Bronx Community Charter School

This is where the story is. ELA proficiency now sits at 58.3%, well above the District 10 average of 45%, and math is at 51.3% versus the district's 43.5%. Eight years ago, fewer than a quarter of students were meeting ELA standards; in 2025 nearly six in ten do. Math followed a similar arc — a dip in 2022 during the post-pandemic years, but a sharp rebound since. The school earned an overall 2.19 out of 4, noticeably above the district average of 1.77. Scores by grade show that growth spans the entire elementary-to-middle school pipeline, with grades 5 and 6 particularly strong in math (56% and 64.5%) and grade 5 leading in ELA at 70.8%. The 8th-grade math score of 34.1% is the one soft spot and worth keeping in mind.

The climate numbers read like a school where parents feel genuinely welcome and teachers feel supported. Parent satisfaction is 95% (district average 94%), parent-teacher trust is 97%, and parent-principal trust is 96% — some of the strongest family-school numbers you'll see anywhere. Teachers report 93% on instruction quality (district average 91.4%) and an impressive 95% on safety, well above the district's 87%. One number parents should know about: chronic absenteeism sits at 70%, meaning roughly seven in ten students missed 10% or more of the school year — substantially higher than the district average of around 91% attendance implies. That said, the 82% family survey response rate suggests families are highly engaged around school life even when daily attendance is uneven. Day-to-day, this feels like a trusting community where adults and families are aligned.

The student body is 71% Hispanic, 19% Black, 4% Asian, and 4% White, with a diversity index of 49% indicating moderate-to-high diversity. That's a closer mirror of the surrounding Norwood neighborhood than of New York City overall. The economic need index of 79.9 reflects a school where most families qualify for free or reduced lunch, consistent with the neighborhood's 26.8% poverty rate and median household income of just over $47,000. Twenty percent of students have IEPs, which is meaningfully above the citywide average and means inclusion support is a real part of daily life here.

Norwood is a residential pocket of the central Bronx where most households rent, the homeownership rate is just 4.5%, and about 18% of households include children — making it a notably family-dense neighborhood. The median home value sits at $460,427, the median household income at $47,299, and only about 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. About a quarter of families live below the poverty line, but the streets around the school are lined with the everyday rhythm of multigenerational households.

The closest subway is the Norwood-205 St stop on the D line, about a 5-minute walk from the school. The Burke Av station on the 2 and 5 lines is around 9 minutes away, and Gun Hill Rd on the 2 and 5 is roughly 13 minutes on foot.