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KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL III
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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%.
About KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL III
KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL III, a large K-12 campus in BRONX, New York, operated by KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL III, works with 2,390 students, covering grades K through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 544 students each, so KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL III sits 339% above that benchmark.
Operationally, KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL III answers to KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL III, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.
In terms of who attends, KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL III shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 58%. Other groups include 39% Black. Compared to Bronx County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL III has 190 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.7:1, putting KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL III higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL III sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.5%; this one delivers 60.6%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Bronx County put median household income runs about $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL III is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).
Nearest neighbor: COMPREHENSIVE MODEL SCHOOL PROJECT MS 327, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL III comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.9%.
The campus sits in a high-density setting. KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL III is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
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