PS 106 PARKCHESTER

As a heavily attended elementary-level community in BRONX, New York, PS 106 PARKCHESTER serves 822 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11. Enrollment runs roughly 86% above the state mean of about 443.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11, which oversees 62 schools and 30,138 students, PS 106 PARKCHESTER is one campus in the system.

On demographics, PS 106 PARKCHESTER lists that the largest single group is Asian at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 28% Hispanic, 22% Black. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 4%.

On the resource side, PS 106 PARKCHESTER shows 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.4:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 88% of students at PS 106 PARKCHESTER qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, PS 106 PARKCHESTER sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.8%; this one delivers 45.2%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Bronx County put median household income runs about $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bronx County runs 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), of which PS 106 PARKCHESTER is one.

Nearest neighbor: JHS 127 CASTLE HILL (THE), around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 106 PARKCHESTER ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 56.3%.

PS 106 PARKCHESTER operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 106 PARKCHESTER has fell 25%, going from 1,093 students in 2018 to 822 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment edged up from 34% to 46% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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