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What's the most underrated thing about PS 100 ISAAC CLASON that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
412
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8·NCES 360008502380
PS 100 ISAAC CLASON
800 TAYLOR AVE, BRONX, NY 10473 · (718) 842-1461 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL412 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
380 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
38.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
41.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
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
30.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
412
-164 (-28%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 12.8:1
% White
0%
was 1%
% Hispanic
72%
was 68%
% Black
23%
was 27%
% Asian
3%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PS 100 ISAAC CLASON
PS 100 ISAAC CLASON, a reasonably sized elementary campus in BRONX, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8, works with 412 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8 runs 52 schools in total, collectively educating 21,621 students. PS 100 ISAAC CLASON is one of those campuses.
On demographics, PS 100 ISAAC CLASON records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 72%. The remainder breaks down as 23% Black, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.
On the resource side, On paper, PS 100 ISAAC CLASON has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 100 ISAAC CLASON tighter than the state norm the norm. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
With demographic context factored in, PS 100 ISAAC CLASON performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.1%, the actual is 30.8%, a residual of -10.3 points.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Bronx County indicate the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), PS 100 ISAAC CLASON is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is JHS 131 ALBERT EINSTEIN, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 100 ISAAC CLASON. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 100 ISAAC CLASON at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.8%.
The campus sits in an inner-city setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 28%: 576 students in 2018 compared to 412 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 27% to 23%.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8
- HERBERT H LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,087 students
- PS 71 ROSE E SCALAElementary · 1,079 students
- PS 14 SENATOR JOHN CALANDRAElementary · 718 students
- PS 36 UNIONPORTElementary · 660 students
- PS 152 EVERGREENElementary · 634 students
- PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEYElementary · 598 students
Other schools in BRONX
- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE)High · 2,953 students
- KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL IIICombined · 2,390 students
- HARRY S TRUMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- ATMOSPHERE ACADEMY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLHigh · 1,481 students
- PS 83 DONALD HERTZElementary · 1,451 students
- RIVERDALE/KINGSBRIDGE ACADEMY (MS/HS 141)High · 1,383 students
Nearby schools
- JHS 131 ALBERT EINSTEIN0.2 mi · 322
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - BRONX 40.2 mi · 590
- SOUNDVIEW ACADEMY FOR CULTURE AND SCHOLARSHIP0.2 mi · 240
- GRAND CONCOURSE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 698
- GOTHAM COLLABORATIVE HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 295
- BRONX BRIDGES HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 363
Frequently asked questions
About PS 100 ISAAC CLASONHow large is PS 100 ISAAC CLASON?
PS 100 ISAAC CLASON enrolls approximately 412 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 100 ISAAC CLASON serve?
PS 100 ISAAC CLASON serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 100 ISAAC CLASON?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 100 ISAAC CLASON is approximately 11.9:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PS 100 ISAAC CLASON?
Student demographics at PS 100 ISAAC CLASON are roughly 0% White, 72% Hispanic, 23% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 100 ISAAC CLASON?
PS 100 ISAAC CLASON is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8 in Bronx County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.