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What's the biggest difference between PS 107 and what you expected?
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Enrollment
419
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8·NCES 360008502401
PS 107
1695 SEWARD AVE, BRONX, NY 10473 · (718) 860-8760 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL419 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
416 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
42.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp 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 43 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 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
34.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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
419
-96 (-19%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 14.3:1
% White
3%
was 3%
% Hispanic
67%
was 64%
% Black
27%
was 33%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PS 107
Located at 1695 SEWARD AVE, in BRONX, New York, PS 107 is a mid-sized elementary school that instructs 419 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8 comprises 52 schools with combined enrollment of 21,621 students; PS 107 is among them.
On demographics, PS 107 logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 67%; the rest is composed of 27% Black, 3% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, PS 107 has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 99% of students at PS 107 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Bronx County (around 90%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS 107 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.5%; this one delivers 34.9%.
Across the wider county, census data for Bronx County shows 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 107 is one.
Nearest neighbor: PS 100 ISAAC CLASON, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 107. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 107 at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 44.6%.
Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 107 has decreased 19%, going from 515 students in 2018 to 419 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 33% to 27% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- PS 100 ISAAC CLASON0.4 mi · 412
- PS 69 JOURNEY PREP SCHOOL0.4 mi · 459
- ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL 70.5 mi · 303
- PS 93 ALBERT G OLIVER0.5 mi · 356
- SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE)0.5 mi · 377
- JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN0.5 mi · 466
Frequently asked questions
About PS 107What is the total enrollment at PS 107?
PS 107 enrolls approximately 419 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 107 serve?
PS 107 serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 107?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at PS 107.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 107?
At PS 107, the student body is approximately 3% White, 67% Hispanic, 27% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 107 public or private?
PS 107 is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.