Enrollment
302
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8·NCES 360008502530
PS 146 EDWARD COLLINS
968 CAULDWELL AVE, BRONX, NY 10456 · (718) 378-9664 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL302 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% 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
12.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
288 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 | 48 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 43% larger than its 5th grade class (35).
Student demographics
51%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
46.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +16.0pp since 2023
Math
56.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% 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 146 EDWARD COLLINS
PS 146 EDWARD COLLINS's state test result (40.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 146 EDWARD COLLINS this school | 302 | 95.4% | 40.0% |
| PS 146 ANN M SHORT NEW YORK | 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 67 MOHEGAN SCHOOL BRONX | 284 | 97.9% | 53.6% |
| PS 236 LANGSTON HUGHES BRONX | 303 | 98.3% | 37.4% |
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 146 EDWARD COLLINS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,623 of 2,335 | #118 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,216 of 2,342 ▲ 152 | #84 of 212 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,488 of 2,343 ▲ 259 | #123 of 212 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 302 | #1,982 of 2,585 | #176 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #1,554 of 2,338 | #127 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.9% | #1,194 of 2,388 | #80 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.4% | #173 of 2,534 | #86 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.4% | #418 of 1,757 | #102 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
302
-33 (-10%) vs 2020
-34% since 2010-11, when it was 457
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 302 | 23.6 | 12.8:1 | 95% (288) |
| 2023-24 | 310 | 24.7 | 12.6:1 | 94% (291) |
| 2022-23 | 314 | 31 | 10.1:1 | 94% (296) |
| 2020-21 | 335 | 26 | 12.9:1 | 99% (330) |
| 2017-18 | 405 | 30 | 13.5:1 | 98% (396) |
| 2015-16 | 401 | 29 | 13.8:1 | 95% (381) |
| 2010-11 | 457 | 31 | 14.7:1 | 97% (442) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 146 EDWARD COLLINS.
About PS 146 EDWARD COLLINS
PS 146 EDWARD COLLINS is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in BRONX, New York. Enrollment stands at 302 students, covering pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 32% below the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York.
PS 146 EDWARD COLLINS falls under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8, which has 52 schools enrolling 21,621 students.
About 63% of the student body at PS 146 EDWARD COLLINS is Hispanic. Other students are 30% Black and 4% White. By comparison, Bronx County residents are about 55% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 51, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 12.8:1. It is about the same as the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 95%.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 146 EDWARD COLLINS outscored 43%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
PS 146 EDWARD COLLINS is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (40.0% versus 39.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
For Bronx County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $48,676 a year, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting PS 146 EDWARD COLLINS, Bronx County has 472 public schools.
VIRTUAL INNOVATOR'S ACADEMY is the nearest public school to PS 146 EDWARD COLLINS, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, PS 146 EDWARD COLLINS ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, PS 146 EDWARD COLLINS had a net loss of 33 students, or 10%.
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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
- VIRTUAL INNOVATOR'S ACADEMY0.1 mi · 225
- PS 140 EAGLE SCHOOL (THE)0.1 mi · 335
- MS 301 PAUL L DUNBAR0.2 mi · 148
- BRONX INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 411
- SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE0.2 mi · 99
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR VIOLIN AND DANCE0.2 mi · 106
Frequently asked questions
About PS 146 EDWARD COLLINSWhat is the total enrollment at PS 146 EDWARD COLLINS?
PS 146 EDWARD COLLINS enrolls approximately 302 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 146 EDWARD COLLINS an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 146 EDWARD COLLINS is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 146 EDWARD COLLINS?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at PS 146 EDWARD COLLINS.
What is the student diversity at PS 146 EDWARD COLLINS?
Student demographics at PS 146 EDWARD COLLINS are roughly 4% White, 63% Hispanic, 30% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is PS 146 EDWARD COLLINS in?
PS 146 EDWARD COLLINS is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8.
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