Young Voices Academy of the Bronx

The school's 2025 ELA proficiency of 58.5% sits modestly above the District 11 average of about 57%, and math at 55% is essentially right at the district average of 55.6%. Grade-by-grade results are encouraging, with 5th graders posting 67.6% in ELA and 60.5% in math — well above their younger peers. The longer arc tells a bumpier story: ELA dipped as low as 34.2% in 2022 and 40.7% in 2024 before jumping to this year's 58.5%. That volatility year to year, while common in small schools, means parents should pay more attention to multi-year trends than any single snapshot.

The day-to-day feel here is calm and family-connected. Zero suspensions across three years is a standout indicator of a settled environment, and the teacher-reported safety score of 96% backs that up. Parents give the school near-perfect marks on relationships (100%), trust with teachers (97%), and trust with the principal (93%) — all above district averages. Teachers rate their own instruction quality at 90%, slightly below the district's 92%, and their trust in the principal at 83%. One important caveat: only 18 teachers completed the survey, so the staff-side numbers carry more uncertainty than usual at a school this size.

The student body is 66% Hispanic, 16% White, 12% Asian, 5% Black, with small multiracial and Native American slices — a diversity index of 57%. That mix tracks reasonably well with the surrounding Pelham Parkway-Van Nest neighborhood, a middle-income area where about 17% of households include children. Seventeen percent of students have IEPs, and the economic need index of 74.7 indicates a majority of families are at or near the poverty line, even though the broader neighborhood's poverty rate is closer to 16% — a reminder that zoned schools often serve families from a wider economic range than the immediate census tract.

Pelham Parkway-Van Nest is a middle-income Bronx neighborhood with a median household income around $72,600, a poverty rate of about 16%, and roughly 17% of households including children. Homeownership is low (23%) and most families rent, with a median home value near $416,000. About 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The area sits in a transitional zone of the Bronx, with mix of neighborhoods, multi-family homes, and small commercial strips.

Transit access is a real strength here. Families can reach the Morris Park 5 stop in about a four-minute walk, the Pelham Parkway 2/5 stop in about six minutes, and the Bronx Park East 2/5 stop in about ten minutes — meaning most of the 2 and 5 lines are within easy walking distance.