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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
615
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360117606647
KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL
2246 JEROME AVE, BRONX, NY 10453 · (718) 841-6165 · Bronx County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL615 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% 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.
- ABeats 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
21.2:1
29 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
555 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 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 104 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 13% smaller than its 8th grade class (104).
Student demographics
50%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
61.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
59.6%
NY avg 57.4% . -16.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 16 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 59.6% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 76.0% |
% 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
60.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL
KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (60.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 615 | 90.2% | 60.5% |
| CHILDREN'S AID COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 601 | 90.7% | 64.2% |
| NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM NEW YORK | 623 | 92.9% | 66.0% |
| PS 104 BAYS WATER (THE) FAR ROCKAWAY | 542 | 86.9% | 35.2% |
| BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 569 | 92.4% | 53.8% |
| PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE) BRONX | 538 | 92.4% | 36.5% |
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 KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #731 of 2,335 | #48 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #1,091 of 2,342 ▼ 682 | #78 of 212 ▼ 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #897 of 2,343 ▼ 72 | #65 of 212 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 615 | #413 of 2,585 | #40 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #2,308 of 2,338 | #183 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.3% | #1,223 of 2,388 | #84 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.2% | #407 of 2,534 | #150 of 220 |
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
615
+159 (+35%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 615 | 29 | 21.2:1 | 90% (555) |
| 2023-24 | 475 | 28.9 | 16.5:1 | 87% (415) |
| 2022-23 | 717 | 43.5 | 16.5:1 | 91% (651) |
| 2020-21 | 456 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 48% (220) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL.
About KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL
At 2246 JEROME AVE in BRONX, New York, KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized elementary school. The school has 615 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 8. By comparison, elementary schools in New York enroll about 443 students on average.
KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
Federal enrollment data show KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL is 61% Hispanic. Next come 35% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 50, compared with 70 nationally.
KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.2:1, with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 90% at KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL. That is in line with the 90% average for public schools in Bronx County.
KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 79% of New York public elementary schools.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL's results are 18.6 points above predicted: 60.5% against 41.8%.
Looking at the county, Bronx County, median household income comes to about $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL, Bronx County has 472 public schools.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, IS 206 ANN MERSEREAU, is the closest to KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 34.2%, lower than KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL's 60.5%.
KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large. KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL is run as a public charter school.
Enrollment rose by 35% across 4 years, from 456 in 2020-21 to 615 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.8:1 to 21.2:1.
The discussion board for KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- IS 206 ANN MERSEREAU0.2 mi · 229
- CRESTON ACADEMY0.2 mi · 418
- SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CITIZENSHIP0.2 mi · 557
- ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR MATH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY0.2 mi · 227
- ACADEMY FOR PERSONAL LEADERSHIP AND EXCELLENCE0.2 mi · 788
- PS 910.2 mi · 354
Frequently asked questions
About KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOLHow many students attend KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL?
KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 615 students in grades KG-08.
Is KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL is approximately 21.2:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL?
KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL reports a student body of 1% White, 61% Hispanic, 35% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL in?
KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL is part of KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.