Children's Aid College Preparatory Charter School

With ELA at 67.7% and math at 66.9%, the school sits roughly 23 and 24 points above the District 12 averages of 44.6% and 43.3% — a substantial margin. Science proficiency at 83.8% is the headline number. The trajectory is genuinely impressive: ELA climbed from 41.2% in 2019 to 67.7% in 2025, and math rebounded from a low of 34.4% to 66.9%, even dipping slightly from last year's 68.6%. One caveat: Grade 6 is a soft spot (41.2% ELA, 30.2% math) compared to strong Grade 8 numbers (76.9% ELA, 92.1% math) — worth asking how that grade is staffed and supported.

The day-to-day feel is mixed. Parents are deeply engaged: 94% parent satisfaction, 94% parent-teacher trust, and an extraordinary 98% parent-principal trust, with 113 families weighing in. But teachers tell a different story — only 71% rate instruction quality positively (vs. district avg 88.4%), though the sample is just 4 teachers, which makes that number fragile. Attendance is a real concern: 87.6% attendance and 62.9% chronic absenteeism, well below the district average of 90.1%. That's a structural challenge that affects everything — classroom continuity, social-emotional learning, even how quickly gains translate into grade-level proficiency.

The student body is 38% Black and 58% Hispanic, with an economic need index of 88.9 — meaning nearly nine in ten students come from households facing economic hardship. About one in five students has an IEP (21%), and the diversity index of 46% reflects a school that's largely working-class and of color, mirroring the Tremont census tract around it (median household income around $32,000, 36% poverty rate, 7.5% homeownership). It's a school embedded in its neighborhood rather than drawing families in from elsewhere.

Tremont is a working-class, heavily renter neighborhood in the west-central Bronx — median household income is around $32,000, the poverty rate tops 36%, and only about 7.5% of households own their homes, so most families renting here are doing so within tight means. About 13% of households have children under 18, and roughly 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, which gives a sense of the educational backdrop many students come from.

The closest subway is 174 St on the 2 and 5 lines, a roughly 10-minute walk; West Farms Sq–E Tremont Av (2 and 5) is about 12 minutes on foot, and Freeman St (2 and 5) sits about 20 minutes away — so most families are walking or relying on buses rather than hopping a train.