P.S. X140 The Eagle School

The headline here is a real leap forward: ELA proficiency rose from 29.6% in 2024 to 49.2% in 2025, and math climbed from 30.9% to 45.5%. ELA now sits about 3 points above the district average of 46%, while math is roughly 2 points below the district's 48%. The overall quality review score of 1.89 out of 4 lands essentially at the district average of 1.88, so the school is no longer a clear underperformer. Within the building, third graders are the bright spot, with 72% math proficiency, while fourth graders are the weakest link at 38% math — a wide grade-level spread worth asking about. The trajectory matters: this school bounced between 16% and 30% proficiency for years before this jump, so whether 2025 represents a real inflection or a one-year bounce is the open question.

Families clearly love this school. Parent satisfaction is 98% (vs. 93% district average), parent-teacher trust is 99%, and 95% of families say there are strong relationships with teachers. Teachers also report strong collegial trust (95%) and 100% trust in their principal — an unusually unified staff picture. The discipline data backs this up: zero suspensions for three straight years in a district where the average suspension rate is 0.6%. But two things give parents pause. First, only 71% of teachers describe the school as safe, compared to 89% across District 8 — a notable gap that may reflect adult perception more than student behavior. Second, chronic absenteeism sits at 48%, meaning nearly half of students miss enough school to be flagged. That's a serious instructional headwind for any gains in test scores to stick. The teacher survey only drew 13 responses, so the climate numbers lean heavily on the 231 family responses.

The student body is 65% Hispanic and 32% Black, with just 1% White and 1% multi-racial, reflecting the demographics of Morrisania where the surrounding neighborhood is heavily Latino and Black. Twenty percent of students have IEPs, and the economic need index of 92% indicates most students come from low-income households — consistent with the neighborhood's 34.7% poverty rate. The diversity index is relatively low at 43%, meaning the school population is fairly homogeneous rather than a melting pot of many backgrounds.

Morrisania is a working-class South Bronx neighborhood where the median household income is $33,049 — well below the city median — and about a third of residents live in poverty. Just 11.5% of households have children, and only 14.9% of adults have a bachelor's degree, reflecting a community where many parents work hourly jobs rather than office careers. Homeownership is rare at under 9%, meaning most families rent and the neighborhood has a transient feel. Still, median home values around $504K show the housing stock is solid and the area is not being written off by the market.

Families reach the school via the 2 and 5 trains — Prospect Av is about an 8-minute walk, Jackson Av about 10 minutes, and Intervale Av roughly 12 minutes. All three are on the same line, which makes the commute predictable if not short.