MS 129 ACADEMY FOR INDEPENDENT LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP

MS 129 ACADEMY FOR INDEPENDENT LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP, a close-knit intermediate school in BRONX, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12, hosts 230 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 57% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

MS 129 ACADEMY FOR INDEPENDENT LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP is one of 47 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12, a district that serves 15,705 students overall.

Demographically, MS 129 ACADEMY FOR INDEPENDENT LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP records that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest is composed of 27% Black, 3% Native American. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, MS 129 ACADEMY FOR INDEPENDENT LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting MS 129 ACADEMY FOR INDEPENDENT LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 94% of students at MS 129 ACADEMY FOR INDEPENDENT LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, MS 129 ACADEMY FOR INDEPENDENT LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.5%; this one delivers 47.1%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Bronx County indicate median household earnings sit near $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. MS 129 ACADEMY FOR INDEPENDENT LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

KNOWLEDGE AND POWER PREPARATORY ACADEMY III is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MS 129 ACADEMY FOR INDEPENDENT LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 41.5%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 55%: 513 students in 2018 compared to 230 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 8.1:1 in 2025.

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