PELHAM PREPARATORY ACADEMY

Located at 925 ASTOR AVE, in BRONX, New York, PELHAM PREPARATORY ACADEMY is a low-enrollment secondary school that enrolls 460 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11. That puts it 31% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

Across the 62 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11 (30,138 students total), PELHAM PREPARATORY ACADEMY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, PELHAM PREPARATORY ACADEMY lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 36% Black, 9% White, 5% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Roughly 83% of students at PELHAM PREPARATORY ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, PELHAM PREPARATORY ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.3%; this one delivers 45.8%.

Across the wider county, Bronx County reports that median household income runs about $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), PELHAM PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE FOR MATH AND SCIENCE, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PELHAM PREPARATORY ACADEMY. On composite proficiency, PELHAM PREPARATORY ACADEMY comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 45.6%.

PELHAM PREPARATORY ACADEMY operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 7%: 496 students in 2018 compared to 460 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked up from 28% to 36% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the PELHAM PREPARATORY ACADEMY community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.