PS 111 SETON FALLS

As a reasonably sized elementary campus in BRONX, New York, PS 111 SETON FALLS caters to 397 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11.

Across the 62 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11 (30,138 students total), PS 111 SETON FALLS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, PS 111 SETON FALLS logs that the largest single group is Black at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 42% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 111 SETON FALLS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.4%, the actual is 29.5%, a residual of -10.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Bronx County indicate median household earnings sit near $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), PS 111 SETON FALLS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING, around 0.1 miles off. 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 111 SETON FALLS ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 42.2%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. PS 111 SETON FALLS's enrollment has contracted 42% since 2018, when it stood at 681 (now 397). The Black share of enrollment contracted from 60% to 54% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.