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Enrollment
438
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12·NCES 360009002491
PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW
1330 BRISTOW ST, BRONX, NY 10459 · (718) 328-3351 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL438 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% 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
11.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
429 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 42 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
51%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
26.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
26.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 23.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
23.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW
PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW's state test result (23.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW this school | 438 | 97.9% | 23.5% |
| PS 55 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BRONX | 495 | 97.6% | 23.5% |
| SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND APPLIED LEARNING (THE) BRONX | 360 | 95.6% | 23.5% |
| PS 63 AUTHOR'S ACADEMY BRONX | 381 | 97.4% | 41.1% |
| DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL HIGHBRIDGE BRONX | 363 | 94.5% | 62.5% |
| PS 107 BRONX | 419 | 99.3% | 34.9% |
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 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #2,181 of 2,335 | #200 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #2,167 of 2,342 ▼ 5 | #200 of 212 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #2,187 of 2,343 ▼ 110 | #206 of 212 ▼ 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 438 | #1,139 of 2,585 | #100 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #860 of 2,338 | #66 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.1% | #1,185 of 2,388 | #78 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.9% | #44 of 2,534 | #23 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.5% | #236 of 1,757 | #74 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
438
-56 (-11%) vs 2020
-36% since 2010-11, when it was 681
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 438 | 39.6 | 11.1:1 | 98% (429) |
| 2023-24 | 425 | 37.4 | 11.4:1 | 96% (406) |
| 2022-23 | 421 | 36.3 | 11.6:1 | 95% (401) |
| 2020-21 | 494 | 40 | 12.3:1 | 93% (460) |
| 2017-18 | 649 | 40.5 | 16.0:1 | 94% (608) |
| 2015-16 | 686 | 38 | 18.1:1 | 98% (673) |
| 2010-11 | 681 | 48 | 14.2:1 | 95% (649) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW.
About PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW
PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in BRONX, New York. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 438 students.
A total of 47 schools make up NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12, with 15,705 students enrolled.
At PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW, 60% of students are Hispanic. It is also 35% Black. The diversity index for PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW is 51%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 39.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW has a ratio of 11.1:1. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 1.8 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 98%.
PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW 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 10% of New York public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 23.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 39.0%.
Bronx County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of people live in poverty. There are 472 public schools in the county, enrolling about 202,028, PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW among them.
PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW's nearest public school is PS 186 WALTER J DAMROSCH SCHOOL (about 0.2 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW. PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW places 7th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The NCES locale for PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 11%, from 494 to 438. The number of students per teacher dropped from 12.3 to 11.1 over 4 years.
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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
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOWHow many students attend PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW?
PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW enrolls approximately 438 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW is approximately 11.1:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW?
At PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW, the student body is approximately 2% White, 60% Hispanic, 35% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW in?
PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.