Enrollment
363
Elementary
DISTRICT 555 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11·NCES 360008806400
YOUNG VOICES ACADEMY OF THE BRONX
800 LYDIG AVE, BRONX, NY 10462 · (718) 794-4080 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL363 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% 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
14.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
320 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 32 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
58.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +17.0pp since 2023
Math
54.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 58 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 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
47.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 YOUNG VOICES ACADEMY OF THE BRONX
YOUNG VOICES ACADEMY OF THE BRONX's state test result (47.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| YOUNG VOICES ACADEMY OF THE BRONX this school | 363 | 88.2% | 47.3% |
| NEW YORK CITY ACADEMY FOR DISCOVERY WOODHAVEN | 361 | 87.8% | 40.2% |
| PS 273 RICHMOND HILL | 329 | 87.8% | 50.8% |
| PS 21 MARGARET EMERY-ELM PARK STATEN ISLAND | 380 | 88.7% | 55.8% |
| BRONX LITTLE SCHOOL BRONX | 315 | 91.4% | 46.8% |
| BEDFORD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRONX | 439 | 88.4% | 31.1% |
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 YOUNG VOICES ACADEMY OF THE BRONX ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #1,275 of 2,335 | #88 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,275 of 2,342 ▲ 137 | #92 of 212 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,016 of 2,343 ▲ 196 | #75 of 212 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 363 | #1,592 of 2,585 | #134 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,885 of 2,338 | #151 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.8% | #1,157 of 2,388 | #73 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.2% | #492 of 2,534 | #165 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.8% | #376 of 606 | #31 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
363
-32 (-8%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 363 | 25.8 | 14.1:1 | 88% (320) |
| 2023-24 | 377 | 26.4 | 14.3:1 | 85% (322) |
| 2022-23 | 369 | 25.3 | 14.6:1 | 87% (321) |
| 2020-21 | 395 | 28 | 14.1:1 | 80% (317) |
| 2017-18 | 343 | 24 | 14.3:1 | 86% (295) |
| 2015-16 | 236 | 14 | 16.9:1 | 83% (195) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for YOUNG VOICES ACADEMY OF THE BRONX.
About YOUNG VOICES ACADEMY OF THE BRONX
YOUNG VOICES ACADEMY OF THE BRONX is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in BRONX, New York. It has an enrollment of 363 students in pre-K through 5.
YOUNG VOICES ACADEMY OF THE BRONX is a school in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11. The district has 62 schools and 30,138 students.
The largest group at YOUNG VOICES ACADEMY OF THE BRONX is Hispanic students, at 67%. Other groups make up 12% White, 12% Asian, and 7% Black. County-wide, 55% of Bronx County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for YOUNG VOICES ACADEMY OF THE BRONX is 52%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
YOUNG VOICES ACADEMY OF THE BRONX has 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 1.2 students per teacher. At YOUNG VOICES ACADEMY OF THE BRONX, 88% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Bronx County is similar, at 90%.
Among New York public elementary schools, YOUNG VOICES ACADEMY OF THE BRONX outscored 55%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, YOUNG VOICES ACADEMY OF THE BRONX's results are 4.8 points above predicted: 47.3% against 42.6%.
For the population of Bronx County, median household income comes to about $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bronx County counts 472 public schools with about 202,028 students.
PS 105 SENATOR ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN is about 0.2 miles from YOUNG VOICES ACADEMY OF THE BRONX, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, YOUNG VOICES ACADEMY OF THE BRONX ranks 5th on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
In 2020-21, YOUNG VOICES ACADEMY OF THE BRONX enrolled 395 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 363.
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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
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Other schools in BRONX
- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE)High · 2,953 students
- KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL IIICombined · 2,390 students
- 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 105 SENATOR ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN0.2 mi · 659
- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE VISUAL ARTS0.2 mi · 392
- PS 83 DONALD HERTZ0.4 mi · 1,451
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE AND INNOVATION0.4 mi · 372
- ASTOR COLLEGIATE ACADEMY0.4 mi · 429
- COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE FOR MATH AND SCIENCE0.4 mi · 563
Frequently asked questions
About YOUNG VOICES ACADEMY OF THE BRONXWhat is the total enrollment at YOUNG VOICES ACADEMY OF THE BRONX?
YOUNG VOICES ACADEMY OF THE BRONX enrolls approximately 363 students in grades PK-05.
Is YOUNG VOICES ACADEMY OF THE BRONX an elementary, middle, or high school?
YOUNG VOICES ACADEMY OF THE BRONX is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does YOUNG VOICES ACADEMY OF THE BRONX have?
YOUNG VOICES ACADEMY OF THE BRONX employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the student diversity at YOUNG VOICES ACADEMY OF THE BRONX?
Student demographics at YOUNG VOICES ACADEMY OF THE BRONX are roughly 12% White, 67% Hispanic, 7% Black, 12% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is YOUNG VOICES ACADEMY OF THE BRONX in?
YOUNG VOICES ACADEMY OF THE BRONX is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11.
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