PS 11 HIGHBRIDGE

Located at 1257 OGDEN AVE, in BRONX, New York, PS 11 HIGHBRIDGE is a moderately sized K-5 school that works with 386 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 runs 70 schools in total, collectively educating 23,786 students. PS 11 HIGHBRIDGE is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, PS 11 HIGHBRIDGE shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 71% of enrollment. Other groups include 27% Black, 2% White. By comparison, Bronx County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, PS 11 HIGHBRIDGE reports 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 11 HIGHBRIDGE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.4%, the actual is 25.6%, a residual of -14.8 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Bronx County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. PS 11 HIGHBRIDGE is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

The closest other public school is HIGHBRIDGE GREEN SCHOOL (THE), roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 11 HIGHBRIDGE ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 40.5%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 35%: 595 students in 2018 compared to 386 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

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