Family Life Academy Charter School, Bronx NY

Original Research by School Decision on Family Life Academy Charter School

Family Life Academy Charter School serves kindergarten through fifth grade in the Bronx, operating as a charter school within a network that now extends through high school. The school is located in a neighborhood experiencing substantial affordable housing growth, with major developments underway in the borough and improved transit infrastructure planned.

The school enrolls a small student body concentrated in the primary and intermediate grades. The student population is predominantly Hispanic, with most students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. Data on special populations such as students with disabilities and English learners was not available.

In state math assessments, the school's proficiency patterns vary by grade. Third and fifth graders show moderate performance, with just over half meeting proficiency standards, while fourth grade shows notably lower performance, with less than half of students proficient. The school's performance on these mathematics assessments places it in the top quartile among districts in Bronx County when looking at overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades. In English language arts, performance ranges from the low forties to the mid-fifties across grades three through five. Fifth-grade science proficiency sits near half. A parent may want to look into the school's support structures in fourth grade math, where performance dips relative to adjacent grades, to understand whether specific curricular or instructional approaches are in place or planned.

The school's most recent comparable statewide data on social studies comes from several years ago and is not current enough to reflect present practice. Graduation rate data does not apply to a school serving only elementary grades. Chronic absenteeism data was not available.

The charter operates within a network structure, meaning families with children at this elementary campus have the option to continue through the newly opened high school within the same organization without seeking outside placement for secondary grades. This represents continuity of enrollment pathway and school community. The elementary school is positioned in the South Bronx, a dense urban neighborhood served by multiple subway lines and local bus routes, with parkland, libraries, and retail corridors accessible by foot or transit.

The broader Bronx market shows modest home-value appreciation and stable rental rates. The neighborhood surrounding the school continues to see substantial development investment focused on affordable housing production, which may shape school enrollment and family stability in coming years.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 356%

School 56% · district not reported

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 439%

School 39% · district not reported

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 559%

School 59% · district not reported

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 344%

School 44% · district not reported

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 448%

School 48% · district not reported

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 556%

School 56% · district not reported

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Science

Grade 547%

School 47% · district not reported

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 592%

School 92% · district not reported

even with state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

This schoolDistrict average, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income29%Higher-income43%14 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income57%Higher-income100%43 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income53%Higher-income57%4 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income37%Higher-income57%21 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income34%Higher-income57%23 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income14%Higher-income14%0 pp gap