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Bronx Debate Academy, Bronx, NY

CEP schoolBronx Debate Academy is a public middle school in Bronx, part of New York City Geographic District # 9. It enrolled 130 students in 2024-25, with 11.8 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "BRONX DEBATE ACADEMY".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
130
Teachers (FTE)
11.0
Students per teacher
11.8
Grades
6

This school's ratio is 0.6 higher than the district figure of 11.2. The New York average across schools is 11.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school11.8
District11.2
New York11.4
United States15.3

School details

Address
1302 Edward L Grant Hwy, Bronx, NY 10452
Phone
(646)298-1819
District
New York City Geographic District # 9
County
Bronx County
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
New
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
360008606787
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
128
Reduced-price lunch
1
Free or reduced-price lunch
12999.2% 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

Other middle schools in New York City Geographic District # 9

Middle 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.