KIPP Bronx Charter School III

Both ELA (63.7%) and math (67.3%) proficiency sit comfortably above the District 7 averages of about 51% and 49%, and the overall quality score of 2.62 out of 4 outpaces the district average of 2.01. What's most striking is the trajectory: math proficiency has nearly tripled from 23.8% in 2022 to 67.3% in 2025, while ELA climbed from 41.4% to 63.7% over the same period — a gain of more than 22 percentage points in four years. By grade level, scores are strongest in upper elementary and middle school: 5th graders hit 76.5% in math, and 8th graders reached 71.3% in ELA. The one notable dip is 3rd-grade ELA at 48.2%, which is closer to the district average and suggests the earliest elementary years still have catching up to do.

Parent satisfaction is high at 97%, well above the district's 93.5%, and families report strong trust in both teachers and the principal at 94%. But the day-to-day reality is more complicated: chronic absenteeism sits at 66.2%, meaning more than two-thirds of students miss enough school to be flagged, and the overall attendance rate of 90.3% is just below the district average of 91.1%. The trust scores are impressive but come with a real asterisk — only 4% of families completed the survey (97 responses out of roughly 600 students), so they're not a read on the full parent body.

The 600-student body is 57% Hispanic and 38% Black, mirroring the working-class, predominantly renter neighborhood around it. The economic need index of 87.2 indicates very high poverty, and 19% of students have IEPs — a higher share than is typical citywide. The diversity index of 48% is on the lower side, reflecting that this is largely a school of color serving a neighborhood of color rather than a place where many different racial and ethnic backgrounds mix.

Concourse-Concourse Village is a densely built, working-class pocket of the South Bronx where the median household income hovers around $40,255 and about a third of residents live below the poverty line. Homeownership is low at 11.1%, meaning most families rent, and only about 14% of households include children — relatively few for a New York City neighborhood. Just 15.8% of adults here hold a bachelor's degree, which makes a college-prep school with a strong K-12 pipeline especially meaningful for the families it serves.

Families can reach the 149 St-Grand Concourse station (serving the 2, 4, and 5 lines) in about a three-minute walk, and the 138 St-Grand Concourse station (4 and 5) is roughly eight minutes away on foot.