At a Glance
A Bronx charter high school where families feel deeply heard and the student body mirrors its neighborhood block by block
Best suited for
Bronx families in the Kingsbridge-Marble Hill area who want a small, parent-engaged charter high school close to home and don't need the academic data to line up neatly before applying.
Overall Rating
Rating = average of 4-year graduation, English Regents college-ready and Regents completion · DOE 2025 report
Bands are Motley's thresholds on a 0–100 scale, not New York State performance levels.
How this is scored→What stands out
- 99% parent satisfaction — well above the district average of 94% and a real signal of family buy-in.
- Parent-principal trust at 99% suggests leadership is accessible and responsive to families.
- A charter option that serves grades 9–12 plus special education in a neighborhood without many alternatives.
- A student body that closely mirrors the surrounding census tract — community school in the truest sense.
- Easy access via the 1 train from multiple nearby stations.
Things to consider
- Charter lottery means admission is not guaranteed — apply and hope.
- Teacher survey had just 15 respondents, a small sample that makes staff-side numbers harder to weigh.
- Teacher-rated instruction quality (76%) sits well below the district average of 91% — worth asking the school directly what that means in practice.
- High economic need index (84.1) means most students arrive with the kinds of out-of-school challenges that follow poverty.
- School-level proficiency scores aren't reported, so families can't benchmark academic outcomes before applying.
Based on 2024-25 data
School SummaryDistrict 10
District 10 in the Bronx includes higher-rated elementary peers like P.S. 024 (92/100) and P.S. 081 (88/100), but those are K–5 schools, so this charter high school doesn't have an apples-to-apples peer comparison within the district's top performers. As a small charter high school in a neighborhood zoned for larger comprehensive campuses, it offers a meaningfully different option.
Academics
The school-level proficiency data needed to compare this school against the district's 45% ELA and 44% math averages isn't reported here, so academic outcomes can't be benchmarked directly. Class size of 22.9 is right at the district average, so students aren't getting unusually small or large cohorts. What we can say is that 16% of students have IEPs — a meaningful share that signals the school serves students across a wide range of needs.
Culture
Parents clearly love this place: 99% parent satisfaction and 98–99% trust in both teachers and the principal, well above the district average of 94%. Teachers are more measured — 76% rate instruction quality positively (notably below the district's 91%) and 83% trust the principal, with 84% trusting their colleagues. Only 15 teachers responded, a small sample, so those numbers should be read with some caution. The picture that emerges is a school where families feel heard and the leadership is responsive, even if some staff want more from the day-to-day instructional support.
Community
The student body is 65% Hispanic and 34% Black, with very small shares of Asian, White, and multiracial students — a low diversity index of 42% that mostly reflects a Hispanic-Black split rather than broad cross-group mix. The economic need index of 84.1 is high, meaning most students come from low-income households, which tracks with the surrounding neighborhood's 27.7% poverty rate. This is a school that serves the families who live within walking and subway distance, not a commuter destination.
Neighborhood
Kingsbridge-Marble Hill is a working- and middle-class stretch of the west Bronx where most residents rent (only 17% own) and households with kids are scarcer than in many other Bronx neighborhoods at about 14%. Median household income sits around $54,000 and about 30% of adults have a bachelor's degree. It's a neighborhood where families navigate by the 1 train more than by car.
Three 1 train stops serve the school: Marble Hill-225 St is about a 5-minute walk, 231 St about 9 minutes, and 215 St about 12 minutes.
Enrollment & applying
Enrollment availability is tracked from the school's published listings and refreshed daily. Confirm cycle dates on the school's own site before applying.
Survey Results
NYC School Survey (2025) · 129 families responded (41% rate)
Racial & Ethnic Diversity
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
Economic Need & Special Populations
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is United Charter High School for the Humanities a good school?
- On Motley, United Charter High School for the Humanities earns an overall rating of 52/100 — the average of the school's four-year graduation rate, the share of its students scoring college-ready (70+) on the English Regents, and its Regents completion rate, shown out of 100.
- What grades does United Charter High School for the Humanities serve?
- United Charter High School for the Humanities serves grades 9 to 12.
- How do students get into United Charter High School for the Humanities?
- United Charter High School for the Humanities is a charter school — it admits through a free public lottery, with no test or attendance zone.
- Is United Charter High School for the Humanities public, charter, or private?
- United Charter High School for the Humanities is a public charter school in NYC Community School District 10.
- What neighborhood is United Charter High School for the Humanities in?
- United Charter High School for the Humanities is in Kingsbridge-Marble Hill, Bronx.