BEDFORD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a mid-tier elementary campus in BRONX, New York, BEDFORD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL works with 439 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10.

Across the 83 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10 (40,459 students total), BEDFORD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BEDFORD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 67% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 19% Asian, 7% White, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting BEDFORD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BEDFORD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.5%, the actual is 31.1%, a residual of -11.4 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Bronx County shows median household income runs about $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bronx County runs 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), of which BEDFORD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is BRONX COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BEDFORD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.0%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 24%: 355 students in 2018 compared to 439 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share grew from 12% to 19%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the BEDFORD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.