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Enrollment
659
Elementary
DISTRICT 555 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11·NCES 360008802394
PS 105 SENATOR ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN
725 BRADY AVE, BRONX, NY 10462 · (718) 824-7350 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL659 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of New York public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
619 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 69 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 120 | 18% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (120).
Student demographics
59%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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
42.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +22.0pp since 2023
Math
47.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +16.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 | 42.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 20.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
33.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 105 SENATOR ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN
PS 105 SENATOR ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN's state test result (33.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 105 SENATOR ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN this school | 659 | 93.9% | 33.7% |
| FRANK A SEDITA SCHOOL #30 BUFFALO | 614 | 93.0% | 14.3% |
| PS 56 NORWOOD HEIGHTS BRONX | 617 | 90.1% | 39.7% |
| PS/MS 498 VAN NEST ACADEMY BRONX | 603 | 84.2% | 51.8% |
| PS 94 KINGS COLLEGE SCHOOL BRONX | 748 | 95.9% | 19.4% |
| PS 47 JOHN RANDOLPH BRONX | 789 | 95.7% | 28.5% |
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 105 SENATOR ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #1,889 of 2,335 | #155 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,561 of 2,342 ▲ 397 | #120 of 212 ▲ 46 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,692 of 2,343 ▲ 458 | #148 of 212 ▲ 50 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 659 | #343 of 2,585 | #34 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #1,582 of 2,338 | #129 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.0% | #753 of 2,388 | #27 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.9% | #257 of 2,534 | #114 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.5% | #113 of 1,757 | #38 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
659
-219 (-25%) vs 2020
-56% since 2010-11, when it was 1,490
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 659 | 51.2 | 12.9:1 | 94% (619) |
| 2023-24 | 665 | 57.8 | 11.5:1 | 94% (622) |
| 2022-23 | 692 | 53.8 | 12.9:1 | 94% (650) |
| 2020-21 | 878 | 62 | 14.2:1 | 91% (798) |
| 2017-18 | 1,107 | 84.1 | 13.2:1 | 91% (1,006) |
| 2015-16 | 1,259 | 81 | 15.5:1 | 89% (1,119) |
| 2010-11 | 1,490 | 107 | 13.9:1 | 89% (1,332) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 105 SENATOR ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN.
About PS 105 SENATOR ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN
PS 105 SENATOR ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN operates as a mid-sized elementary school in BRONX, New York. Enrollment stands at 659 students, covering pre-K through 5. That is 49% bigger than the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
PS 105 SENATOR ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN sits within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11, which has 62 schools and 30,138 students.
Federal enrollment data show PS 105 SENATOR ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN is 60% Hispanic. Other groups make up 16% White, 12% Asian, and 10% Black. A diversity index of 59% means there is a 59% chance two randomly chosen students at PS 105 SENATOR ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN are from different groups.
PS 105 SENATOR ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN lists 51.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.9 students per teacher. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is close to this figure. About 94% of students at PS 105 SENATOR ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
PS 105 SENATOR ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 27% of New York public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, PS 105 SENATOR ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN is 6.7 points below its prediction. Actual: 33.7%. Predicted: 40.5%.
The school's county is Bronx County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bronx County's 472 public schools enroll about 202,028 students and include PS 105 SENATOR ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN.
Of the public schools around it, PS 105 SENATOR ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN is closest to BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE VISUAL ARTS, about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, PS 105 SENATOR ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN places 9th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 25% decline took enrollment from 878 in 2020-21 to 659 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.9:1.
On allk12, people connected to PS 105 SENATOR ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 #11
- HARRY S TRUMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- PS 83 DONALD HERTZElementary · 1,451 students
- PS 89Elementary · 1,169 students
- PS/MS 194Elementary · 1,169 students
- PS 96 RICHARD RODGERSElementary · 880 students
- PS 106 PARKCHESTERElementary · 822 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
- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE VISUAL ARTS0.1 mi · 392
- YOUNG VOICES ACADEMY OF THE BRONX0.2 mi · 363
- PS 83 DONALD HERTZ0.5 mi · 1,451
- BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 20.5 mi · 528
- COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE FOR MATH AND SCIENCE0.6 mi · 563
- ASTOR COLLEGIATE ACADEMY0.6 mi · 429
Frequently asked questions
About PS 105 SENATOR ABRAHAM BERNSTEINHow many students attend PS 105 SENATOR ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN?
PS 105 SENATOR ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN enrolls approximately 659 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 105 SENATOR ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 105 SENATOR ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 105 SENATOR ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN have?
PS 105 SENATOR ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 105 SENATOR ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN?
At PS 105 SENATOR ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN, the student body is approximately 16% White, 60% Hispanic, 10% Black, 12% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 105 SENATOR ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN public or private?
PS 105 SENATOR ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.