Enrollment
284
Middle
DISTRICT 378 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11·NCES 360008806322
PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL
2545 GUNTHER AVE, BRONX, NY 10469 · (718) 794-9750 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL284 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% of New York public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
235 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 96 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 100 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 88 | 31% |
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
52.4%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.8pp since 2023
Math
36.7%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.4% | 36.7% |
| 2023-24 | 43.5% | 33.1% |
% 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
40.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL
PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (40.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 284 | 82.7% | 40.5% |
| IS 381 BROOKLYN | 296 | 81.8% | 48.1% |
| ONE WORLD MIDDLE SCHOOL AT EDENWALD BRONX | 309 | 80.3% | 46.8% |
| JHS 144 MICHELANGELO BRONX | 388 | 89.7% | 45.4% |
| UNCOMMON BED-STUY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL NYC BROOKLYN | 317 | 85.2% | 54.9% |
| UNCOMMON WILLIAMSBURG CHARTER SCHOOL NYC BROOKLYN | 250 | 84.0% | 66.6% |
Matched among New York middle 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 PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #602 of 766 | #35 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #659 of 768 ▲ 19 | #47 of 74 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #300 of 768 ▲ 75 | #11 of 74 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 284 | #582 of 796 | #36 of 77 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #373 of 683 | #26 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.8% | #178 of 688 | #6 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.7% | #210 of 773 | #70 of 75 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.2% | #56 of 524 | #24 of 59 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
-132 (-32%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 27 | 10.5:1 | 83% (235) |
| 2023-24 | 286 | 28.1 | 10.2:1 | 84% (241) |
| 2022-23 | 291 | 28 | 10.4:1 | 86% (250) |
| 2020-21 | 416 | 35 | 11.9:1 | 86% (357) |
| 2017-18 | 452 | 35 | 12.9:1 | 77% (346) |
| 2015-16 | 458 | 34 | 13.5:1 | 63% (289) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL
Federal records list PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL as a middle-grades school in BRONX, New York. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 284 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 531 students for middle schools in New York.
Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11, PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 62 schools. The district enrolls 30,138 students.
The biggest share of students at PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL, 46%, is Black. The rest of enrollment is 42% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 5% White. Census estimates put the Black share of Bronx County's population at about 33%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 61%.
PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1. It is about the same as the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. The school has 83% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 27% of New York public middle schools.
A school with PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 44.6%. PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 40.5%, 4.1 points below that line.
Census data for Bronx County show median household income comes to about $48,676, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. There are 472 public schools in the county, enrolling about 202,028, PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL among them.
Measured in a straight line, JHS 144 MICHELANGELO is less than a tenth of a mile from PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency of 40.5% compares with 64.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 416 to 284, a 32% decline. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (10.5:1) than in 2020-21 (11.9:1).
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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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- PS 83 DONALD HERTZElementary · 1,451 students
- RIVERDALE/KINGSBRIDGE ACADEMY (MS/HS 141)High · 1,383 students
Nearby schools
- JHS 144 MICHELANGELO0.0 mi · 388
- BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING II0.0 mi · 423
- PS 970.5 mi · 578
- ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL 50.6 mi · 341
- ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL 40.6 mi · 357
- ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL 30.6 mi · 350
Frequently asked questions
About PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 284 students in grades 06-08.
Is PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 10.5:1 (27 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 5% White, 42% Hispanic, 46% Black, 7% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11 in Bronx County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.