SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL II

SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL II is a compact K-5 school in BRONX, New York, part of SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL II. The school works with 248 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL II sits 44% leaner than that benchmark.

SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL II is the operating authority for SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL II, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On the student-mix side, SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL II shows that 53% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 40% Hispanic, 2% White, 2% Asian, 2% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 33% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL II shows 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL II higher than the state norm the norm. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL II ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 41.3%; SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL II posts 90.7%, +49.4 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Bronx County put median household earnings sit near $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL II is one campus in the mix.

PS 154 JONATHAN D HYATT is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL II comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.7%.

The school occupies a downtown site. SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL II is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL II has decreased 21%, going from 314 students in 2018 to 248 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share contracted from 50% to 40%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

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