Enrollment
291
Elementary
DISTRICT 339 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4·NCES 360007902324
BILINGUAL BICULTURAL SCHOOL (THE)
219 E 109TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10029 · (212) 860-6031 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL291 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of New York public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
271 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
57.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
63.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
50.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
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 BILINGUAL BICULTURAL SCHOOL (THE)
BILINGUAL BICULTURAL SCHOOL (THE)'s state test result (50.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BILINGUAL BICULTURAL SCHOOL (THE) this school | 291 | 93.1% | 50.8% |
| PS 116 ELIZABETH L FARRELL BROOKLYN | 296 | 91.2% | 27.3% |
| PS 28 THOMAS EMANUEL EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER (THE) CORONA | 265 | 92.1% | N/A |
| OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 3 CORONA | 284 | 97.5% | 36.0% |
| PS 106 EDWARD EVERETT HALE BROOKLYN | 327 | 90.5% | 23.6% |
| PS 360 BRONX | 278 | 96.4% | 29.1% |
Matched among New York elementary 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 BILINGUAL BICULTURAL SCHOOL (THE) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #1,128 of 2,335 | #85 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #951 of 2,342 ▲ 316 | #72 of 151 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,053 of 2,343 ▲ 13 | #86 of 151 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 291 | #2,043 of 2,585 | #105 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #1,145 of 2,338 | #63 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.8% | #2,267 of 2,388 | #131 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.1% | #291 of 2,534 | #42 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.7% | #1,359 of 1,757 | #102 of 114 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
291
+24 (+9%) vs 2020
-24% since 2010-11, when it was 382
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 9.2:1
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 | 291 | 24.8 | 11.7:1 | 93% (271) |
| 2023-24 | 315 | 25.8 | 12.2:1 | 95% (299) |
| 2022-23 | 244 | 25.7 | 9.5:1 | 94% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 267 | 29 | 9.2:1 | 96% (256) |
| 2017-18 | 312 | 28 | 11.1:1 | 97% (304) |
| 2015-16 | 354 | 22 | 16.1:1 | 95% (338) |
| 2010-11 | 382 | 25 | 15.3:1 | 98% (376) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BILINGUAL BICULTURAL SCHOOL (THE).
About BILINGUAL BICULTURAL SCHOOL (THE)
Located in NEW YORK, New York, BILINGUAL BICULTURAL SCHOOL (THE) is a low-enrollment elementary school. The school had 291 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New York is about 443, so this school runs 34% smaller than that.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4 has 11,316 students spread across 30 schools.
Federal enrollment data show BILINGUAL BICULTURAL SCHOOL (THE) is 94% Hispanic. It is also 3% Black and 2% White. New York County's residents are about 24% Hispanic, 69 points below the school's share. BILINGUAL BICULTURAL SCHOOL (THE)'s diversity index is 12%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 11.7 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 93%. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in New York County, the school's rate is higher.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, BILINGUAL BICULTURAL SCHOOL (THE) receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with BILINGUAL BICULTURAL SCHOOL (THE)'s lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 40.7%. BILINGUAL BICULTURAL SCHOOL (THE) scores 50.8%, 10.1 points above that line.
According to the American Community Survey, in New York County, the median household income is $103,931, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 64% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. There are 358 public schools in New York County, enrolling about 152,104 students in all.
Nearest public school: PS 83 LUIS MUNOZ RIVERA, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, BILINGUAL BICULTURAL SCHOOL (THE) places 3rd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
BILINGUAL BICULTURAL SCHOOL (THE) falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment grew 9% from its 2020-21 level of 267. The ratio of students to teachers went from 9.2:1 to 11.7:1 over the same years.
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New York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,629,477
Census ACS
Median income
$103,931
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
64%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
358
152,104 students
Quick facts
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- PS 83 LUIS MUNOZ RIVERA0.0 mi · 306
- TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS0.0 mi · 576
- ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY0.0 mi · 528
- AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM0.2 mi · 288
- HARBOR SCIENCE AND ARTS CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 244
- EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 922
Frequently asked questions
About BILINGUAL BICULTURAL SCHOOL (THE)How large is BILINGUAL BICULTURAL SCHOOL (THE)?
BILINGUAL BICULTURAL SCHOOL (THE) enrolls approximately 291 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does BILINGUAL BICULTURAL SCHOOL (THE) serve?
BILINGUAL BICULTURAL SCHOOL (THE) serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does BILINGUAL BICULTURAL SCHOOL (THE) have?
BILINGUAL BICULTURAL SCHOOL (THE) employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
How diverse is BILINGUAL BICULTURAL SCHOOL (THE)?
BILINGUAL BICULTURAL SCHOOL (THE) reports a student body of 2% White, 94% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian.
Is BILINGUAL BICULTURAL SCHOOL (THE) public or private?
BILINGUAL BICULTURAL SCHOOL (THE) is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.