Family Life Academy Charter School III

Math proficiency at 49.1% is essentially even with the district average of 49.0%, while ELA at 47.2% trails the district's 51.3% — a modest gap, not a yawning one. The trend is the more interesting story: scores cratered in 2022 (math fell from 79% pre-pandemic to 37.1%) and ELA drifted down to 35.8% in 2024, but 2025 shows real recovery in both subjects. Grade 4 stands out with 63.9% ELA and 67.6% math proficiency — well above the schoolwide average — while Grade 3 is the weak link, especially in ELA at 32.4%.

Chronic absenteeism is a serious concern at 56.8%, meaning more than half of students miss 10% or more of school days — well above what most parents would consider manageable. Attendance at 89.1% sits below the district average of 91.1%, and teacher-reported instruction quality at 82.6% is also below the district's 88.4%. These are the kinds of climate factors that don't show up on a test score but shape what a kid's school day actually feels like.

The student body is 70% Hispanic and 28% Black, reflecting the surrounding Concourse-Concourse Village neighborhood, where the median household income is $40,255 and over a third of residents live below the poverty line. The school's economic need index of 88 (on a 100-point scale) confirms that nearly all families arrive with significant economic pressure. With a diversity index of just 38%, the population is relatively homogeneous along racial lines — most students are Hispanic, with Black students forming a sizable second group.

Concourse-Concourse Village is a dense, working-class corner of the South Bronx where most residents rent (only about 11% own their homes) and only 13.7% of households include kids — meaning families with school-age children are a minority here. About 15.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, and the median home value sits around $350,000. The neighborhood is genuinely urban, and getting around without a car is the norm.

Three subway options are all within about a five-minute walk: the 138 St-Grand Concourse station on the 4 and 5 lines, plus the 149 St-Grand Concourse stops on the 4 and the 2 and 5 — plenty of choices for families commuting from across the Bronx or Upper Manhattan.