Success Academy Charter School - Bronx 2

With 96% ELA proficiency and 96.8% math proficiency, this school posts results more than double the district averages of roughly 45% in both subjects, and its overall score of 3.86 out of 4 puts it near the top of any Bronx comparison. Scores dipped in 2022 (ELA down to 70%, math to 74.7%) in line with citywide post-pandemic patterns, but have climbed every year since, reaching their highest levels in 2025. The strength holds across grade levels: Grade 3 hits 96% ELA and 97% math, Grade 5 reaches 99% math, and Grades 6 and 7 both post 100% math proficiency.

The day-to-day feel is mixed. Attendance is solid at 93.8%, above the district average of about 90%, yet the chronic absenteeism rate of 81.2% is striking — most individual students miss enough school to qualify as chronically absent, even if the average looks healthy. Family survey numbers are an incomplete signal: only 5 families responded (a 1% response rate), so the 72% parent satisfaction and 60% parent-principal trust figures should be read as hints rather than firm conclusions. Parent-teacher trust is healthier at 80%. The combination of very high achievement and strained principal-level trust is the kind of thing worth asking current families about directly.

The student body is 58% Black and 36% Hispanic, with small shares of Asian, white, multiracial, and Native American students — a profile that closely tracks Claremont Village-Claremont (East), where most residents are Black and Latino. The economic need index of 86.4% reflects a school serving predominantly low-income families. With a diversity index of 52%, the school is moderately rather than highly diverse, meaning most students share similar backgrounds. IEP enrollment of 15% is roughly in line with city averages.

Claremont Village-Claremont (East) is a low-income neighborhood where the median household income is around $30,475 and 44% of households live below the poverty line. Only 10% of households have children, so families with school-age kids are a minority locally — many are traveling in from elsewhere for the charter seats. Just 2.7% of homes are owner-occupied and the BA+ education rate is 11.4%. The neighborhood sits near the B, D, and 4 subway lines.

Subway access is workable but requires a real walk. Families from 170 St (B, D) face about an 11-minute walk, while 174-175 Sts (B, D) is roughly 15 minutes and Mt Eden Av (4) is about 16 minutes away.