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Enrollment
396
Elementary
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9·NCES 360008606312
MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY
1501 JEROME AVE, BRONX, NY 10452 · (718) 294-8155 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL396 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% 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.
- A-Beats 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
15.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
378 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 | 34 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 16% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
58.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +19.0pp since 2023
Math
61.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
47.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY
MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY's state test result (47.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY this school | 396 | 95.5% | 47.9% |
| PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA NEW YORK | 394 | 97.5% | 19.3% |
| PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL BRONX | 413 | 97.6% | 24.5% |
| FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 428 | 96.5% | 44.0% |
| PS 62 INOCENSIO CASANOVA BRONX | 427 | 97.7% | 33.8% |
| PS 290 JUAN MOREL CAMPOS BROOKLYN | 374 | 96.8% | 30.4% |
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 MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #1,256 of 2,335 | #86 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #1,028 of 2,342 ▲ 244 | #72 of 212 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,014 of 2,343 ▲ 297 | #73 of 212 ▲ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 396 | #1,381 of 2,585 | #122 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #2,154 of 2,338 | #167 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.2% | #1,805 of 2,388 | #176 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.5% | #171 of 2,534 | #85 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #1,366 of 1,757 | #146 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
396
-32 (-7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 396 | 25 | 15.9:1 | 95% (378) |
| 2023-24 | 420 | 31.1 | 13.5:1 | 95% (397) |
| 2022-23 | 409 | 25.7 | 15.9:1 | 93% (382) |
| 2020-21 | 428 | 28 | 15.3:1 | 92% (393) |
| 2017-18 | 424 | 28 | 15.1:1 | 92% (389) |
| 2015-16 | 358 | 19 | 18.8:1 | 94% (336) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY.
About MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY
Families in BRONX, New York, are served by MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY, a mid-sized elementary school. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 396 students.
MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY is one of the 70 schools that make up NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 (23,786 students in total).
At MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY, 80% of students are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 19% Black. Census figures show Bronx County is about 55% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY scores 33%.
There are about 15.9 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY, which has 25. Elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1, 3.0 fewer students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY is about 95%.
MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 58% of New York public elementary schools.
Test results at MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY are 8.0 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (47.9% actual, 39.9% predicted).
The county, Bronx County, is where the school is located. 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 MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY, Bronx County has 472 public schools.
MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY is less than a tenth of a mile from COMPREHENSIVE MODEL SCHOOL PROJECT MS 327, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY ranks 4th on average proficiency.
MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 396, from 428 in 2020-21.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9
- PS/IS 218 RAFAEL HERNANDEZ DUAL LANGUAGE MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 807 students
- PS 70 MAX SCHOENFELDElementary · 729 students
- BRONX SCHOOL FOR LAW GOVERNMENT AND JUSTICEHigh · 683 students
- COMPREHENSIVE MODEL SCHOOL PROJECT MS 327High · 670 students
- PS 53 BASHEER QUISIMElementary · 600 students
- PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTSElementary · 576 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
- COMPREHENSIVE MODEL SCHOOL PROJECT MS 3270.0 mi · 670
- KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL III0.1 mi · 2,390
- ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - BRONX MOUNT EDEN0.1 mi · 582
- PS 1700.2 mi · 147
- LUCERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 284
- WALTON AVENUE SCHOOL (THE)0.2 mi · 304
Frequently asked questions
About MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMYWhat is the total enrollment at MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY?
MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY enrolls approximately 396 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY serve?
MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY is approximately 15.9:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY?
Student demographics at MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY are roughly 1% White, 80% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY in?
MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.