United Charter High School for Advanced Math and Science

Specific ELA and math proficiency figures aren't available in this dataset, but the indirect signals on academic quality are strong. Teachers rate their own instructional quality at 95%, meaningfully above the district 10 average of 91.4%. The average class size of 22.9 students matches the district average, so students aren't getting smaller classes than they'd get elsewhere — what seems to differentiate the experience is the culture around teaching rather than structural advantages. With 10% of students classified as IEP and an economic need index of 82.4 (meaning more than eight in ten students come from low-income households), the school is serving a population that many systems struggle with, and the survey responses suggest it's doing so with engaged staff.

This is where the school really distinguishes itself. Parent satisfaction sits at 97%, parent trust in teachers at 98%, and parent trust in the principal at 98% — all well above the district averages. The 84% family survey response rate is striking; at most schools, getting a third of families to respond is considered good. On the staff side, teacher-principal trust is 91% and teacher collegial trust is 85%, which suggests teachers feel respected by leadership and get along with each other. One honest caveat: only 34 teachers responded to the survey, which is a relatively small sample for a school of this size, so the staff-side numbers should be read with that in mind.

The student body is 57% Hispanic and 37% Black, with small shares of Asian, white, multiracial, and Native American students. This composition closely tracks the surrounding Kingsbridge-Marble Hill neighborhood, which has a substantial Latino population and a median household income around $53,729 — meaning most families sending kids to this school live in households earning solidly working-class wages, with about 28% of neighborhood households in poverty. The school draws a student body that's demographically coherent with its zip code rather than pulling from a wide geographic spread.

Kingsbridge-Marble Hill is a working- and middle-class neighborhood in the northwest Bronx with a median household income of $53,729 and a poverty rate of 27.7%. Only about 14% of neighborhood households include children, which is relatively low and reflects the area's mix of longtime residents, renters, and young professionals. About 30% of adults have a bachelor's degree or higher, and homeownership is low at 17% — most residents rent. The median home value of $603,293 tells you this is a rentership neighborhood where owning would be a stretch for many.

The school is well-served by the 1 train: Marble Hill-225 St is about a 5-minute walk, 231 St is about 9 minutes, and 215 St is roughly 12 minutes — three stops on the same line give families some flexibility on which platform to use.