GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE BRONX II

Set in BRONX, New York, GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE BRONX II is an average-sized elementary school, part of GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE BRONX II. It hosts 492 students across grades K through 8.

GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE BRONX II sits inside GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE BRONX II, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE BRONX II shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 45% Black.

Looking at school resources, About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE BRONX II sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 40.2%; actual is 64.5%, +24.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, Bronx County reports 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%. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE BRONX II is one campus in the mix.

PS 8 ISAAC VARIAN is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE BRONX II comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 53.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE BRONX II is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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