PS 146 ANN M SHORT

PS 146 ANN M SHORT is one of the low-enrollment elementary campuss in NEW YORK, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4, with 305 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 146 ANN M SHORT sits 31% below that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4 runs 30 schools in total, collectively educating 11,316 students. PS 146 ANN M SHORT is one of those campuses.

On demographics, PS 146 ANN M SHORT reports that 65% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 28% Black. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, PS 146 ANN M SHORT has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.4:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, PS 146 ANN M SHORT performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.4%, the actual is 32.1%, a residual of -7.3 points.

Around the school, census data for New York County shows the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across New York County's 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), PS 146 ANN M SHORT is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS 146 ANN M SHORT comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 62.0%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 146 ANN M SHORT has shrank 9%, going from 334 students in 2018 to 305 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share decreased from 7% to 2%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 in 2025.

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