At a Glance
An alternative home-instruction program serving a small, individualized caseload across every grade level.
Best suited for
Families in District 8 whose children require alternative instruction due to medical, IEP-related, or other circumstances that make a traditional classroom setting impractical.
What stands out
- Enrollment of just 40 students across all grades PK-12 means every student gets a highly individualized instructional plan.
- Seventy-three percent of students have IEPs — far above any typical school, indicating this program is built around students with special needs.
- The demographic mix, with White students as the largest single group, is unusual for District 8 and reflects the program's referral-based intake.
- As a District 8 home instruction program, it provides an alternative for families whose children cannot attend a standard school building.
Things to consider
- This is not a zoned neighborhood school — enrollment requires a referral process, and it's intended for families whose children need instruction outside a traditional setting.
- With only 40 students total, there are no classmates in the conventional sense; socialization happens through the family's own arrangements.
- Standard academic performance metrics aren't reported here, so families can't compare it to a typical school using ELA/math proficiency or school survey scores.
- At about a 20-minute walk from the nearest subway stops, this isn't a transit-convenient location for daily commuting.
- The high economic need index (85) suggests most enrolled families are lower-income, and the program is designed to serve those needs rather than a selective applicant pool.
Based on 2023-24 data
School SummaryDistrict 8
Among District 8 peers — which include high-performing charters like Success Academy - Bronx 4 and more traditional zoned schools — Home Instruction is in a category of its own, serving a specialized function rather than competing on the same academic measures.
Academics
Standardized proficiency rates aren't reported for this program, which makes sense — with only 40 students spanning every grade from Pre-K through 12, there isn't a comparable testing cohort to benchmark against the district's roughly 46% ELA and 48% math proficiency averages. The instructional model is individualized rather than grade-cohort based, so traditional trend comparisons don't quite apply here.
Culture
With just 40 students total, attendance percentages, parent survey responses, and suspension rates aren't reported in a way that can be compared against district averages — the program simply doesn't fit those metrics. What you can infer is that the low enrollment reflects a small, case-managed setting rather than a struggling large school. The 73% IEP rate signals a staff culture focused on individualized instruction rather than whole-classroom dynamics.
Community
Students here are unusually diverse compared to typical District 8 schools: White students make up the largest share at 40%, with Hispanic (30%), Asian (15%), Black (10%), Multi-Racial (3%), and Native American (3%) students rounding out the group. The high economic need index of 85 (on a 100-point scale where higher means more need) tells you most enrolled families are lower-income, and the Throgs Neck-Schuylerville neighborhood around it has a median household income around $85,000. This is a small program drawing from a broad swath of the Bronx.
Neighborhood
Throgs Neck-Schuylerville is a middle-income corner of the eastern Bronx where about 18% of households have kids, and nearly half of residents own their homes — higher than the borough average. A poverty rate near 15% sits below many Bronx neighborhoods, and the streets are lined with attached homes and small apartment buildings. The vibe is more suburban-Bronx than dense urban, with a working- and middle-class feel.
The program sits about a 20-minute walk from either the Middletown Rd or Westchester Sq-E Tremont Av stops on the 6 line, so most families will likely be driving or getting dropped off rather than taking the train.
Racial & Ethnic Diversity
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
Economic Need & Special Populations
How to get in, step by step
Home Instruction is a District 75 school, part of the city's network of programs for students with significant disabilities. There's no application to file: a child is placed here when their IEP recommends a District 75 setting.
- 1Talk with your child's IEP team about the setting the IEP recommends.
- 2If it recommends a District 75 program, the DOE offers the seat — ask the team which programs they're considering and visit them.
District 75 is the city's citywide district for students with significant disabilities. In the DOE's words, it provides “highly specialized instructional support” for students with challenges such as autism, significant cognitive delays, emotional disabilities, sensory impairments and multiple disabilities.
Its classes run in schools where every student has an IEP, as special classes inside District 1–32 schools, in general education classrooms, and in agencies, hospitals and at home. The IEP team, which includes you, recommends the program and class size.
From NYC Public Schools' District 75 page, read October 17, 2026.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is Home Instruction a good school?
- Published quality ratings aren't available for Home Instruction yet on Motley. It's a public school serving grades Pre-K to 12 in Throgs Neck-Schuylerville.
- What grades does Home Instruction serve?
- Home Instruction serves grades Pre-K to 12.
- How do students get into Home Instruction?
- Home Instruction is a District 75 school, part of the city's citywide district for students with significant disabilities. There's no application: a child is placed here when their IEP team recommends a District 75 setting.
- Is Home Instruction public, charter, or private?
- Home Instruction is a public school in District 75, the city's citywide special education district.
- What neighborhood is Home Instruction in?
- Home Instruction is in Throgs Neck-Schuylerville, Bronx.