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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
D
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Scored higher than 5% of New York public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.7:1
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 85 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
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.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 24.0% |
| 2023-24 | 18.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like PS 109 SEDGWICK
PS 109 SEDGWICK's state test result (20.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 109 SEDGWICK this school | 430 | 95.3% | 20.1% |
| PS 48 JOSEPH R DRAKE BRONX | 441 | 96.1% | 24.3% |
| PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL BRONX | 413 | 97.6% | 24.5% |
| PS 257 JOHN F HYLAN BROOKLYN | 431 | 92.3% | 51.5% |
| PS 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONS BRONX | 455 | 96.5% | 67.3% |
| CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 456 | 94.1% | 45.0% |
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 109 SEDGWICK ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #2,235 of 2,335 | #207 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #2,205 of 2,342 ▲ 68 | #204 of 212 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #2,063 of 2,343 ▲ 134 | #185 of 212 ▲ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 430 | #1,196 of 2,585 | #102 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #1,517 of 2,338 | #124 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.1% | #1,667 of 2,388 | #158 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.3% | #174 of 2,534 | #87 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.1% | #188 of 1,757 | #60 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
430
-100 (-19%) vs 2020
-45% since 2010-11, when it was 781
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 430 | 33.9 | 12.7:1 | 95% (410) |
| 2023-24 | 429 | 32.5 | 13.2:1 | 95% (408) |
| 2022-23 | 448 | 30.8 | 14.6:1 | 96% (429) |
| 2020-21 | 530 | 38 | 13.9:1 | 93% (494) |
| 2017-18 | 663 | 49 | 13.5:1 | 93% (616) |
| 2015-16 | 772 | 53 | 14.6:1 | 92% (710) |
| 2010-11 | 781 | 51 | 15.3:1 | 96% (753) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 109 SEDGWICK.
About PS 109 SEDGWICK
PS 109 SEDGWICK is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in BRONX, New York. The school enrolls 430 students, from pre-K through 5.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 (70 schools, 23,786 students) runs PS 109 SEDGWICK.
PS 109 SEDGWICK is 76% Hispanic by enrollment. The remaining students are 22% Black. Among people living in Bronx County, the Hispanic share is about 55%. Pick two students at random and there is a 38% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 33.9 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 12.7:1. That is close to the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 95%.
PS 109 SEDGWICK is graded D by allk12, scoring above 5% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, PS 109 SEDGWICK ranks in the bottom 10% in New York. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 20.1%, against a prediction of 39.9%.
Bronx County has these Census figures: the median household income is $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bronx County is home to 472 public schools and about 202,028 public school students.
The shortest distance from PS 109 SEDGWICK to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to IS 229 ROLAND PATTERSON. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. PS 109 SEDGWICK comes in 9th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
The school enrolled 430 students in 2024-25, 100 fewer than the 530 it had in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.9:1 to 12.7:1.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at PS 109 SEDGWICK, you can post them here. 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
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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.