in Tremont and Belmont, there are 37 bodegas. The nearest hospitals are St Barnabas Hospital in Belmont and Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center in Claremont. Post office and ZIP Code Tremont is covered by the ZIP Code 10457. The United States Postal Service operates the Tremont Station at 757 East Tremont Avenue. Education Tremont and Belmont generally have a lower rate of college-educated residents than the rest of the city . While 19% of residents age 25 and older have a college education or higher, 36% have less than a high school education and 45% are high school graduates or have some college education. By contrast, 26% of Bronx residents and 43% of city residents have a college education or higher. The percentage of Tremont and Belmont students excelling in math rose from 19% in 2000 to 44% in 2011, and reading achievement increased from 25% to 30% during the same time period. Tremont and Belmont's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is more than the rest of New York City. In Tremont and Belmont, 35% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days per school year, higher than the citywide average of 20%. Additionally, 61% of high school students in Tremont and Belmont graduate on time, lower than the citywide average of 75%. Schools Public: PS 9: Ryer (East 183rd Street and Ryer Avenue) PS 28: Mount Hope (Mount Hope Place and Anthony Avenue) PS 79: Creston (East 181st Street and Creston Avenue) PS 163: Arthur Alonso Schomburg (East 180th Street and Webster Avenue) PS 173: (Walton Avenue and Mount Hope Place) PS/MS 279: Captain Manuel Rivera (East 181st Street and Walton Avenue) MS 117: Joseph H. Wade (East 176th Street and Morris Avenue) MS 331: The Bronx School of Science Inquiry and Investigation (West Tremont Avenue and Davidson Avenue) MS 391: Angelo Patri (East 182nd Street and Webster Avenue) PS 70: Max Schonberg School (Weeks Avenue bet. E. 173rd and E. 174th Streets) Parochial: The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York operates Bronx Catholic schools St. Margaret Mary School (121 East and 177th Street) St. Joseph Catholic School closed in 2019. Libraries The New York Public Library operates the Tremont branch at 1866 Washington Avenue. The branch, a Carnegie library designed by Carrère and Hastings in the Italian Renaissance style, was opened in 1905. Another branch, the Grand Concourse branch, is located at 155 East 173rd Street. The branch