I.S. 313 School of Leadership Development

Proficiency is well below the district average of about 45% in both ELA (17.2%) and math (17.5%), and science proficiency sits at 12.8%. The long-term trend is genuinely encouraging — ELA rose from 8.2% in 2016 to a peak of 26.9% in 2022, and math climbed from 8.2% to 29.2% by 2024. But the most recent two years show a sharp pullback in both subjects, with math especially volatile. The grade-by-grade breakdown is uneven: Grade 8 students are reaching proficiency at roughly twice the rate of Grade 7, while Grade 6 math sits at 0% — a red flag for incoming cohorts or possibly a small-sample artifact worth asking about directly.

The climate story here is two-sided. Parents are highly engaged and trusting — 85 families responded to the survey (a strong 83% response rate), and trust scores from families are in the high 90s. Zero suspensions across the past three years is a genuine positive. But chronic absenteeism at 64.5% is severe, and attendance overall (88.9%) trails the district average of 90.1%. Teachers rate the quality of instruction at 86% (below the 90% district average), and trust between teachers and the principal sits at just 70% — meaningfully lower than the family-side scores — suggesting the staff experience may feel different from the parent experience.

The student body is 71% Hispanic and 27% Black, reflecting the surrounding neighborhood, with a diversity index of 39% indicating a fairly homogeneous community. The economic need index of 95% places it among the city's highest-need schools, and 28% of students have IEPs — a significantly higher share than typical. Program offerings are limited (a richness score of 19 out of 100), with ELL support as the named special program. The school serves a population that, statistically, faces more uphill conditions than most.

Claremont Village-Claremont (East) is a working-class, heavily renter neighborhood where the median household income hovers around $30,000 and over 44% of residents live below the poverty line. Only about 10% of households include children, and just 2.7% are owner-occupants — typical of dense, multi-family Bronx blocks. Fewer than 12% of adults here hold a bachelor's degree, and the median home value of roughly $629,000 reflects the building stock rather than resident wealth.

The 174-175 Sts and 170 St stations on the B and D lines are both about a 10-minute walk, and Tremont Av (B D) is roughly 14 minutes on foot.