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Alumni: what's one memory from PS 109 SEDGWICK that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
430
Elementary
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9·NCES 360008602410
PS 109 SEDGWICK
1771 POPHAM AVE, BRONX, NY 10453 · (718) 583-8878 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL430 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
410 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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
32.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
24.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
20.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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
430
-233 (-35%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.5:1
% White
2%
was 0%
% Hispanic
76%
was 83%
% Black
22%
was 17%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PS 109 SEDGWICK
PS 109 SEDGWICK operates as a medium-sized K-5 school in BRONX, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9. Current enrollment sits at 430 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.
PS 109 SEDGWICK is one of 70 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9, a district that serves 23,786 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 109 SEDGWICK logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 76%; the rest looks like 22% Black. By comparison, Bronx County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 95% of students at PS 109 SEDGWICK qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
With demographic context factored in, PS 109 SEDGWICK is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 39.9%; PS 109 SEDGWICK posts 20.1%, -19.9 points below that line.
In the surrounding community, census data for Bronx County shows median household income runs about $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), PS 109 SEDGWICK is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: IS 229 ROLAND PATTERSON, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 109 SEDGWICK at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 43.5%.
Geographically, the school is in an urban area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 109 SEDGWICK has ticked down 35%, going from 663 students in 2018 to 430 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share declined from 83% to 76%.
On allk12, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school 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 # 9
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- COMPREHENSIVE MODEL SCHOOL PROJECT MS 327High · 670 students
- PS 53 BASHEER QUISIMElementary · 600 students
- PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTSElementary · 576 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
- IS 229 ROLAND PATTERSON0.2 mi · 177
- NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY AT ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATE PARK (THE)0.2 mi · 340
- PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS0.2 mi · 576
- ACADEMY FOR LANGUAGE AND TECHNOLOGY0.2 mi · 356
- IS 2320.2 mi · 248
- IS 303 LEADERSHIP & COMMUNITY SERVICE0.2 mi · 291
Frequently asked questions
About PS 109 SEDGWICKWhat is the total enrollment at PS 109 SEDGWICK?
PS 109 SEDGWICK enrolls approximately 430 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 109 SEDGWICK serve?
PS 109 SEDGWICK serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 109 SEDGWICK?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 109 SEDGWICK is approximately 12.7:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 109 SEDGWICK?
At PS 109 SEDGWICK, the student body is approximately 2% White, 76% Hispanic, 22% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 109 SEDGWICK?
PS 109 SEDGWICK is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 in Bronx County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.