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ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL -SOUTH BRONX
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 92 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 94 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 22 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 42% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 42 points, placing it in New York's top 10%.
About ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL -SOUTH BRONX
Located at 425 WESTCHESTER AVE, in BRONX, New York, ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL -SOUTH BRONX is a high-enrollment primary school that enrolls 848 students (grades pre-K through 7), operated by ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL -SOUTH BRONX. Enrollment runs roughly 91% above the state mean of about 443.
ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL -SOUTH BRONX sits inside ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL -SOUTH BRONX, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.
For racial and ethnic makeup, ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL -SOUTH BRONX records that 62% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 36% Black.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Roughly 90% of students at ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL -SOUTH BRONX qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL -SOUTH BRONX sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 42.1%; actual is 84.5%, +42.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Bronx County put median household earnings sit near $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. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL -SOUTH BRONX is one campus in the mix.
PS 643 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL -SOUTH BRONX. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL -SOUTH BRONX at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 58.6%.
Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL -SOUTH BRONX operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.
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