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Enrollment
439
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8·NCES 360008505655
LONGWOOD ACADEMY OF DISCOVERY (THE)
888 REV J A POLITE AVE, BRONX, NY 10459 · (718) 860-3313 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL439 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of New York public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
9.4:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
433 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 49 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
26.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
21.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 21.0% |
| 2023-24 | 11.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 LONGWOOD ACADEMY OF DISCOVERY (THE)
LONGWOOD ACADEMY OF DISCOVERY (THE)'s state test result (17.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONGWOOD ACADEMY OF DISCOVERY (THE) this school | 439 | 98.6% | 17.6% |
| PS 49 WILLIS AVENUE BRONX | 447 | 98.4% | 54.8% |
| PS 6 WEST FARMS BRONX | 417 | 98.6% | 26.3% |
| PS 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONS BRONX | 455 | 96.5% | 67.3% |
| PS 150 CHARLES JAMES FOX BRONX | 471 | 98.3% | 35.1% |
| PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL BRONX | 413 | 97.6% | 24.5% |
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 LONGWOOD ACADEMY OF DISCOVERY (THE) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.6% | #2,272 of 2,335 | #211 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #2,236 of 2,342 ▲ 28 | #207 of 212 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #2,184 of 2,343 ▲ 119 | #203 of 212 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 439 | #1,130 of 2,585 | #98 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #260 of 2,338 | #22 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.4% | #1,553 of 2,388 | #142 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.6% | #21 of 2,534 | #10 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.9% | #268 of 1,757 | #85 of 153 |
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
439
-69 (-14%) vs 2020
-4% since 2010-11, when it was 457
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 439 | 46.8 | 9.4:1 | 99% (433) |
| 2023-24 | 493 | 45.8 | 10.8:1 | 98% (485) |
| 2022-23 | 500 | 43.9 | 11.4:1 | 97% (483) |
| 2020-21 | 508 | 50 | 10.2:1 | 96% (488) |
| 2017-18 | 635 | 54 | 11.8:1 | 97% (614) |
| 2015-16 | 415 | 31 | 13.4:1 | 86% (356) |
| 2010-11 | 457 | 36 | 12.7:1 | 79% (361) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LONGWOOD ACADEMY OF DISCOVERY (THE).
About LONGWOOD ACADEMY OF DISCOVERY (THE)
LONGWOOD ACADEMY OF DISCOVERY (THE) is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in BRONX, New York. It serves 439 students in pre-K through 5.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8 (52 schools, 21,621 students) runs LONGWOOD ACADEMY OF DISCOVERY (THE).
At 73%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at LONGWOOD ACADEMY OF DISCOVERY (THE) combined. After that, the student body is 24% Black. Among all residents of Bronx County, the Hispanic share is about 55%. LONGWOOD ACADEMY OF DISCOVERY (THE) has a diversity index of 41%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 46.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at LONGWOOD ACADEMY OF DISCOVERY (THE) was 9.4:1. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is higher than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 99%. Public schools in Bronx County average 90%.
LONGWOOD ACADEMY OF DISCOVERY (THE) is graded F by allk12, scoring above 4% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 38.7%. LONGWOOD ACADEMY OF DISCOVERY (THE) posts 17.6%, 21.1 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Bronx County census figures show that median household income is about $48,676, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 23%. A total of 472 public schools operate in Bronx County, serving about 202,028 students.
LONGWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMY is located about 0.2 miles from LONGWOOD ACADEMY OF DISCOVERY (THE). Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 17.6% average proficiency ranks 9th among 9 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 508 to 439.
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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
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Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8
- HERBERT H LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,087 students
- PS 71 ROSE E SCALAElementary · 1,079 students
- PS 14 SENATOR JOHN CALANDRAElementary · 718 students
- PS 36 UNIONPORTElementary · 660 students
- PS 152 EVERGREENElementary · 634 students
- PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEYElementary · 598 students
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
- LONGWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMY0.2 mi · 352
- ARTURO A SCHOMBURG SATELLITE ACADEMY BRONX0.2 mi · 259
- BRONX REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 125
- PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 695
- PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT0.2 mi · 291
- UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE HUMANITIES II0.3 mi · 250
Frequently asked questions
About LONGWOOD ACADEMY OF DISCOVERY (THE)How large is LONGWOOD ACADEMY OF DISCOVERY (THE)?
LONGWOOD ACADEMY OF DISCOVERY (THE) enrolls approximately 439 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does LONGWOOD ACADEMY OF DISCOVERY (THE) serve?
LONGWOOD ACADEMY OF DISCOVERY (THE) serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LONGWOOD ACADEMY OF DISCOVERY (THE)?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LONGWOOD ACADEMY OF DISCOVERY (THE) is approximately 9.4:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at LONGWOOD ACADEMY OF DISCOVERY (THE)?
At LONGWOOD ACADEMY OF DISCOVERY (THE), the student body is approximately 2% White, 73% Hispanic, 24% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is LONGWOOD ACADEMY OF DISCOVERY (THE) public or private?
LONGWOOD ACADEMY OF DISCOVERY (THE) is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8.
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