Harriet Tubman Charter School

ELA proficiency of 70.7% is roughly 26 points above the district average of 44.75%, and math proficiency of 67.8% is about 23 points above the district's 44.7%. The trajectory is clearly upward — ELA has climbed from 43.6% in 2016 to 70.7% in 2025, and math from 51.2% to 67.8%, with a notable dip in 2022 (31.7%) the school has since recovered from. Science proficiency at 59.6% is also well above average. Results vary meaningfully by grade: 4th-grade ELA (77.8%), 5th-grade ELA (88.3%), 4th-grade math (88.6%), and 7th-grade math (84%) are standout, while 8th-grade math at 49.1% lags behind the school's overall math strength and is worth asking about.

The day-to-day feel here sounds unusually positive. Teachers rate principal leadership at 98% trust and instructional quality at 99% — both well above district averages — and 91% of teachers describe their colleagues as collaborative. Parent satisfaction at 96% (vs. district 94%) and parent-principal trust at 94% suggest families feel heard. Attendance is striking: 99.5%, compared to the district average of 90.1% — students here simply show up. Teacher-reported safety at 84% sits just above the district average of 83.3%, which is worth watching but not a red flag. The chronic absenteeism figure of 99.4% in the data appears to be the share of students who are not chronically absent; with attendance at 99.5%, this is internally consistent.

The student body is 63% Black and 34% Hispanic, with very small numbers of White, Asian, Native American, and multiracial students — a diversity index of 45% reflecting a community that is largely, though not exclusively, two groups. With an economic need index of 89.5%, roughly nine in ten students come from economically disadvantaged households. The neighborhood shares that profile: 44.1% of residents live in poverty, median household income sits around $30,000, and homeownership is just 2.7% — almost everyone rents.

Claremont Village-Claremont (East) is a working-class, predominantly renter neighborhood in the central Bronx — median household income around $30,000, with nearly half of residents living below the poverty line. Only about 10% of households have children, and just 11.4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, so families with school-age kids are a smaller share of the population than in many other parts of the city. Housing is overwhelmingly rental, though median home values near $630,000 reflect broader borough trends rather than local buying power.

Getting here without a car means a real walk — about 13 minutes from the 170 St B/D, 14 minutes from the 167 St B/D, and 19 minutes from the Prospect Av 2/5 — so most families likely rely on the bus, school transportation, or driving.