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Bronx, New York - 1 schools
An equity score of 35/100 ranks Pharos Academy Charter School #656 of 941 districts in New York (state average 45). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $22,624 per pupil, Pharos Academy Charter School ranks #689 of 999 New York districts by per-pupil spending (New York districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Pharos Academy Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 726 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New York. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $22,624 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 999 New York districts by per-pupil spending. See how New York compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The district's equity score is 35/100, ranked #656 of 941 in New York against a state average of 45, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 347.5:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 44.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 67.3% Hispanic or Latino, 29.1% African American, 0.9% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Pharos Academy Charter School, enrolling 695 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Pharos Academy Charter School accounts for 95.7% of all Pharos Academy Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Pharos Academy Charter School a distant remainder — means Pharos Academy Charter School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Pharos Academy Charter School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 87.5% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Pharos Academy Charter School student-counselor ratio is 348:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Pharos Academy Charter School is typically wider than the Pharos Academy Charter School-aggregate figure suggests.
Pharos Academy Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 44.6% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Pharos Academy 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 Pharos Academy Charter School?
Pharos Academy Charter School has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 726 students.
How much does Pharos Academy Charter School spend per student?
Pharos Academy Charter School spends $22,624 per student. The district has an equity score of 35/100, ranking #656 in New York.
What is the demographic composition of Pharos Academy Charter School?
Pharos Academy Charter School students are 67.3% Hispanic or Latino, 29.1% African American, 0.9% Asian, 0.7% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Pharos Academy Charter School?
Pharos Academy Charter School has an equity score of 35/100, ranking #656 out of 941 districts in New York.