Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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Our Library Media Center serves children from Pre-Kindergarten to Fifth grade. We consider ourselves a little oasis in the South Bronx. 98% of our students are eligible for free lunch and 54% of our children are living below the poverty line. Everyone knows economically disadvantaged students have a very difficult time with succeeding in school. However, despite the bleak reality we make the impossible possible. Our children are curious, passionate and love learning.
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Our Library Media Center serves children from Pre-Kindergarten to Fifth grade. We consider ourselves a little oasis in the South Bronx. 98% of our students are eligible for free lunch and 54% of our children are living below the poverty line. Everyone knows economically disadvantaged students have a very difficult time with succeeding in school. However, despite the bleak reality we make the impossible possible. Our children are curious, passionate and love learning.