At a Glance
An all-girls K-12 charter in Longwood that's pulling off strong ELA results in a high-poverty neighborhood.
Best suited for
Girls whose families want a single-sex, college-prep pipeline from kindergarten through 12th grade and are comfortable with a Longwood commute via the 2/5 or 6 train.
Overall Rating
Rating = average of NY State ELA + math proficiency, grades 3–8
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 few all-girls K-12 charter pipelines in the Bronx, so families don't have to switch schools at elementary-to-middle or middle-to-high transitions.
- ELA proficiency of nearly 69% in a neighborhood where more than 80% of students qualify as high economic need — that's a real achievement.
- Parent trust in school leadership is unusually strong (95% trust the principal), even though fewer families actually fill out the survey each year.
- Multi-year test score recovery since the pandemic shows a school that bounced back to (and beyond) pre-2020 performance.
Things to consider
- Math proficiency drops sharply in upper elementary — from around 60% in 3rd grade to 38% in 5th grade. Ask how the school supports math as students get older.
- Chronic absenteeism is nearly 59%, which is high and worth probing during any visit.
- The teacher survey had only 2 respondents, so the instruction-quality figure is essentially meaningless — it shouldn't push you toward or away from the school.
- With fewer than 10% of families completing the parent survey, the otherwise-strong satisfaction numbers come from a small slice of the school community.
- An all-girls environment is a plus for many families and a non-starter for others — make sure it fits your daughter's temperament.
Based on 2024-25 data
School SummaryDistrict 8
District 8 has some of the city's strongest charters (Success Academy Bronx 4 scores 96/100) but also lower-rated zoned options around the 65-70 range. Girls Prep sits in the middle-upper tier of this mix — clearly outperforming the district average of 1.88/4 with its 2.34, but not in the top echelon.
Academics
ELA proficiency of 68.9% is roughly 23 percentage points above the District 8 average of 46.2% — a meaningful gap. Math at 48% lands essentially at the district average, so this is really a school that's pulled ahead in reading more than in numeracy. The trajectory is improving: scores climbed steadily from 2016 (38% ELA, 33% math) to a 2019 peak, dipped during the pandemic years, and have climbed back to a multi-year high in ELA. Worth flagging: math proficiency drops sharply in upper elementary, from 60% in 3rd grade to 38% in 5th grade.
Culture
The parent-side story is warm: 95% trust the principal and 92% trust their child's teacher, with 88% satisfied overall (though that's a touch below the district average of 93%). Attendance is right at the district norm. The hard thing to interpret here is the teacher survey — only 2 teachers responded, which is essentially no signal, and the 56% instruction quality rating that came out of it is unreliable at that sample size. Chronic absenteeism is high at nearly 59%, which is a real concern in a school this size.
Community
The student body mirrors the surrounding Longwood neighborhood closely: 59% Hispanic and 36% Black, with very small percentages of other groups. The economic need index of 84.8 means almost every student comes from a low-income household. Eighteen percent of students have IEPs. As a single-sex school, the entire 723-student body is girls, which shapes both the peer culture and the college-prep focus.
Neighborhood
Longwood is a densely packed, working-class South Bronx neighborhood where median household income sits around $36,500 and a third of residents live below the poverty line. Most households rent rather than own, and only about 14% of homes have children under 18 — so families here are a relative minority in a neighborhood of mostly adult households. Getting to school is straightforward by subway, with three nearby stops serving families from across the South Bronx and beyond.
Prospect Av (2/5) is the closest stop at about a 5-minute walk; Longwood Av (6) is about 6 minutes and E 149 St (6) about 7 minutes on foot.
Enrollment & applying
Enrollment availability is tracked from the school's published listings and refreshed daily. Confirm cycle dates on the school's own site before applying.
Academic Performance
ELA Proficiency
Students scoring proficient or above on the NY State ELA exam.
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
Math Proficiency
Students scoring proficient or above on the NY State Math exam.
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
Historical Trends
The dashed line marks 2023, when New York changed its grades 3–8 state tests. Scores before and after it aren’t directly comparable.
2020–2021 data unavailable due to COVID-19
Source: NYC DOE School Quality Reports
Survey Results
NYC School Survey (2025) · 31 families responded (9% rate)
Racial & Ethnic Diversity
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
Economic Need & Special Populations
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx a good school?
- On Motley, Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx earns an overall rating of 59/100 — the average of the school's New York State ELA and math proficiency, grades 3–8, shown out of 100. Its state test results run above the District 8 average.
- What grades does Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx serve?
- Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx serves grades K to 12.
- How do students get into Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx?
- Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx is a charter school — it admits through a free public lottery, with no test or attendance zone.
- Is Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx public, charter, or private?
- Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx is a public charter school in NYC Community School District 8.
- What neighborhood is Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx in?
- Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx is in Longwood, Bronx.