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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK·NCES 360013605765

GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK

1160 BEACH AVE, BRONX, NY 10472 · (212) 388-0241 · Bronx County
GRADES 02–11COMBINED11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL94 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of New York public K-12 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 K-12 schools

Enrollment
94
Combined
STATE 544
Student : Teacher
,
Teacher data unavailable
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
83 students
STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 211%
Grade 722%
Grade 8910%
Grade 95761%
Grade 101516%
Grade 111011%
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 72% · US 70%
White
11%
STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
6064%
STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
2931%
STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
33%
STATE 10% · US 6%
Pacific Islander
11%
STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
1617%
Female
7883%

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2023-24 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
53.0%
NY avg 53.2%
Math
64.0%
NY avg 56.5%

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 53 and 56.

Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.1pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK

GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK's state test result (58.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK this school9488.3%58.6%
HARBOR SCIENCE AND ARTS CHARTER SCHOOL
NEW YORK
24486.9%36.8%
GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE BRONX
BRONX
40289.8%58.2%
SOUTH BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL
BRONX
43491.5%63.4%
BOYS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK
BRONX
54689.6%53.3%
BEDFORD STUYVESANT NEW BEGINNINGS CHARTER SCHOOL
BROOKLYN
66596.5%78.5%
Matched among New York K-12 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 GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK ranks

Among K-12 schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Bronx County
Enrollment
ranked largest first
94#174 of 192#11 of 11
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-85.6%#1 of 95N/A
Ranked against other public K-12 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 2024-25
Enrollment
94
-440 (-82%) vs 2020
-73% since 2010-11, when it was 352
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2594N/AN/A88% (83)
2023-242061217.2:192% (189)
2022-233072213.9:191% (278)
2020-215344511.9:188% (471)
2017-186535511.9:172% (471)
2015-166024812.5:10% (0)
2010-113521918.5:179% (278)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK.

About GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK

Located in BRONX, New York, GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK is a small combined-grade school. The grade span is 2 through 11, and enrollment is 94 students. Average enrollment for combined schools in New York is about 544, so this school runs 83% smaller than that.

The school serves as its own district in federal records.

Hispanic students make up a majority at GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK, at 64%. The next largest groups are 31% Black and 3% Asian. In Bronx County overall, about 55% of residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 50%, meaning two students picked at random have a 50% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 88%. For comparison, public schools in Bronx County average 90%.

Measured against New York public K-12 schools, GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.

After adjusting for student poverty, GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 58.6%; the prediction is 42.5%.

In Bronx County (population about 1,404,779), the median household income is $48,676, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK is one of 472 public schools in the county.

PS 47 JOHN RANDOLPH is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 53.9%, lower than GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK's 58.6%.

Federal data place GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.

GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK reported 534 students in 2020-21 and 94 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades.

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Bronx County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK
District
GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK
Address
1160 BEACH AVE, BRONX, NY 10472
Phone
(212) 388-0241
County
Bronx County
Level
Combined
Grade range
02–11
Total enrollment
94
Free and reduced lunch
83 (88%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
360013605765
Charter school
Yes
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK
How many students attend GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK?
GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK enrolls approximately 94 students in grades 02-11.
Is GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK an elementary, middle, or high school?
GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK is a combined-grade school covering grades 02-11.
What is the racial breakdown of students at GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK?
At GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK, the student body is approximately 1% White, 64% Hispanic, 31% Black, 3% Asian.
What district is GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK in?
GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK is part of GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK.
What city is GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK in?
GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK is located in BRONX, NY.
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