PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE)

Set in BRONX, New York, PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE) is a close-knit K-5 school, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8. It works with 335 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE) sits 24% below that benchmark.

PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE) is one of 52 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8, a district that educates 21,621 students overall.

On the student-mix side, PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE) lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 63% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 34% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE) tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.3%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Bronx County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE) is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

The closest other public school is VIRTUAL INNOVATOR'S ACADEMY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE). Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE) ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 40.1%.

PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE) operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE)'s enrollment has shrank 47% since 2018, when it stood at 635 (now 335). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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