Enrollment
353
Elementary
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9·NCES 360008602486
PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN
1245 WASHINGTON AVE, BRONX, NY 10456 · (718) 681-6455 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL353 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% 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.
- C-Beats 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
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
333 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 59 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 72% · US 70%
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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
35.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
29.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 21.0% | 22.0% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
25.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 132 GARRETT A MORGAN
PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN's state test result (25.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN this school | 353 | 94.3% | 25.1% |
| PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN NEW YORK | 363 | 95.9% | 40.0% |
| ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 343 | 95.3% | 83.5% |
| ROSALYN YALOW CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 401 | 95.5% | 54.5% |
| SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL IV BRONX | 385 | 91.2% | 91.9% |
| PS 123 MAHALIA JACKSON NEW YORK | 394 | 97.2% | 27.5% |
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 132 GARRETT A MORGAN ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #2,154 of 2,335 | #192 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #2,109 of 2,342 ▲ 67 | #192 of 212 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,978 of 2,343 ▲ 145 | #175 of 212 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 353 | #1,645 of 2,585 | #141 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #1,107 of 2,338 | #87 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.4% | #1,085 of 2,388 | #61 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.3% | #228 of 2,534 | #104 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #1,475 of 1,757 | #148 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 2024-25Enrollment
353
+27 (+8%) vs 2020
-36% since 2010-11, when it was 552
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 10.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 353 | 30.4 | 11.6:1 | 94% (333) |
| 2023-24 | 366 | 28.1 | 13.0:1 | 95% (349) |
| 2022-23 | 378 | 27.2 | 13.9:1 | 94% (354) |
| 2020-21 | 326 | 32 | 10.2:1 | 95% (309) |
| 2017-18 | 371 | 29 | 12.8:1 | 94% (350) |
| 2015-16 | 438 | 34 | 12.9:1 | 82% (357) |
| 2010-11 | 552 | 51 | 10.8:1 | 95% (525) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN.
About PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN
At 1245 WASHINGTON AVE in BRONX, New York, PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN operates as a small elementary school. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 353 students enrolled. It has 20% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in New York (about 443).
PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN is among 70 schools run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9, which serves 23,786 students.
The share of Hispanic students at PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN is 51%, a majority. Smaller groups are 46% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 53, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 30.4 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.6:1. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 1.2 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 94%.
PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 11% of New York public elementary schools.
PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 25.1% is 15.2 points below the 40.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Bronx County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $48,676, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. The county has 472 public schools and about 202,028 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, HARRIET TUBMAN CHARTER SCHOOL, is the closest to PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN is 8th of 8 on proficiency.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count rose 8% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Students per teacher increased from 10.2 in 2020-21 to 11.6 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Bronx County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
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Frequently asked questions
About PS 132 GARRETT A MORGANHow large is PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN?
PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN enrolls approximately 353 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN serve?
PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN have?
PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN?
Student demographics at PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN are roughly 2% White, 51% Hispanic, 46% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN?
PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 in Bronx County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.