Enrollment
340
Elementary
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9·NCES 360008606391
NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY AT ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATE PARK (THE)
275 HARLEM RIVER PARK BRIDGE, BRONX, NY 10453 · (718) 901-9703 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL340 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% 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.
- C-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
10.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
335 students
DISTRICT 96% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 25 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 55% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
52%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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
25.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
15.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.0% | 15.0% |
| 2023-24 | 22.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
20.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY AT ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATE PARK (THE)
NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY AT ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATE PARK (THE)'s state test result (20.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY AT ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATE PARK (THE) this school | 340 | 98.5% | 20.7% |
| PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE) BRONX | 335 | 96.4% | 39.3% |
| PS 277 BRONX | 347 | 97.4% | 48.2% |
| SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND APPLIED LEARNING (THE) BRONX | 360 | 95.6% | 23.5% |
| URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL BRONX | 294 | 98.0% | 43.0% |
| DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL HIGHBRIDGE BRONX | 363 | 94.5% | 62.5% |
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 NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY AT ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATE PARK (THE) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #2,228 of 2,335 | #205 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #2,297 of 2,342 ▼ 225 | #211 of 212 ▼ 34 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #2,206 of 2,343 ▼ 103 | #208 of 212 ▼ 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 340 | #1,730 of 2,585 | #153 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #478 of 2,338 | #34 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.5% | #1,124 of 2,388 | #64 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.5% | #27 of 2,534 | #14 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -57.8% | #12 of 1,757 | #4 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
340
-169 (-33%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 340 | 33.6 | 10.1:1 | 99% (335) |
| 2023-24 | 371 | 31.8 | 11.7:1 | 99% (367) |
| 2022-23 | 380 | 32.7 | 11.6:1 | 99% (377) |
| 2020-21 | 509 | 49 | 10.4:1 | 98% (498) |
| 2017-18 | 806 | 56 | 14.4:1 | 94% (757) |
| 2015-16 | 681 | 39 | 17.5:1 | 87% (590) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY AT ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATE PARK (THE).
About NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY AT ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATE PARK (THE)
NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY AT ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATE PARK (THE) is an elementary school with a street address in BRONX, New York. There are 340 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 443.
NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY AT ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATE PARK (THE) belongs to NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9, a district of 70 schools and 23,786 students.
Hispanic students are 59% of those enrolled at NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY AT ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATE PARK (THE). The next largest groups are 35% Black and 3% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 52, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 10.1:1 is based on 33.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Bronx County, the average is 90%.
NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY AT ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATE PARK (THE) holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 7% of New York public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY AT ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATE PARK (THE) is 38.8%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 20.7%.
The school is in Bronx County, where the median household earns about $48,676 a year, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 23%. NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY AT ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATE PARK (THE) shares Bronx County with 471 other public schools.
IS 229 ROLAND PATTERSON is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY AT ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATE PARK (THE) at 8th of 9.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 169 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY AT ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATE PARK (THE)How many students attend NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY AT ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATE PARK (THE)?
NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY AT ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATE PARK (THE) enrolls approximately 340 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY AT ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATE PARK (THE) serve?
NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY AT ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATE PARK (THE) serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY AT ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATE PARK (THE)?
Approximately 10.1:1 students per teacher at NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY AT ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATE PARK (THE).
What is the student diversity at NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY AT ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATE PARK (THE)?
Student demographics at NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY AT ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATE PARK (THE) are roughly 3% White, 59% Hispanic, 35% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY AT ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATE PARK (THE) in?
NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY AT ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATE PARK (THE) is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9.
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