Enrollment
335
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8·NCES 360008502509
PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE)
916 EAGLE AVE, BRONX, NY 10456 · (718) 585-1205 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL335 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
11.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
323 students
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
49%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
54.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +22.0pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +19.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 22 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 19 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
39.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE)
PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE)'s state test result (39.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE) this school | 335 | 96.4% | 39.3% |
| PS 277 BRONX | 347 | 97.4% | 48.2% |
| NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY AT ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATE PARK (THE) BRONX | 340 | 98.5% | 20.7% |
| DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL HIGHBRIDGE BRONX | 363 | 94.5% | 62.5% |
| SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND APPLIED LEARNING (THE) BRONX | 360 | 95.6% | 23.5% |
| PS 57 CRESCENT BRONX | 331 | 96.1% | 23.1% |
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 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #1,656 of 2,335 | #120 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,423 of 2,342 ▲ 530 | #102 of 212 ▲ 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,165 of 2,343 ▲ 478 | #88 of 212 ▲ 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 335 | #1,763 of 2,585 | #155 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #1,103 of 2,338 | #85 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.1% | #1,277 of 2,388 | #91 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.4% | #121 of 2,534 | #61 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -47.2% | #54 of 1,757 | #16 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
335
-139 (-29%) vs 2020
-44% since 2010-11, when it was 596
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 335 | 28.9 | 11.6:1 | 96% (323) |
| 2023-24 | 364 | 27.2 | 13.4:1 | 94% (343) |
| 2022-23 | 380 | 30.7 | 12.4:1 | 95% (362) |
| 2020-21 | 474 | 43 | 11.0:1 | 97% (462) |
| 2017-18 | 635 | 48 | 13.2:1 | 92% (586) |
| 2015-16 | 646 | 45 | 14.4:1 | 88% (566) |
| 2010-11 | 596 | 45 | 13.2:1 | 92% (549) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE).
About PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE)
PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE) is a small elementary school with an address in BRONX, New York. The student body numbers 335 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New York is about 443, so this school runs 24% smaller than that.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8 has a total of 52 schools and 21,621 students, PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE) among them.
A majority of students at PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE), 63%, are Hispanic. The next largest groups are 34% Black. PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE) has a diversity index of 49%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teacher staffing is 28.9 full-time equivalents, or about 11.6 students per teacher. Among elementary schools in New York, the typical ratio is 12.8:1. About 96% of students, or 323, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE) receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE) would be expected to post about 39.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 39.3%.
Census Bureau estimates for Bronx County show that median household income is about $48,676, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 23%. PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE) is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County, which together enroll about 202,028 students.
The next-closest public school is VIRTUAL INNOVATOR'S ACADEMY, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE) ranks 4th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 39.3% against a local average of 40.1%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE) had 474 students in 2020-21 and 335 in 2024-25, a 29% decrease.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8
- HERBERT H LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,087 students
- PS 71 ROSE E SCALAElementary · 1,079 students
- PS 14 SENATOR JOHN CALANDRAElementary · 718 students
- PS 36 UNIONPORTElementary · 660 students
- PS 152 EVERGREENElementary · 634 students
- PS 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEYElementary · 598 students
Other schools in BRONX
- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE)High · 2,953 students
- KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL IIICombined · 2,390 students
- HARRY S TRUMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- ATMOSPHERE ACADEMY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLHigh · 1,481 students
- PS 83 DONALD HERTZElementary · 1,451 students
- RIVERDALE/KINGSBRIDGE ACADEMY (MS/HS 141)High · 1,383 students
Nearby schools
- VIRTUAL INNOVATOR'S ACADEMY0.0 mi · 225
- MS 301 PAUL L DUNBAR0.1 mi · 148
- PS 146 EDWARD COLLINS0.1 mi · 302
- NYC CHARTER HS - AECI0.2 mi · 450
- UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED MATH AND SCIENCE II0.3 mi · 492
- UNITED CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE HUMANITIES II0.3 mi · 250
Frequently asked questions
About PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE)How large is PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE)?
PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE) enrolls approximately 335 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE) serve?
PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE) serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE)?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE) is approximately 11.6:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE)?
PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE) reports a student body of 2% White, 63% Hispanic, 34% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE)?
PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE) is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8 in Bronx County.
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