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Does PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
413
Elementary
DISTRICT 340 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7·NCES 360008402043
PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL
335 E 152ND ST, BRONX, NY 10451 · (718) 299-3700 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL413 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
11.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
403 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 78 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
29.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
39.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +16.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 21.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
24.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% 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 →
Schools most like PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL
PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL's state test result (24.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL this school | 413 | 97.6% | 24.5% |
| PS 48 JOSEPH R DRAKE BRONX | 441 | 96.1% | 24.3% |
| PS 109 SEDGWICK BRONX | 430 | 95.3% | 20.1% |
| LONGWOOD ACADEMY OF DISCOVERY (THE) BRONX | 439 | 98.6% | 17.6% |
| MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY BRONX | 396 | 95.5% | 47.9% |
| PS 6 WEST FARMS BRONX | 417 | 98.6% | 26.3% |
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 PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #2,161 of 2,335 | #193 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,868 of 2,342 ▲ 284 | #159 of 212 ▲ 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #2,136 of 2,343 ▼ 8 | #194 of 212 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 413 | #1,287 of 2,585 | #110 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #1,230 of 2,338 | #96 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.6% | #1,651 of 2,388 | #153 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.6% | #58 of 2,534 | #33 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.9% | #139 of 1,757 | #49 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
413
-117 (-22%) vs 2020
-40% since 2010-11, when it was 694
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 413 | 34.7 | 11.9:1 | 98% (403) |
| 2023-24 | 441 | 37 | 11.9:1 | 98% (432) |
| 2022-23 | 458 | 39.5 | 11.6:1 | 99% (452) |
| 2020-21 | 530 | 44 | 12.1:1 | 98% (517) |
| 2017-18 | 665 | 41 | 16.2:1 | 98% (654) |
| 2015-16 | 681 | 49 | 13.9:1 | 99% (672) |
| 2010-11 | 694 | 48 | 14.5:1 | 98% (679) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL.
About PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL
PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in BRONX, New York, under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7. It had 413 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
The district for PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL is NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7, with 41 schools and 13,625 students.
More than half of the students at PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL are Hispanic (76%). Other reported shares: 21% Black and 3% White. That compares with about 55% Hispanic among all Bronx County residents. The diversity index for PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL is 39%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 11.9:1 is based on 34.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 98% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL outscored 12%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL are 14.6 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (24.5% actual, 39.1% predicted).
In the wider Bronx County area, the median household earns about $48,676 a year, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 23%. PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL shares Bronx County with 471 other public schools.
The closest school to PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL is ALFRED E SMITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL, located less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL is 9th of 9 on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 530 to 413, a 22% decline.
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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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Nearby schools
- ALFRED E SMITH CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 412
- BRONX HAVEN HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 98
- BRONX DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ACADEMY0.1 mi · 223
- PS/MS 29 MELROSE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 606
- CREO COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 360
- ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL -SOUTH BRONX0.3 mi · 848
Frequently asked questions
About PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOLHow large is PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL?
PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL enrolls approximately 413 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL have?
PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL are roughly 3% White, 76% Hispanic, 21% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL in?
PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.