URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL

URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL is a small elementary-level community in BRONX, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12. The school works with 294 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 34% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL is one of 47 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12, a district that works with 15,705 students overall.

On the student-mix side, URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 58% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 38% Black. Compared to Bronx County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.0%, the actual is 43.0%, a residual of +4.0 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Bronx County shows median household income runs about $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 URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: NYC AUTISM CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 35.4%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 12%: 263 students in 2018 compared to 294 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 46% to 38%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.