Original Research by School Decision on Bronx Charter School for Excellence 2
Bronx Charter School for Excellence 2 is a small public charter network operating across two buildings in the Bronx, serving kindergarten through eighth grade. The school enroll students across all nine grades, with each cohort remaining stable in size. The student body is diverse, with roughly equal proportions of Black and Latino students, along with a substantial Asian enrollment. The school does not report free-or-reduced-price-lunch eligibility, English learner counts, or special education enrollment, so a parent seeking clarity on those populations should contact the school directly.
The school earned a National Blue Ribbon Schools Award in 2023 in the exemplary high-performing category, a designation that reflects sustained academic quality and comes from the U.S. Department of Education. The school recently marked the graduation of its first eighth-grade class in 2024, completing its transition to a full K-8program. This matters for families hoping to keep their child in one school community from kindergarten through the end of middle school rather than managing a transfer at a grade boundary.
The school operates from two sites. Students in kindergarten through grade four attend the elementary campus at Holland Avenue. Students in grades five through eight move to a separate middle school building at Williamsbridge Road, both locations within Community School District 11. A parent should understand that this split means a child will change buildings as they progress through the school, which some families see as a natural transition and others prefer to avoid.
Among Bronx County's districts, the school's chronic absenteeism rate falls in the top quartile, meaning the school has lower chronic absenteeism than the great majority of the district-level peer group. This suggests that families and students are engaging with the school regularly. Per-pupil spending sits in the middle range among county comparables, at the lower end of that band, indicating the school operates with modest resources relative to some peers but not at the scarcest end.
State testing data were not available for this entity, so a parent cannot compare the school's proficiency results to peers or track trends over time from the information provided here. A parent may want to look into that further with the school or with the New York City Department of Education. The school does not report a graduation rate because it serves only through eighth grade; high school outcome data do not apply. The school's charter was renewed in 2024 by the SUNY Board of Trustees for a three-year term beginning in 2026, confirming its operational continuity.
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