PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL

PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL, a moderately sized elementary school in BRONX, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8, instructs 479 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8, which oversees 52 schools and 21,621 students, PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL reports that 66% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest is composed of 22% Black, 8% Asian. By comparison, Bronx County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL reports 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.8%; this one delivers 36.2%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Bronx County put the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MILLENIUM ART ACADEMY, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.3%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL has fell 33%, going from 711 students in 2018 to 479 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 1% to 8% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.