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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11·NCES 360008802419

PS 112 BRONXWOOD

1925 SCHEIFFELIN AVE, BRONX, NY 10466 · (718) 654-6377 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL370 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of New York public elementary schools
  • DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • CBeats 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

Enrollment
370
Elementary
DISTRICT 555 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
345 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K4913%
Kindergarten4512%
Grade 15515%
Grade 25114%
Grade 36116%
Grade 45415%
Grade 55515%

This year's kindergarten class (45) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (55).

Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
72%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
21358%
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
13737%
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
31%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
10%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
72%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
18349%
Female
18751%

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
39.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +17.0pp since 2023
Math
41.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +12.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2539.0%41.0%
2023-2422.0%29.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.0pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 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 112 BRONXWOOD

PS 112 BRONXWOOD's state test result (29.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
PS 112 BRONXWOOD this school37093.2%29.7%
DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL HIGHBRIDGE
BRONX
36394.5%62.5%
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND APPLIED LEARNING (THE)
BRONX
36095.6%23.5%
PAVE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
BROOKLYN
41390.1%59.7%
EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II
NEW YORK
34691.6%38.7%
PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE)
BRONX
33596.4%39.3%
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 112 BRONXWOOD ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Bronx County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
29.7%#2,020 of 2,335#173 of 212
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
41.0%#1,799 of 2,342
▲ 225
#152 of 212
▲ 21
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
39.0%#1,822 of 2,343
▲ 268
#167 of 212
▲ 18
Enrollment
ranked largest first
370#1,541 of 2,585#131 of 225
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
11.0:1#820 of 2,338#61 of 189
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
53.1%#1,106 of 2,388#62 of 205
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
93.2%#289 of 2,534#122 of 220
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-14.0%#902 of 1,757#134 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 2024-25
Enrollment
370
0 (0%) vs 2020
-28% since 2010-11, when it was 515
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 10.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2537033.711.0:193% (345)
2023-243943511.3:195% (376)
2022-2339335.511.1:194% (368)
2020-213703410.9:196% (354)
2017-184303213.4:197% (418)
2015-164172914.4:195% (395)
2010-115154012.9:196% (493)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 112 BRONXWOOD.

About PS 112 BRONXWOOD

A low-enrollment elementary school in BRONX, New York, PS 112 BRONXWOOD is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 370 students.

PS 112 BRONXWOOD is one of the 62 schools that make up NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11 (30,138 students in total).

At 58%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at PS 112 BRONXWOOD combined. After that, the student body is 37% Black. That is close to the 55% Hispanic share among all Bronx County residents. By the diversity index, PS 112 BRONXWOOD comes in at 53%.

A ratio of 11.0:1 comes from the school's 33.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 93% in 2024-25. That is close to the 90% average for public schools in Bronx County.

allk12 grades PS 112 BRONXWOOD a C-. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.

PS 112 BRONXWOOD sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 29.7% and a predicted 40.7%.

Federal survey data for Bronx County show that median household income is about $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 23%. PS 112 BRONXWOOD is among the 472 public schools in Bronx County.

The closest public school, BRONX ALLIANCE MIDDLE SCHOOL, is about 0.2 miles from PS 112 BRONXWOOD. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, PS 112 BRONXWOOD ranks 7th on average proficiency.

PS 112 BRONXWOOD falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.

There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (370) to 2024-25 (370).

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Bronx County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
PS 112 BRONXWOOD
District
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11
Address
1925 SCHEIFFELIN AVE, BRONX, NY 10466
Phone
(718) 654-6377
County
Bronx County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
370
Teachers (FTE)
34
Student–teacher ratio
11.0:1
Free and reduced lunch
345 (93%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
360008802419
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About PS 112 BRONXWOOD
What is the total enrollment at PS 112 BRONXWOOD?
PS 112 BRONXWOOD enrolls approximately 370 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 112 BRONXWOOD an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 112 BRONXWOOD is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 112 BRONXWOOD have?
PS 112 BRONXWOOD employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 112 BRONXWOOD?
Student demographics at PS 112 BRONXWOOD are roughly 2% White, 58% Hispanic, 37% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 112 BRONXWOOD?
PS 112 BRONXWOOD 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.
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