Bronx Academy of Promise Charter School

ELA proficiency at 64.6% is roughly 20 percentage points above the District 9 average of about 45%, and math at 54.5% also clears the district mark. That's a meaningful gap — this school is producing stronger literacy and numeracy outcomes than most of its neighborhood peers. The trend tells a story too: ELA climbed from 41.6% in 2016 to 64.6% in 2025, with a big jump in 2018 (62.5%) and steady improvement in recent years. Math has been more volatile — peaking at 64.2% in 2019 before settling back into the low-to-mid 50s. The catch is in the grade-level breakdowns: third, fifth, and seventh graders performed strongly, but fourth graders dipped to 48.2% in ELA and 42.1% in math, and eighth-grade math fell to a striking 20.9%. Science proficiency at 31.3% also trails. So while the school-level numbers are impressive, the upper-grade trajectory — especially in math — is something a parent should weigh carefully.

The culture story here is split. On the family side, it's near-flawless: parent satisfaction is 97%, parent-teacher trust is 98%, and parent-principal trust is 98%. The 62% family survey response rate with 394 responses is unusually high — families are clearly engaged and willing to be heard. On the staff side, the picture is more mixed. Teacher trust in the principal is strong at 95%, but teacher-reported instructional quality is only 79% — about 11 points below the District 9 average of 90%, which is the kind of gap worth asking questions about. Teacher collegial trust at 72% is also lower than you'd hope, suggesting teachers may not feel as connected to one another as to leadership. Teacher-reported safety at 84% is essentially in line with the district average, so the day-to-day feel is steady rather than tense. Overall, the school runs on parent goodwill more than on teacher enthusiasm — and that's a specific kind of community.

The student body is 59% Hispanic, 36% Black, 3% Asian, and 1% White, which closely mirrors the surrounding neighborhood's demographics and is one of the more homogeneous racial compositions you'll find in a Bronx public school. The diversity index of 48% reflects that. The economic need index of 90.1 is very high — nine in ten students qualify based on poverty indicators — and 20% of students have IEPs, well above what you'd typically see. Class size averages 20.8, essentially identical to the district norm. This is a school serving a predominantly working-class community of color, and the parent survey response suggests those families are paying close attention.

The school sits in Mount Eden-Claremont (West), a working-class section of the western Bronx where median household income is about $45,405, the poverty rate is 32.3%, and only 4.4% of households own their homes — this is overwhelmingly a renter neighborhood. Just 16.2% of adults have a bachelor's degree, and 19.3% of households include children, a relatively low share that tracks with the area's mix of families and roommates. The economic profile means many families are stretched, but it also means a school like this one — with a 97% parent satisfaction rate — is filling a real need.

The school is genuinely well-served by transit. The 4 train at 170th Street is roughly a three-minute walk, the 4 at 167th Street is about six minutes, and the B/D at 167th Street is about a nine-minute walk — families from across the Bronx and upper Manhattan can get here without a car.