Enrollment
300
Elementary
DISTRICT 555 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11·NCES 360008806338
LINDEN TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1560 PURDY ST, BRONX, NY 10462 · (718) 239-7401 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL300 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
275 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 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
44.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +22.0pp since 2023
Math
49.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +16.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 22 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 22.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% 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 LINDEN TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LINDEN TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (34.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINDEN TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 300 | 91.7% | 34.5% |
| PS 536 BRONX | 265 | 94.7% | 41.9% |
| PS 20 ANNA SILVER NEW YORK | 313 | 84.0% | 32.3% |
| PS 151 MARY D CARTER WOODSIDE | 334 | 90.4% | 49.7% |
| PS 56 HARRY EICHLER RICHMOND HILL | 360 | 82.2% | 52.5% |
| PS 506 SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND TECHNOLOGY (THE) BROOKLYN | 334 | 95.2% | 37.0% |
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 LINDEN TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #1,855 of 2,335 | #149 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,476 of 2,342 ▲ 421 | #112 of 212 ▲ 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,590 of 2,343 ▲ 500 | #140 of 212 ▲ 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 300 | #1,992 of 2,585 | #177 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #1,217 of 2,338 | #95 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.1% | #663 of 2,388 | #18 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.7% | #344 of 2,534 | #138 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.8% | #440 of 1,757 | #106 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
300
-66 (-18%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 300 | 25.3 | 11.9:1 | 92% (275) |
| 2023-24 | 313 | 26.4 | 11.9:1 | 92% (288) |
| 2022-23 | 331 | 24.7 | 13.4:1 | 90% (297) |
| 2020-21 | 366 | 31 | 11.8:1 | 89% (324) |
| 2017-18 | 399 | 30 | 13.3:1 | 76% (305) |
| 2015-16 | 268 | 15 | 17.9:1 | 71% (191) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LINDEN TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LINDEN TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LINDEN TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students in BRONX, New York, as a small elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 300 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York, enrollment here is 32% lower.
LINDEN TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports to NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11, which has 62 schools and 30,138 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at LINDEN TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at 56%. The remaining students are 25% Asian, 13% Black, and 4% White. For comparison, Bronx County is about 55% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 61% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at LINDEN TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 25.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 11.9:1. This ratio sits 1.0 below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 92%. That tracks the 90% average for public schools in Bronx County.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, LINDEN TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 6.8 points below its prediction. Actual: 34.5%. Predicted: 41.3%.
In the county around the school, Bronx County, the median household income is $48,676, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 23%. There are 472 public schools in Bronx County, enrolling about 202,028 students in all.
The shortest distance from LINDEN TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to JHS 127 CASTLE HILL (THE). Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 34.5% average proficiency ranks 8th among 8 nearby schools.
The federal government classifies LINDEN TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's location as City: Large.
Enrollment is down 18% from 2020-21, when LINDEN TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 366 students, to 2024-25, when it had 300.
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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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Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11
- HARRY S TRUMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
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- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE)High · 2,953 students
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- HARRY S TRUMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
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- PS 83 DONALD HERTZElementary · 1,451 students
- RIVERDALE/KINGSBRIDGE ACADEMY (MS/HS 141)High · 1,383 students
Nearby schools
- JHS 127 CASTLE HILL (THE)0.0 mi · 778
- PS 106 PARKCHESTER0.1 mi · 822
- BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE0.4 mi · 790
- PS/MS 1940.4 mi · 1,169
- PS 12 LEWIS AND CLARK SCHOOL0.5 mi · 279
- ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL 20.5 mi · 342
Frequently asked questions
About LINDEN TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend LINDEN TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LINDEN TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 300 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does LINDEN TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
LINDEN TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LINDEN TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LINDEN TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 11.9:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at LINDEN TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LINDEN TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 4% White, 56% Hispanic, 13% Black, 25% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is LINDEN TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
LINDEN TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11.
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