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Enrollment
695
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360011105662
PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
1001 INTERVALE AVE, BRONX, NY 10459 · (646) 915-0025 · Bronx County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL695 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
54 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
631 students
STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
81.8%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
86.2%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
77.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+36.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 42% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 36 points, placing it in New York's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
695
+46 (+7%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 12.5:1
% White
1%
was 0%
% Hispanic
67%
was 65%
% Black
29%
was 33%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
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 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
- ARTURO A SCHOMBURG SATELLITE ACADEMY BRONX0.1 mi · 259
- BRONX REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 125
- ACCION ACADEMY0.2 mi · 185
- SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 522
- SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS0.2 mi · 137
- DEMOCRACY PREP ENDURANCE CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 836
Frequently asked questions
About PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 695 students in grades KG-12.
What grades does PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL serves grades KG-12.
How many students per teacher at PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL.
How diverse is PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL reports a student body of 1% White, 67% Hispanic, 29% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL in?
PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is part of PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.