Community School for Social Justice

Class size averages 20.5 students, on par with the district average of 20.6. The school runs ELL support, STEM programming, and world languages including a Japanese track — an unusual offering for a Bronx high school. A Deloitte Academy College Readiness Club and a peer mediation program signal a college-going culture, and the Social Action program admits only 65 of 329 applicants, a 20% offer rate.

Zero suspensions is the headline here — no student was suspended in the most recent reporting period, against a district average suspension rate of 0.84%. Trust runs unusually high in every direction: 96% of parents trust the principal, 98% of teachers do too, and 100% of teachers rate instruction quality as strong (well above the district's 88%). Teachers also report 98% collegial trust with each other, suggesting a staff that genuinely works together.

The student body is 74% Hispanic and 24% Black, with a diversity index of 36% — meaning this is a fairly concentrated community, dominated by Latino families. Twenty-nine percent of students have IEPs, and an economic need index of 94.6 means almost every student qualifies as high-needs. That mirrors the surrounding Concourse neighborhood, where the median household income is about $40,255 and over a third of residents live below the poverty line.

Concourse-Concourse Village is one of the densest, most working-class corners of the South Bronx. Census figures show a median household income around $40,255, a 34% poverty rate, and just 11% homeownership — most families rent. About 16% of adult residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and only around 14% of households include children, reflecting a neighborhood shaped as much by young adult renters as by families with school-age kids.

The school is a four-minute walk from the 138 St–Grand Concourse station (4, 5 trains), a five-minute walk from 149 St–Grand Concourse (4), and a six-minute walk from 149 St–Grand Concourse (2, 5) — three subway options within easy reach.