Enrollment
294
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12·NCES 360009006133
URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL
1180 TINTON AVE, BRONX, NY 10456 · (718) 842-8133 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL294 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
288 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
54.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
54.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +17.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
43.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% 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 URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL
URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL's state test result (43.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL this school | 294 | 98.0% | 43.0% |
| PS 18 JOHN PETER ZENGER BRONX | 271 | 100.0% | 22.6% |
| CHRISTOPHER AVENUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 297 | 99.7% | 61.3% |
| PS 110 THEODORE SCHOENFELD BRONX | 274 | 99.3% | 32.4% |
| NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY AT ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATE PARK (THE) BRONX | 340 | 98.5% | 20.7% |
| PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE) BRONX | 335 | 96.4% | 39.3% |
Matched among New York elementary 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 URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,480 of 2,335 | #103 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,276 of 2,342 ▲ 502 | #93 of 212 ▲ 49 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,168 of 2,343 ▼ 184 | #91 of 212 ▼ 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 294 | #2,029 of 2,585 | #179 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.9:1 | #167 of 2,338 | #14 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.6% | #1,164 of 2,388 | #75 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.0% | #43 of 2,534 | #22 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.8% | #235 of 606 | #19 of 36 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
294
-95 (-24%) vs 2020
+22% since 2010-11, when it was 241
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 294 | 32.9 | 8.9:1 | 98% (288) |
| 2023-24 | 295 | 31.6 | 9.3:1 | 97% (286) |
| 2022-23 | 325 | 32.5 | 10.0:1 | 96% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 389 | 35 | 11.1:1 | 95% (371) |
| 2017-18 | 263 | 29 | 9.1:1 | 97% (254) |
| 2015-16 | 308 | 28 | 11.0:1 | 98% (303) |
| 2010-11 | 241 | 21 | 11.5:1 | 98% (236) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL.
About URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL
URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL is a small elementary school in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12, located in BRONX, New York. It enrolls 294 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. It has 34% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in New York (about 443).
URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL is in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12, a district with 15,705 students across 47 schools.
Hispanic students are 58% of those enrolled at URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL. Other reported shares: 38% Black. That is in line with Bronx County, where about 55% of residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 52%.
There are 32.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 8.9:1. The average for elementary schools in New York, 12.8:1, is higher. Of all students at URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL, 98% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 49% of New York public elementary schools.
The model predicts 39.0% for a school in New York with URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL posts 43.0%.
Census data for Bronx County show median household income comes to about $48,676, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. The county has 472 public schools and about 202,028 students.
NYC AUTISM CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX is less than a tenth of a mile from URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 95 students, from 389 to 294. Students per teacher dropped from 11.1 in 2020-21 to 8.9 in 2024-25.
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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
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- BRONX CAREER AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 124
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Frequently asked questions
About URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL?
URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 294 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL serve?
URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL is approximately 8.9:1 (33 FTE teachers).
How diverse is URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL?
URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL reports a student body of 1% White, 58% Hispanic, 38% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL public or private?
URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12.
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