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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
Enrollment
266
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 443
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
Pre-K
31
Kindergarten
48
Grade 1
36
Grade 2
24
Grade 3
36
Grade 4
45
Grade 5
46
Student demographics
White
42%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 39%
Hispanic
17365%
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 31%
Black
8331%
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 16%
Asian
21%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 10%
Native American
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
12447%
Female
14253%

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Test scores

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
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
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
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
266
-52 (-16%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 11.8:1
% White
2%
was 3%
% Hispanic
65%
was 60%
% Black
31%
was 37%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL

Set in BRONX, New York, FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL is a small primary school, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12. It hosts 266 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 40% below the state mean of about 443.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12 comprises 47 schools with combined enrollment of 15,705 students; FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder looks like 31% Black. By comparison, Bronx County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL records 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.9:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.6%, the actual is 29.5%, a residual of -11.1 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Bronx County) reports that median household earnings sit near $48,676, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

SAMARA COMMUNITY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 51.3%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 16% since 2018, when it stood at 318 (now 266). Over the same period, the Black share declined from 37% to 31%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.

Bronx County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL
District
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12
Address
1550 VYSE AVE, BRONX, NY 10460
Phone
(718) 860-5210
County
Bronx County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
266
Teachers (FTE)
27
Student–teacher ratio
9.9:1
Free/Reduced lunch
249 (94%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
360009006401
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL
How 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.
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