PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL

PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is a K-12 campus of average-sized scale in BRONX, New York, overseen by PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, instructing 695 students in grades K through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 544 students each, so PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL sits 28% above that benchmark.

PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is a school of PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 67%; the rest consists of 29% Black. By comparison, Bronx County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL records 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. The state averages around 8.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 41.6%; this one delivers 77.8%, a residual of +36.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Bronx County shows median household income runs about $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bronx County runs 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), of which PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: ARTURO A SCHOMBURG SATELLITE ACADEMY BRONX, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 44.0%.

PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL operates from an urban location. PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL has rose 7%, going from 649 students in 2018 to 695 in 2025.

On this page, members of the PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.