Bronx Early College Academy for Teaching & Learning

ELA proficiency is 40.2%, about 4.5 points below the District 9 average of roughly 44.8%, while math proficiency of 26.4% trails the district's 44.7% by a wide margin. The overall quality score of 1.33 out of 4 also falls short of the district's 1.79. That said, the trajectory tells a more encouraging story: ELA proficiency has climbed from 11.5% in 2016 to a peak of 52.7% in 2022, and math has roughly tripled from 10% to 26.4% over the same span. Grade 8 ELA at 52% is the school's strongest showing, while math scores dip noticeably in the older grades.

This is a school where adults clearly like working and families clearly feel respected. Parent satisfaction is 96% (above the district's 94%), teacher-reported instruction quality hits 100%, and parent trust in both teachers and the principal sits at 95–96%. Zero suspensions is a genuinely rare data point and suggests a restorative, relationship-driven approach to discipline. The chronic absenteeism rate of 57.7% is a real concern — more than half of students miss enough school to flag as chronically absent — though overall attendance of 90.2% actually edges out the district average. The trust numbers feel strong enough to suggest families and teachers are partners, even if getting every student through the door daily remains a challenge.

The student body is 73% Hispanic and 23% Black, with Asian, white, and multiracial students making up the remaining few percent — a demographic mix that closely mirrors the surrounding neighborhood, which is also majority Hispanic with a large Black population. The economic need index of 91.2% places this among the city's higher-poverty schools, consistent with the Concourse-Concourse Village census profile where a third of households live below the poverty line and median household income is around $40,000. Twenty-three percent of students have IEPs, and the school offers ELL support, though the diversity index of 38% reflects a fairly homogeneous community rather than a wide mix of backgrounds.

Concourse-Concourse Village is a densely built stretch of the Bronx where most residents rent their apartments (homeownership sits around 11%), median household income is about $40,255, and roughly 34% of households live below the poverty line. About 13.7% of households include children, and just 15.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher — meaning many families sending kids here are first-generation college hopefuls themselves. The housing stock is mostly rental apartments with a median home value around $350,000.

Families can reach the school via the 167 St station on the B and D lines or the 161 St-Yankee Stadium station on the B, D, and 4 lines, each about a nine-minute walk away