Bronx Envision Academy

School-level proficiency numbers were not provided in this dataset, so a direct read on ELA, math, or science performance isn't possible here. What we can say: the school runs a program catalog scored 90 out of 100 for richness — AP courses, humanities tracks, and arts integration suggest a college-prep orientation — and class sizes (21.9) sit right at the district average of about 21.9. The combination of selective admissions (20% offer rate) and an academic program weighted toward AP and humanities points to a school aimed at college readiness rather than remediation.

The climate numbers here are striking. Parent satisfaction (96%), parent-teacher trust (97%), and parent-principal trust (98%) all clear the district averages comfortably, and teacher-reported instructional quality (95%) sits well above the 88% district norm. Zero suspensions — against a district average suspension rate of about 0.42% — suggests a discipline approach that leans heavily on restorative practice (the school lists a Restorative Justice Committee as an active extracurricular) rather than removal. The caveat: only 27 teachers and 45 families responded to the surveys, so these are real signals but from a relatively small slice of the community.

The student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (64%) and Black (32%), with small slivers of Native American, Asian, Multi-Racial, and White students — a diversity index of 47% reflects concentration rather than broad mixing. The economic need index of 93.3 (on a 100-point scale) means almost every student comes from a low-income household, and 29% have IEPs. This mirrors the surrounding neighborhood closely: Crotona Park East's median household income is around $41,000 and more than a quarter of residents live in poverty, so the school isn't serving a different population than the one around it — it's serving its own community.

Crotona Park East is a densely settled, working-class Bronx neighborhood where renters outnumber owners by roughly nine to one and homeownership sits under 10%. About 15% of households include children, and just under 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher — a figure that gives some sense of how much out-of-school academic support a family might be leaning on the school to provide. Getting around is straightforward: the 2 and 5 trains run close by, and the neighborhood is on a major Bronx thoroughfare with bus connections typical of the area.

The 174 St stop on the 2 and 5 lines is about a four-minute walk, with the Freeman St station (also 2 and 5) roughly nine minutes away and the Whitlock Av 6 stop about fifteen minutes on foot.