MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY

As an average-sized elementary campus in BRONX, New York, MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY teaches 396 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9.

Across the 70 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 (23,786 students total), MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 80%. Beyond that, the school shows 19% Black. By comparison, Bronx County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.9%; this one delivers 47.9%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Bronx County put 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%. MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

COMPREHENSIVE MODEL SCHOOL PROJECT MS 327 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 47.7%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY's enrollment has declined 7% since 2018, when it stood at 424 (now 396).

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