Brilla Caritas Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 240 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New York. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Bronx County.
a 417:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 25.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.6% Hispanic or Latino, 10.3% African American, 1.7% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Brilla Caritas Charter School, enrolling 417 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Brilla Caritas Charter School accounts for 100.0% of all Brilla Caritas Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Brilla Caritas Charter School a distant remainder — means Brilla Caritas Charter School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Brilla Caritas Charter School reports 90.0% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Brilla Caritas Charter School student-counselor ratio is 417:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Brilla Caritas Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 25.2% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Brilla Caritas Charter School is typically wider than the Brilla Caritas Charter School-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Brilla Caritas Charter School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Brilla Caritas Charter School?
Brilla Caritas Charter School has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 240 students.
What is the demographic composition of Brilla Caritas Charter School?
Brilla Caritas Charter School students are 85.6% Hispanic or Latino, 10.3% African American, 1.7% Asian, 0.2% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.