PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in BRONX, New York, PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW works with 438 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12, which oversees 47 schools and 15,705 students, PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 60% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 35% Black.

Looking at school resources, On paper, PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.5%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Bronx County) records that 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. In all, Bronx County runs 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), of which PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW is one.

PS 186 WALTER J DAMROSCH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.4%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. PS 134 GEORGE F BRISTOW's enrollment has fell 33% since 2018, when it stood at 649 (now 438). Hispanic enrollment moved from 54% to 60% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

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