Grant Avenue Elementary School

Test scores jumped sharply this year — ELA climbed from 27% to 44% and math from 23% to 41%, the highest marks this school has posted in the data we have. That's essentially at the district average in ELA (45%) and just below in math (45%), a meaningful leap from a school that sat in the high 20s for several years. The longer arc shows a slow climb from 2016 to 2019, a pandemic-era dip, and now this year's strong rebound. Grade 5 is leading the way, with half of those students proficient in ELA — the strongest single-grade result in the school.

The social fabric here is strong on almost every measure families and teachers see: 95% of parents are satisfied, 96% trust the principal, and every teacher who responded said the school has strong relationships (100%). Teachers also rate leadership at 97% trust and instruction quality at 91% — both above district averages. Teacher-reported safety at 79% is a touch below the district's 83%, worth flagging but not alarming. The big concern is chronic absenteeism at 59% — far above the district — meaning more than half of students miss too many school days. The discipline story is the opposite: zero suspensions in the most recent year and only two the year before, so behavior is essentially a non-issue.

Grant Avenue serves 373 students, with about 63% Hispanic, 27% Black, and a small but notable Native American population (3%) — an unusually high share for a Bronx elementary that adds a distinct cultural thread. The economic need index of 92% means the vast majority of students come from low-income households, which mirrors the Concourse neighborhood where median income sits around $40,000. Twenty-seven percent of students have IEPs — meaningfully higher than the city average — so this school carries a substantial special education caseload alongside its general-ed population.

The Concourse-Concourse Village is a working-class, densely settled part of the Bronx where most residents rent, fewer than one in six adults have a bachelor's degree, and only about 14% of households include children under 18. Median household income sits around $40,000 — well below the city median — and the poverty rate is high. The neighborhood is transit-oriented, with the B, D, and 4 lines running through it, which shapes how most families get around.

The school is about a 9-minute walk from both the 167 St station (B and D trains) and the 161 St-Yankee Stadium station (B, D, and 4 trains), giving families a few subway options for the commute.