At a Glance
A Bronx Catholic elementary where faith and academics share the daily routine, priced well below most private schools.
Best suited for
Catholic or faith-curious Bronx families with elementary-age children who want a values-driven, affordable private school rooted in their own neighborhood.
What stands out
- Tuition around $6,965 makes St. Clare one of the more affordable private elementary options in the Bronx.
- The Education through Music Program integrates music instruction into the regular school day, not just as an elective.
- Rolling admissions ease the timing pressure that dominates most private-school applications.
- NCEA accreditation signals adherence to nationally recognized Catholic-school standards.
- A student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1 keeps classes small enough for real teacher attention.
Things to consider
- Parent reviews land at 3.6 out of 5 with at least one complaint about administrative costs — worth asking current families directly about billing and communication.
- The school ends at 5th grade, so families will need a separate middle-school plan by 6th grade.
- A Catholic identity is central to the school day; families uncomfortable with that should look elsewhere.
- At 222 students across six grades, it has the feel of a parish school rather than a large institutional campus.
Identity
St. Clare is a coed Roman Catholic elementary serving pre-K through 5th grade, accredited by the National Catholic Educational Association. Its stated mission pairs academic excellence with faith formation, the classic parish-school formula. The school is part of the long network of Bronx Catholic schools that have anchored their neighborhoods for generations.
Community
The student body is genuinely mixed: roughly 39% white, 33% Hispanic, 14% Asian, with smaller Black and multiracial shares, and a diversity index in the higher-middle range. Morris Park itself sits in a solidly middle-income pocket of the Bronx, and the school draws from that surrounding community. It does not read as an elite or selective private school — it reads as a neighborhood institution with broad doors.
Neighborhood
Morris Park is a middle-class, family-oriented Bronx neighborhood with a median household income around $75,592 and a poverty rate near 11.6%. About a third of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, suggesting a stable working- and middle-class population. The school sits in a residential stretch of the neighborhood, not a commercial corridor.
The Morris Park 5 train is about a 6-minute walk; Pelham Pkwy (5) is roughly 12 minutes and Bronx Park East (2, 5) about 13 minutes on foot.
Notable Programs
What Parents Are Saying
Mixed reviews (3.6/5 from 20 reviews); one parent complaint about tuition fees and administrative costs
Synthesized from public parent reviews · Apr 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is ST CLARE SCHOOL a good school?
- Published quality ratings aren't available for ST CLARE SCHOOL yet on Motley. It's a private school serving grades Pre-K to 5 in Morris Park.
- What grades does ST CLARE SCHOOL serve?
- ST CLARE SCHOOL serves grades Pre-K to 5.
- How do students get into ST CLARE SCHOOL?
- ST CLARE SCHOOL runs its own private admissions process — typically an application, a visit, and sometimes testing.
- Is ST CLARE SCHOOL public, charter, or private?
- ST CLARE SCHOOL is a private school.
- What neighborhood is ST CLARE SCHOOL in?
- ST CLARE SCHOOL is in Morris Park, Bronx.