PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN

PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN is a small primary school in BRONX, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9. The school instructs 353 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 20% below the state mean of about 443.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 comprises 70 schools with combined enrollment of 23,786 students; PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 46% Black.

On the resource side, On paper, PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.3%; this one delivers 25.1%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Bronx County put median household earnings sit near $48,676, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

HARRIET TUBMAN CHARTER SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN. On composite proficiency, PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN's enrollment has fell 5% since 2018, when it stood at 371 (now 353). The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 55% to 51% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

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