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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 8

Bronx Charter School for Excellence 3, Bronx, NY

Charter schoolCEP schoolBronx Charter School for Excellence 3 is a public elementary school in Bronx, part of Bronx Charter School for Excellence 3. It enrolled 512 students in 2024-25, with 19.7 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 3".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
512
Teachers (FTE)
26.0
Students per teacher
19.7
Grades
K to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 19.7. The New York average across schools is 11.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school19.7
District19.7
New York11.4
United States15.3

School details

Address
3956 Carpenter Ave, Bronx, NY 10466
Phone
(718)882-0231
District
Bronx Charter School for Excellence 3
County
Bronx County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
360115706601
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
404
Reduced-price lunch
15
Free or reduced-price lunch
41981.8% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Bronx

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.