 212 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 858 | #98 of 2,585 | #9 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #2,274 of 2,338 | #176 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.2% | #1,597 of 2,388 | #150 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.8% | #305 of 2,534 | #125 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +77.6% | #28 of 606 | #5 of 36 |
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
858
+57 (+7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 858 | 46 | 18.6:1 | 93% (796) |
| 2023-24 | 894 | 35.7 | 25.1:1 | 96% (857) |
| 2022-23 | 800 | 33.3 | 24.0:1 | 95% (762) |
| 2020-21 | 801 | 38 | 21.1:1 | 92% (739) |
| 2017-18 | 483 | 28.5 | 16.9:1 | 100% (483) |
| 2015-16 | 257 | 14 | 18.4:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II.
About FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II
FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II is a high-enrollment elementary school in FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II, located in BRONX, New York. The school runs kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 858 students. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II is its own local education agency in federal data.
At FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II, 73% of students are Hispanic. Other students are 26% Black. That is higher than the 55% Hispanic share among all Bronx County residents. The diversity index for FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II is 40%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 18.6:1 is based on 46 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Lunch program data show 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Bronx County is similar, at 90%.
FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 63% of New York public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 50.5% actual against 40.9% predicted.
In Bronx County, the median household earns about $48,676 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. Across Bronx County, 472 public schools serve about 202,028 students.
The closest school to FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II is PS 49 WILLIS AVENUE, located about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 50.5% is below the 55.3% average for nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large). FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II is run as a public charter school.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 858, up from 801 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 18.6:1, from 21.1:1.
FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
Related schools
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 49 WILLIS AVENUE0.2 mi · 447
- URBAN ASSEMBLY BRONX ACADEMY OF LETTERS (THE)0.2 mi · 413
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-BRONX 10.2 mi · 513
- PS 154 JONATHAN D HYATT0.2 mi · 211
- SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL II0.2 mi · 248
- CHOICE CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 182
Frequently asked questions
About FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL IIHow large is FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II?
FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II enrolls approximately 858 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II serve?
FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II serves grades KG-08.
How many teachers does FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II have?
FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
How diverse is FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II?
FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II reports a student body of 1% White, 73% Hispanic, 26% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II in?
FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II is part of FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.