Enrollment
266
Middle
STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360113106555
SOUTH BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
766 WESTCHESTER AVE, BRONX, NY 10455 · (929) 291-7700 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL266 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% of New York public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public middle schools
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
32 FTE teachers
STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
258 students
STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 71 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 96 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 99 | 37% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
36.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
38.1%
NY avg 57.4% . -8.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 38.1% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 47.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like SOUTH BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
SOUTH BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (35.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 266 | 97.0% | 35.8% |
| MS 390 BRONX | 311 | 97.7% | 42.3% |
| IS 303 LEADERSHIP & COMMUNITY SERVICE BRONX | 291 | 99.0% | 36.4% |
| IS 117 JOSEPH H WADE BRONX | 320 | 98.4% | 24.7% |
| IS 232 BRONX | 248 | 99.2% | 40.5% |
| ISAAC NEWTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE NEW YORK | 253 | 95.3% | 40.9% |
Matched among New York middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where SOUTH BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #657 of 766 | #49 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #644 of 768 ▼ 129 | #44 of 74 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #596 of 768 ▲ 9 | #47 of 74 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 266 | #621 of 796 | #42 of 77 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.3:1 | #49 of 683 | #6 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.4% | #528 of 688 | #47 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.0% | #35 of 773 | #24 of 75 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.6% | #141 of 524 | #42 of 59 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
266
-42 (-14%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
was 13.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 266 | 32 | 8.3:1 | 97% (258) |
| 2023-24 | 269 | 37 | 7.3:1 | 98% (263) |
| 2022-23 | 304 | 29 | 10.5:1 | 96% (291) |
| 2020-21 | 308 | 23 | 13.4:1 | 88% (270) |
| 2017-18 | 335 | 36 | 9.3:1 | 94% (314) |
| 2015-16 | 115 | N/A | N/A | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTH BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL.
About SOUTH BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
SOUTH BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is a small middle-grades school in BRONX, New York, (ZIP code 10455). It enrolled 266 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 50% lower than the average for middle schools in New York, which is about 531.
In federal data, the district for SOUTH BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is the school itself.
The student body at SOUTH BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is 80% Hispanic. Other groups include 17% Black. By comparison, Bronx County residents are about 55% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 32% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 32 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 8.3:1. This ratio sits 2.0 below the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. Roughly 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 Grade for SOUTH BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is C-. Compared with New York public middle schools, the school scored higher than 23% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
SOUTH BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (35.8%) and its predicted rate (39.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
Federal survey data for Bronx County show that the median household income is $48,676, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 23%. Bronx County is home to 472 public schools and about 202,028 public school students.
PS 17 is the public school closest to SOUTH BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. SOUTH BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is 4th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 42 fewer students in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (8.3:1) than in 2020-21 (13.4:1).
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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
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- 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
- PS 170.1 mi · 692
- ACADEMY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS0.1 mi · 132
- JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 130
- SOUTH BRONX ACADEMY FOR APPLIED MEDIA0.1 mi · 169
- PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT0.1 mi · 291
- URBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL II0.2 mi · 285
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLHow large is SOUTH BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
SOUTH BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 266 students in grades 06-08.
Is SOUTH BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SOUTH BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does SOUTH BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL have?
SOUTH BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SOUTH BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
At SOUTH BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 80% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian.
Is SOUTH BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL public or private?
SOUTH BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by SOUTH BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL.
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