At a Glance
A tiny basketball-themed Bronx charter high school where nearly every family says they feel heard.
Best suited for
A Bronx family drawn to a basketball-themed program and a small, relationship-driven high school — and comfortable with a limited elective slate beyond the court.
Overall Rating
Rating = average of 4-year graduation, English Regents college-ready and Regents completion · DOE 2025 report
Bands are Motley's thresholds on a 0–100 scale, not New York State performance levels.
How this is scored→What stands out
- One of the smallest high schools in the entire city, with just 118 students across four grades.
- Basketball-themed curriculum built around NBA Hall of Famer Earl Monroe, a Bronx native.
- Parent satisfaction and trust scores that run ahead of an already-strong district average.
- Free, open-enrollment charter with a citywide lottery rather than zoned attendance.
- Sits in a stable, middle-income, homeowner-heavy part of the eastern Bronx.
Things to consider
- At 118 students, the elective and extracurricular menu beyond basketball will be thin — parents should ask what's actually offered.
- No reported proficiency data makes academic outcomes hard to evaluate from the outside.
- Family and teacher survey samples are modest (29% family response, 31 teacher responses), so the rosy trust numbers come with a caveat.
- Students will likely commute in from across the Bronx and possibly beyond, since the immediate neighborhood has relatively few school-age families.
Based on 2024-25 data
School SummaryDistrict 8
District 8 spans a wide mix of zoned schools and charters; the listed peer schools include several elementary campuses, so direct high-school comparisons are limited. Within the Bronx charter landscape, Earl Monroe stands out for sheer size — or lack of it — and for family satisfaction that runs ahead of the district's already-high 93% average.
Academics
No state proficiency data was reported for this school, so academic outcomes can't be benchmarked against the district averages of 46% ELA and 48% math. What we can see is that 90% of teachers rate their own instruction quality positively, slightly above the district's 88% average — a useful but limited proxy. With only 118 students across four grades, year-to-year proficiency swings will be noisy, and parents should ask the school directly for any internal assessment results before judging.
Culture
The trust picture here is unusually strong for a Bronx high school: parent-teacher and parent-principal trust both hit 97%, and parent satisfaction lands at 97% versus the district's 93%. Teacher-side numbers are good but a step behind — 84% of teachers trust their principal and 85% report trust among peers — suggesting staff cohesion is solid even if not as uniformly rosy as the family view. The samples are thin (29% family response rate, just 31 teacher responses), so read the glow through that lens. Day-to-day, this looks like a place where families feel genuinely connected to the adults running the school.
Community
Demographic breakdowns for this school weren't fully reported in the data set, but the economic need index of 78.7 — well above the citywide average — tells us most students come from households facing real financial pressure. That contrasts with the surrounding Pelham Bay neighborhood, where median household income sits at about $84,700 and the poverty rate is 12.8%, meaning the school's student body looks different from the immediate blocks around it and likely draws from a wider catchment. As a citywide charter lottery school, the population almost certainly reflects the Bronx's broader mix.
Neighborhood
Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island is a middle-income, largely homeowner stretch of the eastern Bronx — about 45% of residents own their homes, with a median value around $600,600, and the bachelor's-degree rate sits at 35.5%. Only 18% of households here have children, well below the citywide share, which helps explain why a small high school draws students from beyond the immediate area. It's a stable, settled part of the borough with a suburban feel.
The 6 train is the backbone here — Buhre Av is about a 6-minute walk, with Pelham Bay Park and Middletown Rd stations each around 10 minutes on foot.
Survey Results
NYC School Survey (2025) · 107 families responded (29% rate)
Racial & Ethnic Diversity
Economic Need & Special Populations
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball Charter School a good school?
- On Motley, Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball Charter School earns an overall rating of 57/100 — the average of the school's four-year graduation rate, the share of its students scoring college-ready (70+) on the English Regents, and its Regents completion rate, shown out of 100.
- What grades does Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball Charter School serve?
- Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball Charter School serves grades 9 to 12.
- How do students get into Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball Charter School?
- Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball Charter School is a charter school — it admits through a free public lottery, with no test or attendance zone.
- Is Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball Charter School public, charter, or private?
- Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball Charter School is a public charter school in NYC Community School District 8.
- What neighborhood is Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball Charter School in?
- Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball Charter School is in Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island, Bronx.