Enrollment
266
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12·NCES 360009006401
FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL
1550 VYSE AVE, BRONX, NY 10460 · (718) 860-5210 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL266 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
9.9:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
249 students
DISTRICT 95% · 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 | 31 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
34.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
35.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
29.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% 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 FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL
FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL's state test result (29.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL this school | 266 | 93.6% | 29.5% |
| STOREFRONT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 260 | 93.5% | 60.5% |
| PS 146 EDWARD COLLINS BRONX | 302 | 95.4% | 40.0% |
| PS/IS 155 NICHOLAS HERKIMER BROOKLYN | 298 | 90.9% | 40.2% |
| PS 67 MOHEGAN SCHOOL BRONX | 284 | 97.9% | 53.6% |
| PS 120 CARLOS TAPIA BROOKLYN | 289 | 94.8% | 42.0% |
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 FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #2,028 of 2,335 | #176 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,983 of 2,342 ▼ 38 | #178 of 212 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #2,019 of 2,343 ▼ 176 | #180 of 212 ▼ 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 266 | #2,160 of 2,585 | #190 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #399 of 2,338 | #26 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.9% | #1,328 of 2,388 | #99 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.6% | #268 of 2,534 | #116 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.4% | #784 of 1,757 | #128 of 153 |
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
266
+26 (+11%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 266 | 26.9 | 9.9:1 | 94% (249) |
| 2023-24 | 244 | 23.2 | 10.5:1 | 92% (225) |
| 2022-23 | 226 | 19 | 11.9:1 | 92% (209) |
| 2020-21 | 240 | 24 | 10.0:1 | 96% (231) |
| 2017-18 | 318 | 27 | 11.8:1 | 97% (310) |
| 2015-16 | 292 | 26 | 11.2:1 | 93% (273) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL.
About FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL
Families in BRONX, New York, are served by FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL, a low-enrollment elementary school. In all, 266 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. The school is 40% below the average for elementary schools in New York.
The district, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12, has 15,705 students enrolled across 47 schools.
More than half of enrollment at FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL is Hispanic: 65%. Other groups make up 31% Black. Bronx County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL scores 48%.
FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL lists 26.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 9.9 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1. About 94% of students at FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 19% of New York public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 29.5% actual against 40.6% predicted.
Census data for Bronx County show median household income comes to about $48,676, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. The county has 472 public schools and about 202,028 students.
The closest school to FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL is SAMARA COMMUNITY SCHOOL, located about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL's average proficiency of 29.5% compares with 51.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school grew from 240 students in 2020-21 to 266 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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Frequently asked questions
About FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLHow large is FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL?
FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL enrolls approximately 266 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL serve?
FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL is approximately 9.9:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL?
Student demographics at FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL are roughly 2% White, 65% Hispanic, 31% Black, 1% Asian.
What district is FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL in?
FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.