New Pathways Academy

Test scores are below district averages — ELA proficiency at 39.5% trails the district's roughly 45%, and math at 30% is well behind the district's 45%. The overall quality score of 1.39 out of 4 also sits below the district's 1.79. But the trajectory tells a different story: in 2019, only 9.6% of students were proficient in ELA and 4.4% in math, so this is a school that has climbed significantly over six years, including a jump in math from 9.5% in 2022 to 30–35% in recent years. Within the building, 7th and 8th graders outperform 6th graders noticeably, suggesting students warm into the school over time or that instruction ramps up in upper grades.

This is a school where trust runs high — 98% of teachers trust their principal, 97% of parents do too, and 95% rate instruction quality positively, beating the district average of about 90%. Parent satisfaction at 94% matches the district exactly, which is striking given the lower test scores here. Discipline is essentially a non-issue: just one suspension in 2023-24, a rate of 1%, well below the district's 0.4% low base. The catch is attendance — chronic absenteeism is high at 72.8%, meaning nearly three-quarters of students miss 10% or more of the school year. That's the day-to-day reality: a calm, trusted environment where getting kids through the door consistently is the real battle.

The student body is 60% Hispanic and 38% Black, with very small numbers of White and Native American students and no Asian or multiracial representation. That mirrors the surrounding neighborhood closely, where the population is heavily Latino and Black. With only 13.7% of neighborhood households including children and a poverty rate of 34%, the families who land here are navigating real economic pressure — the school's economic need index sits at 90.7, near the top of the scale. About 30% of students have IEPs, and ELL support is offered, so this is a school accustomed to serving a wide range of learning needs.

Concourse-Concourse Village is a dense, working-class stretch of the South Bronx where most residents rent (only about 11% own their homes), median household income is around $40,000, and just 15.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree. Only about 14% of households include children, which means local public schools like this one draw from a smaller-than-average pool of neighborhood families. Despite the economic pressures, this is a transit-connected area anchored near Yankee Stadium.

Families have three subway options within roughly a 10–14 minute walk: the B and D lines at 167 St (about 10 minutes), the 4 train at 167 St (about 14 minutes), and the B and D at 161 St-Yankee Stadium (about 13 minutes). None are right at the school, so most families will be walking, taking a bus, or driving.