Original Research by School Decision on Girls Preparatory Charter School of New York
Girls Preparatory Charter School of New York is a single-gender public charter school serving grades one through ten in the Bronx, with a student body that is predominantly Black and Hispanic. The school is small, enrolling just over two hundred students across its grade span. The student population is nearly evenly split between Black and Hispanic students, with minimal representation of other racial and ethnic groups.
The school underwent significant structural changes in recent years. In late 2020, its charter was revised to authorize expansion into high school grades, with grade nine phasing in during the 2022-23 school year and grade ten added the following year. This shift allowed families to pursue a complete all-girls educational pathway without having to transfer schools after eighth grade, a change that shaped enrollment planning and program design.
In 2023, however, the school pursued a substantial downsizing and grade restructuring with its authorizer, reducing its chartered enrollment capacity well below previously authorized levels. This reframing of the school's size and scope is worth asking the school directly about, since it signals both a change in the student experience and the school's enrollment trajectory.
Beginning in the 2025-26 school year, Girls Preparatory Charter School was taken on by Excellence Community Schools, a charter management organization, marking a transition in the leadership and operational structure that had governed the school. Management transitions can affect curriculum, staffing, and daily operations, so families already enrolled or considering enrollment may want to learn more about what this change means for the school's direction.
State testing data for this school was not available, so its academic proficiency in reading, mathematics, and other tested subjects cannot be assessed from this record. The school's attendance presents a soft spot: chronic absenteeism here sits well above the median among Bronx County's districts, falling in the bottom quartile. Per-pupil spending at the school is in the upper range among county districts, reflecting the resource intensity of a small charter operation.
The school does not report the share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, nor does it report the rates of students with individualized education plans or English learners. These gaps may reflect gaps in the school's own data collection or reporting, or they may reflect the way the school categorizes its population; a parent may want to check directly with the school on these enrollment details if they are relevant to their family's needs.
A family considering this school should weigh its small size, single-gender environment, and newly restructured grade configuration alongside the significant changes in its management and enrollment footprint over the past few years. The school's academic standing relative to other options in the Bronx cannot be determined from available data, making a direct conversation with school leadership and current families a necessary step in the decision process.
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