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Enrollment
664
Elementary
DISTRICT 555 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11·NCES 360008802404
PS 108 PHILIP J ABINANTI
1166 NEILL AVE, BRONX, NY 10461 · (718) 863-9829 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL664 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
13.2:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
565 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 | 33 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 81 | 12% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 27% larger than its 6th grade class (81).
Student demographics
66%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
77.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
85.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.0% | 85.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 81.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
74.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+30.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 30 points, placing it in New York's top 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 108 PHILIP J ABINANTI
PS 108 PHILIP J ABINANTI's state test result (74.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 108 PHILIP J ABINANTI this school | 664 | 85.1% | 74.0% |
| PS/IS 30 MARY WHITE OVINGTON BROOKLYN | 849 | 82.6% | 55.1% |
| PS 192 MAGNET SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE INQUIRY (THE) BROOKLYN | 592 | 92.2% | 58.7% |
| PS 52 SHEEPSHEAD BAY BROOKLYN | 695 | 85.5% | 44.9% |
| PS 70 LONG ISLAND CITY | 770 | 74.9% | 53.8% |
| PS 153 HOMECREST BROOKLYN | 509 | 90.0% | 42.2% |
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 108 PHILIP J ABINANTI ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #283 of 2,335 | #30 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #227 of 2,342 ▲ 40 | #29 of 212 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #314 of 2,343 ▲ 70 | #31 of 212 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 664 | #328 of 2,585 | #31 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #1,679 of 2,338 | #136 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.0% | #412 of 2,388 | #7 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.1% | #611 of 2,534 | #184 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.8% | #325 of 606 | #28 of 36 |
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
664
+126 (+23%) vs 2020
+14% since 2010-11, when it was 580
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 664 | 50.3 | 13.2:1 | 85% (565) |
| 2023-24 | 518 | 35 | 14.8:1 | 97% (504) |
| 2022-23 | 482 | 36.8 | 13.1:1 | 93% (449) |
| 2020-21 | 538 | 39 | 13.8:1 | 91% (488) |
| 2017-18 | 616 | 43 | 14.3:1 | 78% (480) |
| 2015-16 | 598 | 39 | 15.3:1 | 78% (467) |
| 2010-11 | 580 | 39 | 14.9:1 | 69% (398) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 108 PHILIP J ABINANTI.
About PS 108 PHILIP J ABINANTI
PS 108 PHILIP J ABINANTI is classified as an elementary school. It is located in BRONX, New York. It covers pre-K through 6, with a total enrollment of 664 students. Enrollment is 50% higher than the average for elementary schools in New York, which is about 443.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11 is made up of 62 schools with 30,138 students in all.
At PS 108 PHILIP J ABINANTI, the largest share of students is White, at 43%. Next come 36% Hispanic, 15% Asian, and 4% Black. The county population is about 13% White. The school's diversity index is 66%, meaning two students picked at random have a 66% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1 at PS 108 PHILIP J ABINANTI, with 50.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 85% of enrollment.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, PS 108 PHILIP J ABINANTI receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, PS 108 PHILIP J ABINANTI ranks in the top 10% in New York. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 74.0%, against a prediction of 43.7%.
County data help place the school in context: in Bronx County, the median household income is $48,676, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and about 23% of people live in poverty. In all, Bronx County has 472 public schools and roughly 202,028 students.
The next-closest public school is PS 83 DONALD HERTZ, about 0.5 miles away. PS 108 PHILIP J ABINANTI is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. PS 108 PHILIP J ABINANTI's average proficiency of 74.0% compares with 55.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
For locale, NCES codes PS 108 PHILIP J ABINANTI as City: Large.
PS 108 PHILIP J ABINANTI's enrollment grew from 538 in 2020-21 to 664 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- PS 83 DONALD HERTZ0.5 mi · 1,451
- COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE FOR MATH AND SCIENCE0.5 mi · 563
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE AND INNOVATION0.5 mi · 372
- BRONXDALE HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 393
- PELHAM PREPARATORY ACADEMY0.5 mi · 460
- ASTOR COLLEGIATE ACADEMY0.5 mi · 429
Frequently asked questions
About PS 108 PHILIP J ABINANTIHow many students attend PS 108 PHILIP J ABINANTI?
PS 108 PHILIP J ABINANTI enrolls approximately 664 students in grades PK-06.
Is PS 108 PHILIP J ABINANTI an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 108 PHILIP J ABINANTI is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at PS 108 PHILIP J ABINANTI?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at PS 108 PHILIP J ABINANTI.
How diverse is PS 108 PHILIP J ABINANTI?
PS 108 PHILIP J ABINANTI reports a student body of 43% White, 36% Hispanic, 4% Black, 15% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 108 PHILIP J ABINANTI?
PS 108 PHILIP J ABINANTI is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11 in Bronx County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.