Enrollment
195
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6·NCES 360008306330
CASTLE BRIDGE SCHOOL
560 W 169TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10032 · (212) 740-4701 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL195 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
11.4:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
126 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 | 18 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 15 | 8% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 120% larger than its 5th grade class (15).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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)Math
50.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The New York average is about 57 of 100. Math scores are down about 9 points since 2023.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | N/A | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 59.0% |
% 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
57.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 CASTLE BRIDGE SCHOOL
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASTLE BRIDGE SCHOOL this school | 195 | 64.6% | 57.4% |
| DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM AT ALBANY INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY ALBANY | 213 | 54.5% | N/A |
| COLUMBUS AVENUE SCHOOL FREEPORT | 175 | 62.3% | N/A |
| SCHOOL 3 DUNKIRK | 157 | 67.5% | N/A |
| PAIDEIA SCHOOL 24 YONKERS | 281 | 62.6% | 44.3% |
| PS 110 FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE NEW YORK | 227 | 70.9% | 64.0% |
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 CASTLE BRIDGE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #873 of 2,335 | #72 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,421 of 2,342 ▼ 459 | #93 of 151 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #963 of 2,343 | #78 of 151 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 195 | #2,401 of 2,585 | #135 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.6% | #1,076 of 2,534 | #104 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #874 of 1,757 | #86 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
195
+14 (+8%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 9.1:1
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 | 195 | 17.2 | 11.4:1 | 65% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 202 | 18.2 | 11.1:1 | 61% (124) |
| 2022-23 | 195 | 16.8 | 11.6:1 | 65% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 181 | 20 | 9.1:1 | 65% (118) |
| 2017-18 | 228 | 21 | 10.8:1 | 66% (150) |
| 2015-16 | 195 | 14 | 13.9:1 | 58% (114) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CASTLE BRIDGE SCHOOL.
About CASTLE BRIDGE SCHOOL
CASTLE BRIDGE SCHOOL is one of the public schools in NEW YORK, New York. It is a small elementary school. A total of 195 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York, enrollment here is 56% lower.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6 has 17,415 students spread across 45 schools.
At 71%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at CASTLE BRIDGE SCHOOL combined. It is also 16% White, 8% Black, 2% Asian, and 2% multiracial. New York County's residents are about 24% Hispanic, 47 points below the school's share. By the diversity index, CASTLE BRIDGE SCHOOL comes in at 45%.
The school employs the equivalent of 17.2 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 11.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, higher than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at CASTLE BRIDGE SCHOOL is 65%.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, CASTLE BRIDGE SCHOOL 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.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 51.2%. CASTLE BRIDGE SCHOOL scores 57.4%.
County data help place the school in context: in New York County, median household income is about $103,931, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 64%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. CASTLE BRIDGE SCHOOL is among the 358 public schools in New York County.
PS 128 AUDUBON is located less than a tenth of a mile from CASTLE BRIDGE SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, CASTLE BRIDGE SCHOOL is ahead of the 45.4% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 9.
CASTLE BRIDGE SCHOOL is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
The number of students grew from 181 to 195 over 4 years. The number of students per teacher rose from 9.1 to 11.4 over 4 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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6
- A PHILIP RANDOLPH CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,421 students
- WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOLCombined · 908 students
- PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFSElementary · 744 students
- GREGORIO LUPERON HIGH SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICSHigh · 658 students
- PS 173Elementary · 597 students
- CITY COLLEGE ACADEMY OF THE ARTSHigh · 573 students
Other schools in NEW YORK
- STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,261 students
- FIORELLO H LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,251 students
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS & HUMAN SERVICESHigh · 1,728 students
- MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICSHigh · 1,657 students
- NEW EXPLORATIONS INTO SCIENCETECH AND MATH HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 1,620 students
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-HARLEM 1Combined · 1,520 students
Nearby schools
- PS 128 AUDUBON0.0 mi · 441
- PS 8 LUIS BELLIARD0.2 mi · 354
- GREGORIO LUPERON HIGH SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS0.2 mi · 658
- KIPP NYC WASHINGTON HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 790
- MS 319 MARIE TERESA0.2 mi · 224
- MS 324 PATRIA MIRABAL0.2 mi · 185
Frequently asked questions
About CASTLE BRIDGE SCHOOLHow many students attend CASTLE BRIDGE SCHOOL?
CASTLE BRIDGE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 195 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does CASTLE BRIDGE SCHOOL serve?
CASTLE BRIDGE SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CASTLE BRIDGE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CASTLE BRIDGE SCHOOL is approximately 11.4:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CASTLE BRIDGE SCHOOL?
At CASTLE BRIDGE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 16% White, 71% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees CASTLE BRIDGE SCHOOL?
CASTLE BRIDGE SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6 in New York County.
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