YOUNG LEADERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a close-knit elementary-level community in BRONX, New York, YOUNG LEADERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL works with 213 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 52% smaller than typical.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7, which oversees 41 schools and 13,625 students, YOUNG LEADERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, YOUNG LEADERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 78% of enrollment; the rest consists of 16% Black. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 96% of students at YOUNG LEADERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, YOUNG LEADERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.8%, the actual is 38.2%, a residual of -1.6 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Bronx County put median household income runs about $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. In all, Bronx County runs 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), of which YOUNG LEADERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

PS 179 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts YOUNG LEADERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 39.6%.

YOUNG LEADERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at YOUNG LEADERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has declined 19%, going from 264 students in 2018 to 213 in 2025.

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