Enrollment
284
Elementary
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9·NCES 360008606393
LUCERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1425 WALTON AVE, BRONX, NY 10452 · (718) 681-8701 · Bronx County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL284 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of New York public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
275 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
21%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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
24.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
20.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.0% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 13.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 LUCERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LUCERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (17.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUCERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 284 | 96.8% | 17.8% |
| PS 360 BRONX | 278 | 96.4% | 29.1% |
| PS 291 BRONX | 311 | 99.0% | 47.4% |
| PS 226 BRONX | 310 | 96.5% | 48.5% |
| BILINGUAL BICULTURAL SCHOOL (THE) NEW YORK | 291 | 93.1% | 50.8% |
| PS/IS 384 FRANCES E CARTER BROOKLYN | 339 | 93.5% | 28.3% |
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 LUCERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #2,270 of 2,335 | #210 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #2,248 of 2,342 ▼ 49 | #208 of 212 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #2,220 of 2,343 ▲ 61 | #209 of 212 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 284 | #2,077 of 2,585 | #182 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #998 of 2,338 | #75 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.9% | #2,082 of 2,388 | #200 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.8% | #95 of 2,534 | #50 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.9% | #269 of 1,757 | #86 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
284
-37 (-12%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
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 | 284 | 25 | 11.4:1 | 97% (275) |
| 2023-24 | 284 | 25 | 11.4:1 | 96% (274) |
| 2022-23 | 268 | 22 | 12.2:1 | 96% (258) |
| 2020-21 | 321 | 32 | 10.0:1 | 98% (315) |
| 2017-18 | 411 | 28 | 14.7:1 | 98% (403) |
| 2015-16 | 314 | 22 | 14.3:1 | 97% (305) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LUCERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LUCERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LUCERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a low-enrollment elementary school in BRONX, New York. It reported 284 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in New York average about 443 students, which makes this school 36% below average.
The district, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9, has 23,786 students enrolled across 70 schools.
Roughly 88% of students at LUCERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 10% Black. County-wide, 55% of Bronx County residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 21%.
Based on 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, LUCERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a ratio of 11.4:1. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 1.5 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 97%.
LUCERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 4% of New York public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, LUCERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks in the bottom 10% of New York schools. It scores 17.8%; the prediction is 39.4%.
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.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, WALTON AVENUE SCHOOL (THE), is the closest to LUCERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 17.8% is below the 51.3% average for nearby schools.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 37 students, from 321 to 284. Students per teacher increased from 10.0 in 2020-21 to 11.4 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 LUCERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is LUCERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LUCERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 284 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does LUCERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
LUCERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at LUCERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at LUCERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is LUCERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LUCERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 0% White, 88% Hispanic, 10% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is LUCERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
LUCERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.