Enrollment
305
Elementary
DISTRICT 339 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4·NCES 360007902529
PS 146 ANN M SHORT
421 E 106TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10029 · (212) 860-5877 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL305 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% 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.
- C+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
8.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
295 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 58 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (35).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
29.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
36.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 42.0% |
% 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
32.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 146 ANN M SHORT
PS 146 ANN M SHORT's state test result (32.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 146 ANN M SHORT this school | 305 | 96.7% | 32.1% |
| PS 3 RAUL JULIA MICRO SOCIETY BRONX | 308 | 96.8% | 41.7% |
| PS 57 CRESCENT BRONX | 331 | 96.1% | 23.1% |
| PS 146 EDWARD COLLINS BRONX | 302 | 95.4% | 40.0% |
| PS 236 LANGSTON HUGHES BRONX | 303 | 98.3% | 37.4% |
| PS 67 MOHEGAN SCHOOL BRONX | 284 | 97.9% | 53.6% |
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 146 ANN M SHORT ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #1,956 of 2,335 | #133 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,957 of 2,342 ▼ 360 | #125 of 151 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #2,135 of 2,343 ▼ 576 | #144 of 151 ▼ 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 305 | #1,961 of 2,585 | #102 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.4:1 | #91 of 2,338 | #10 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.8% | #1,238 of 2,388 | #90 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.7% | #102 of 2,534 | #16 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #1,230 of 1,757 | #97 of 114 |
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
305
-33 (-10%) vs 2020
-34% since 2010-11, when it was 464
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 305 | 36.5 | 8.4:1 | 97% (295) |
| 2023-24 | 326 | 35.7 | 9.1:1 | 97% (316) |
| 2022-23 | 309 | 39.3 | 7.9:1 | 96% (298) |
| 2020-21 | 338 | 33 | 10.2:1 | 95% (321) |
| 2017-18 | 334 | 31 | 10.8:1 | 98% (327) |
| 2015-16 | 388 | 33 | 11.8:1 | 95% (368) |
| 2010-11 | 464 | 58 | 8.0:1 | 96% (447) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 146 ANN M SHORT.
About PS 146 ANN M SHORT
PS 146 ANN M SHORT operates as a small elementary school in NEW YORK, New York. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 305 students. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students each.
PS 146 ANN M SHORT sits within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4, which has 30 schools and 11,316 students.
Roughly 65% of students at PS 146 ANN M SHORT are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 28% Black. Among all residents of New York County, the Hispanic share is about 24%. The school's diversity index is 50%, meaning two students picked at random have a 50% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
PS 146 ANN M SHORT's 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 8.4:1. On average, elementary schools in New York have 12.8:1, compared with 8.4:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 97%. That rate is above the 70% average among public schools in New York County.
The allk12 Grade for PS 146 ANN M SHORT is C. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 26% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, PS 146 ANN M SHORT would be expected to post about 39.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 32.1%.
Across New York County, the median household income is $103,931, about 64% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. In all, New York County has 358 public schools and roughly 152,104 students.
The closest public school to PS 146 ANN M SHORT is EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, PS 146 ANN M SHORT ranks 8th on average proficiency.
PS 146 ANN M SHORT is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Over 4 years, PS 146 ANN M SHORT's enrollment declined 10%, to 305. By 2024-25, the school had 8.4 students per teacher, compared with 10.2 in 2020-21.
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New York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,629,477
Census ACS
Median income
$103,931
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
64%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
358
152,104 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About PS 146 ANN M SHORTHow many students attend PS 146 ANN M SHORT?
PS 146 ANN M SHORT enrolls approximately 305 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 146 ANN M SHORT serve?
PS 146 ANN M SHORT serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 146 ANN M SHORT have?
PS 146 ANN M SHORT employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.4:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 146 ANN M SHORT?
Student demographics at PS 146 ANN M SHORT are roughly 2% White, 65% Hispanic, 28% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 146 ANN M SHORT?
PS 146 ANN M SHORT is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4 in New York County.
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