Enrollment
132
Middle
DISTRICT 180 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7·NCES 360008405786
ACADEMY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
778 FOREST AVE, BRONX, NY 10456 · (718) 665-8866 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL132 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of New York public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public middle schools
Student : Teacher
7.0:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.8:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
122 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 37 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 50 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 45 | 34% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
21.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -11.0pp since 2023
Math
6.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -9.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.0% | 6.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 15.7% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ACADEMY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
ACADEMY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS's state test result (17.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACADEMY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS this school | 132 | 92.4% | 17.7% |
| UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW YORK | 131 | 94.7% | 36.8% |
| IS 339 BRONX | 169 | 94.7% | 40.6% |
| COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258 NEW YORK | 139 | 95.0% | 38.2% |
| IS 584 BRONX | 164 | 96.3% | 34.5% |
| BRONX DEBATE ACADEMY BRONX | 130 | 99.2% | N/A |
Matched among New York middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ACADEMY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.7% | #757 of 766 | #74 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.0% | #764 of 768 ▼ 9 | #74 of 74 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #747 of 768 ▼ 141 | #73 of 74 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 132 | #763 of 796 | #72 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.4% | #114 of 773 | #59 of 75 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -46.8% | #28 of 524 | #12 of 59 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
132
-66 (-33%) vs 2020
-47% since 2010-11, when it was 247
Student : Teacher
7.0:1
was 9.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 132 | 18.9 | 7.0:1 | 92% (122) |
| 2023-24 | 142 | 17.9 | 7.9:1 | 94% (133) |
| 2022-23 | 125 | 19.9 | 6.3:1 | 96% (120) |
| 2020-21 | 198 | 20 | 9.9:1 | 96% (191) |
| 2017-18 | 248 | 22 | 11.3:1 | 91% (226) |
| 2015-16 | 310 | 28 | 11.1:1 | 81% (251) |
| 2010-11 | 247 | 17 | 14.5:1 | 85% (210) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ACADEMY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS.
About ACADEMY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
ACADEMY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS is a middle-grades school in BRONX, New York, according to federal school records. It reports enrollment of 132 students in grades 6 through 8. The school is 75% below the average for middle schools in New York.
Enrollment across the 41 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7 totals 13,625 students.
Hispanic students are 75% of those enrolled at ACADEMY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS. The rest of enrollment is 22% Black and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Bronx County's population at about 55%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 39, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 18.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 7.0 students per teacher. Middle schools in New York have an average ratio of 10.3:1. The school reported 92% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is in line with the 90% average for public schools in Bronx County.
ACADEMY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 1% of New York public middle schools.
In New York, ACADEMY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 17.7% compared with a predicted 41.0%.
In Bronx County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $48,676 a year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Bronx County number 472, with about 202,028 students.
PS 17 is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. ACADEMY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 35.6% on proficiency, and ACADEMY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS is below that at 17.7%.
Federal data place ACADEMY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell 33% over 4 years, reaching 132 in 2024-25. The ratio was 9.9:1 in 2020-21 and 7.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Bronx County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,404,779
Census ACS
Median income
$48,676
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
472
202,028 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- PS 170.0 mi · 692
- JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 130
- SOUTH BRONX ACADEMY FOR APPLIED MEDIA0.0 mi · 169
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- PS 157 GROVE HILL0.2 mi · 377
- PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT0.2 mi · 291
Frequently asked questions
About ACADEMY OF PUBLIC RELATIONSHow many students attend ACADEMY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS?
ACADEMY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS enrolls approximately 132 students in grades 06-08.
Is ACADEMY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS an elementary, middle, or high school?
ACADEMY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does ACADEMY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS have?
ACADEMY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.0:1.
How diverse is ACADEMY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS?
ACADEMY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS reports a student body of 75% Hispanic, 22% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees ACADEMY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS?
ACADEMY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7 in Bronx County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.