SAMARA COMMUNITY SCHOOL

SAMARA COMMUNITY SCHOOL is one of the close-knit elementary campuss in BRONX, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12, with 327 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 26% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12 runs 47 schools in total, collectively educating 15,705 students. SAMARA COMMUNITY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SAMARA COMMUNITY SCHOOL reports that nearly all students (86%) are Hispanic; the rest is composed of 12% Black. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting SAMARA COMMUNITY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, SAMARA COMMUNITY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.2%; this one delivers 56.8%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Bronx County) shows that median household earnings sit near $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. In all, Bronx County runs 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), of which SAMARA COMMUNITY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SAMARA COMMUNITY SCHOOL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 49.2%.

SAMARA COMMUNITY SCHOOL operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 58%: 207 students in 2018 compared to 327 in 2025.

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