At a Glance
A small Staten Island charter where proficiency is climbing fast — but the starting point was low and attendance tells a tougher story.
Best suited for
Families who want a small, charter-based K-5 experience in Staten Island and are drawn to a school that is showing real, measurable academic growth — and who are comfortable managing a car-dependent commute.
Overall Rating
Rating = average of NY State ELA + math proficiency, grades 3–8
Bands are Motley's thresholds on a 0–100 scale, not New York State performance levels.
How this is scored→What stands out
- Math proficiency has nearly tripled in three years — one of the steepest improvement curves in the district.
- A genuinely small school at 199 students, more like a learning community than a campus.
- Racially diverse student body in a Staten Island neighborhood that is demographically more homogeneous.
- High IEP enrollment (66%) suggests a school oriented around students with disabilities.
Things to consider
- Proficiency in both ELA and math is roughly half the district average — the school is improving, but the gap is still wide.
- Chronic absenteeism near 48% means attendance is a real day-to-day issue, not a footnote.
- No parent or teacher survey data was meaningfully captured — so families can't lean on outside climate signals and should visit and ask directly.
- The location has no subway access, so daily drop-off logistics matter.
- District 31 peer schools score in the 85–99 range; Bridge Prep currently sits well below its neighbors on academic metrics.
Based on 2024-25 data
School SummaryDistrict 31
District 31 peers — P.S. 35, Naples Street, P.S. 5, P.S. 8, P.S. 23, P.S. 3 — all score in the 85–99 band on the school's own evaluation, so Bridge Prep is a clear outlier on academic outcomes. What distinguishes it in the district is its charter governance, its size, and its improvement curve, not yet its overall score.
Academics
Proficiency here is well below the District 31 average — 28.6% in ELA against a district mark of about 61%, and 24.1% in math against 61%. But the three-year trend is sharply positive: math proficiency has nearly tripled since 2022 (from 8.8% to 24.1%), and ELA has nearly doubled (15.6% to 28.6%). Grades 4 and 5 pull the school's averages upward, while Grade 3 proficiency sits in the low 20s. The school is closing a real gap, but the gap is still wide.
Culture
Attendance is a serious concern: at 87.9% it trails the district's 91.4% mark, and chronic absenteeism hits 47.8% — meaning nearly half of students miss enough school to count as chronically absent. The daily rhythm at this small school is shaped by that pattern more than any survey data can show — note that the family survey drew essentially no responses (1 family, 0% response rate), so parent voice is functionally absent from the data. There is no teacher survey reported here either, which makes it harder for outsiders to gauge how the staff experience the school.
Community
The student body is 37% Hispanic, 30% Black, 29% White, with small Asian, multiracial, and Native American shares — more racially mixed than many Staten Island schools. The surrounding neighborhood skews notably more affluent and more White than the student body: median household income tops $107,000 and homeownership is 75%, suggesting that many of the area's families either attend other schools or live outside the catchment. With 66% of students having IEPs, Bridge Prep serves a very high share of students with disabilities — likely a defining feature for any family considering it.
Neighborhood
The school sits in the Todt Hill–Emerson Hill–Lighthouse Hill–Manor Heights area, one of Staten Island's leafier and more affluent pockets, where the median home value is over $800,000 and more than 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree. About 28% of households here include children — a healthy share for a family-oriented corner of the borough. Day-to-day life runs by car: there's no subway within a 20-minute walk, and Staten Island families long ago adapted to driving, school buses, and ride-shares.
There are no subway stations within a 20-minute walk of the school — families reach it by car, school bus, or ride-share.
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Academic Performance
ELA Proficiency
Students scoring proficient or above on the NY State ELA exam.
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
Math Proficiency
Students scoring proficient or above on the NY State Math exam.
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
Historical Trends
The dashed line marks 2023, when New York changed its grades 3–8 state tests. Scores before and after it aren’t directly comparable.
2020–2021 data unavailable due to COVID-19
Source: NYC DOE School Quality Reports
Racial & Ethnic Diversity
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
Economic Need & Special Populations
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is Bridge Preparatory Charter School a good school?
- On Motley, Bridge Preparatory Charter School earns an overall rating of 26/100 — the average of the school's New York State ELA and math proficiency, grades 3–8, shown out of 100. Its state test results run below the District 31 average.
- What grades does Bridge Preparatory Charter School serve?
- Bridge Preparatory Charter School serves grades K to 5.
- How do students get into Bridge Preparatory Charter School?
- Bridge Preparatory Charter School is a charter school — it admits through a free public lottery, with no test or attendance zone.
- Is Bridge Preparatory Charter School public, charter, or private?
- Bridge Preparatory Charter School is a public charter school in NYC Community School District 31.
- What neighborhood is Bridge Preparatory Charter School in?
- Bridge Preparatory Charter School is in Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights, Staten Island.