Accion Academy

Accion Academy is a small middle school in the Bronx, serving grades 6-8 with an enrollment of 189 students. The school is known for its warm, caring, and individualized environment, fostered by its small size and a faculty described as highly motivated and compassionate. Relationships with families are rated as excellent, a sentiment strongly echoed by overwhelmingly positive parent survey results. Teachers express high satisfaction with school leadership and a strong willingness to recommend the school to other families. Academically, the school offers accelerated coursework, including Algebra 1 Regents, with a percentage of students in such courses well above the citywide median. However, proficiency rates in ELA and Math are below the citywide 25th percentile. The school provides extensive extracurricular activities through its after-school program, SONYC, and community-based organization (CBO) partnerships, offering mental health support, academic tutoring, and a variety of clubs like basketball, chess, drama, and dance. While students generally feel safe in common areas, survey results indicate some concerns regarding bullying and physical fights, and school cleanliness.