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PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT

750 PROSPECT AVE, BRONX, NY 10455 · (718) 665-0962 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL291 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of New York public elementary schools
  • CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • BBeats 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
291
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
268 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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-K4214%
Kindergarten4315%
Grade 13412%
Grade 23311%
Grade 34114%
Grade 44816%
Grade 55017%

This year's kindergarten class (43) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (50).

Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
31%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
22477%
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
5920%
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
21%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
10%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
14249%
Female
14951%

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
48.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
48.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -7.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 down about 7 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2548.0%48.0%
2023-2434.0%55.0%
% 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
42.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 42% 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 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT

PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT's state test result (42.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT this school29192.1%42.0%
PS 161 JUAN PONCE DE LEON SCHOOL
BRONX
30393.1%29.4%
PS 73 BRONX
BRONX
28395.1%29.0%
BGLIG-SHIRLEY RODRIGUEZ-REMENESKI CS
BRONX
31392.3%49.6%
PS 274 KOSCIUSKO
BROOKLYN
28691.3%31.6%
PS 20 PORT RICHMOND
STATEN ISLAND
27791.3%20.6%
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 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Bronx County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
42.0%#1,524 of 2,335#107 of 212
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
48.0%#1,509 of 2,342
▼ 402
#114 of 212
▼ 42
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
48.0%#1,405 of 2,343
▲ 141
#112 of 212
▼ 2
Enrollment
ranked largest first
291#2,045 of 2,585#181 of 225
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
10.8:1#751 of 2,338#53 of 189
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
36.6%#1,704 of 2,388#165 of 205
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
92.1%#332 of 2,534#136 of 220
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-41.3%#103 of 1,757#33 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
291
-67 (-19%) vs 2020
-41% since 2010-11, when it was 490
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 11.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2529126.910.8:192% (268)
2023-2429829.510.1:193% (276)
2022-232782610.7:192% (256)
2020-213583011.9:190% (321)
2017-184963912.7:186% (428)
2015-165203913.3:177% (401)
2010-114903713.2:191% (448)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT.

About PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT

PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT, located in BRONX, New York, is a small elementary school. The school serves 291 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students.

PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT is one of 52 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8, which enrolls 21,621 students in total.

At PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT, Hispanic students make up 77% of the student body. It is also 20% Black. For comparison, the population of Bronx County is roughly 55% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 37% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Staffing totals 26.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.8:1. On average, elementary schools in New York have 12.8:1, compared with 10.8:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT is 92%. That tracks the 90% average for public schools in Bronx County.

PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 46% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 42.0% and a predicted 41.1%.

PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT is located in Bronx County, where the median household income is $48,676, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 23%. Besides PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT, Bronx County has 471 other public schools.

The school nearest to PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT is SOUTH BRONX EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, at a distance of about 0.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 36.2%; PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT's is 42.0%, ranking 2nd of 7.

PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.

PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT's enrollment declined from 358 in 2020-21 to 291 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 11.9 in 2020-21 to 10.8 in 2024-25.

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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 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT
District
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8
Address
750 PROSPECT AVE, BRONX, NY 10455
Phone
(718) 665-0962
County
Bronx County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
291
Teachers (FTE)
27
Student–teacher ratio
10.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
268 (92%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
360008502479
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT
What is the total enrollment at PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT?
PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT enrolls approximately 291 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT serve?
PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT is approximately 10.8:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT?
At PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT, the student body is approximately 1% White, 77% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT?
PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8 in Bronx County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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