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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL this year?
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Enrollment
479
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8·NCES 360008502505
PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL
2060 LAFAYETTE AVE, BRONX, NY 10473 · (718) 822-5325 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL479 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
16.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
420 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 66 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
40.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
36.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 138 SAMUEL RANDALL
PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL's state test result (36.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL this school | 479 | 87.7% | 36.2% |
| RIVERSIDE SCHOOL FOR MAKERS AND ARTISTS (THE) NEW YORK | 480 | 86.0% | 17.5% |
| BRONX COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 492 | 86.8% | 50.6% |
| SCHOOL 23 YONKERS | 498 | 84.5% | 37.8% |
| PS 69 JOURNEY PREP SCHOOL BRONX | 459 | 89.3% | 34.1% |
| CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 485 | 88.2% | 62.4% |
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 138 SAMUEL RANDALL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #1,779 of 2,335 | #133 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,718 of 2,342 ▼ 201 | #136 of 212 ▼ 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,773 of 2,343 ▼ 171 | #155 of 212 ▼ 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 479 | #920 of 2,585 | #82 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #2,222 of 2,338 | #170 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.4% | #1,220 of 2,388 | #83 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.7% | #511 of 2,534 | #170 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.6% | #232 of 1,757 | #73 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
479
-101 (-17%) vs 2020
-49% since 2010-11, when it was 945
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 479 | 28.5 | 16.8:1 | 88% (420) |
| 2023-24 | 458 | 28.7 | 15.9:1 | 89% (407) |
| 2022-23 | 503 | 34 | 14.8:1 | 88% (444) |
| 2020-21 | 580 | 41 | 14.2:1 | 89% (517) |
| 2017-18 | 711 | 49 | 14.5:1 | 90% (639) |
| 2015-16 | 793 | 51 | 15.6:1 | 89% (707) |
| 2010-11 | 945 | 63 | 15.0:1 | 72% (677) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL.
About PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL
PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL is a mid-sized elementary school based in BRONX, New York. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 479 students.
PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL is among 52 schools run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8, which serves 21,621 students.
Of every 100 students at PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL, about 66 are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 22% Black and 8% Asian. Among all residents of Bronx County, the Hispanic share is about 55%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 50%.
The school's 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1. Elementary schools in New York have an average ratio of 12.8:1. At PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL, 88% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is in line with the 90% average for public schools in Bronx County.
PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 31% of New York public elementary schools.
PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (36.2%) and its predicted rate (42.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
The county, Bronx County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $48,676 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and about 23% of people live in poverty. Counting PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL, Bronx County has 472 public schools.
BRONX COMPASS HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles from PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL holds at least 8 other public schools. PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL comes in 8th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 479, from 580 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 16.8 students per teacher, compared with 14.2 in 2020-21.
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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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Nearby schools
- BRONX COMPASS HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 406
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- GOTHAM COLLABORATIVE HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 295
- MILLENIUM ART ACADEMY0.2 mi · 348
- BRONX COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 162
- BRONX BRIDGES HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 363
Frequently asked questions
About PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALLHow many students attend PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL?
PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL enrolls approximately 479 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL is approximately 16.8:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL?
At PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 66% Hispanic, 22% Black, 8% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL?
PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8 in Bronx County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.