Enrollment
353
Elementary
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9·NCES 360008606121
GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
250 E 164TH ST, BRONX, NY 10456 · (718) 681-6288 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL353 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test 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
11.1:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
342 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 | 27 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 13% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 32% larger than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
47%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
47.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +18.0pp since 2023
Math
42.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +17.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
33.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 →
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GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (33.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 353 | 96.9% | 33.6% |
| PS 108 ASSEMBLYMAN ANGELO DEL TORO EDUCATIONAL COMPLEX NEW YORK | 367 | 96.2% | 30.8% |
| PS 188 ISLAND SCHOOL (THE) NEW YORK | 332 | 97.3% | 57.8% |
| PS 35 FRANZ SIEGEL BRONX | 358 | 98.6% | 29.7% |
| PS 30 WILTON BRONX | 343 | 98.3% | 24.0% |
| PS 199 SHAKESPEARE SCHOOL (THE) BRONX | 378 | 96.0% | 38.6% |
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 GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #1,897 of 2,335 | #156 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,754 of 2,342 ▲ 373 | #142 of 212 ▲ 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,445 of 2,343 ▲ 342 | #116 of 212 ▲ 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 353 | #1,646 of 2,585 | #142 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #884 of 2,338 | #67 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.6% | #1,369 of 2,388 | #109 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.9% | #93 of 2,534 | #49 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.6% | #630 of 1,757 | #122 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
353
-58 (-14%) vs 2020
+56% since 2010-11, when it was 227
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 353 | 31.8 | 11.1:1 | 97% (342) |
| 2023-24 | 368 | 35.1 | 10.5:1 | 96% (353) |
| 2022-23 | 362 | 37 | 9.8:1 | 97% (352) |
| 2020-21 | 411 | 37 | 11.1:1 | 91% (376) |
| 2017-18 | 439 | 35 | 12.5:1 | 95% (419) |
| 2015-16 | 457 | 36 | 12.7:1 | 96% (438) |
| 2010-11 | 227 | 18 | 12.6:1 | 87% (197) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school in BRONX, New York. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 353 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students.
Federal data list 70 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9, with 23,786 students enrolled.
By race and ethnicity, GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 70% Hispanic. The school is also 22% Black and 4% White. That is higher than the 55% Hispanic share among all Bronx County residents. By the diversity index, GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 47%.
Dividing enrollment by its 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 11.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, higher than at this school. GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 97% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a C. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would be expected to post about 39.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 33.6%.
Census estimates describe Bronx County this way: median household income is 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 public schools of Bronx County number 472 and enroll about 202,028.
The shortest distance from GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING. The five-mile area around GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 45.7%, higher than GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 33.6%.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 411 to 353.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 353 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
What is the student diversity at GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 4% White, 70% Hispanic, 22% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.