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Enrollment
471
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12·NCES 360009002541
PS 150 CHARLES JAMES FOX
920 E 167TH ST, BRONX, NY 10459 · (718) 328-7729 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL471 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
463 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
40.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
46.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
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
35.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
471
-396 (-46%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 14.4:1
% White
2%
was 3%
% Hispanic
75%
was 76%
% Black
22%
was 21%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PS 150 CHARLES JAMES FOX
Set in BRONX, New York, PS 150 CHARLES JAMES FOX is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12. It teaches 471 students across grades pre-K through 5.
PS 150 CHARLES JAMES FOX is one of 47 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12, a district that educates 15,705 students overall.
On demographics, PS 150 CHARLES JAMES FOX reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 75% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 22% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, PS 150 CHARLES JAMES FOX tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.1%.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Bronx County indicate 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%. In all, Bronx County runs 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), of which PS 150 CHARLES JAMES FOX is one.
DEMOCRACY PREP ENDURANCE CHARTER SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 150 CHARLES JAMES FOX. On composite proficiency, PS 150 CHARLES JAMES FOX comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.9%.
PS 150 CHARLES JAMES FOX operates from an urban location.
Five-year trend. PS 150 CHARLES JAMES FOX's enrollment has shrank 46% since 2018, when it stood at 867 (now 471). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.
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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 #12
- PS 214Elementary · 814 students
- PS 47 JOHN RANDOLPHElementary · 789 students
- PS 195Elementary · 713 students
- PS 196Elementary · 662 students
- EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTUREHigh · 654 students
- MOTT HALL VHigh · 636 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
- DEMOCRACY PREP ENDURANCE CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 836
- METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL (THE)0.2 mi · 172
- PHAROS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 695
- SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS0.3 mi · 137
- SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 522
- ACCION ACADEMY0.3 mi · 185
Frequently asked questions
About PS 150 CHARLES JAMES FOXHow large is PS 150 CHARLES JAMES FOX?
PS 150 CHARLES JAMES FOX enrolls approximately 471 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 150 CHARLES JAMES FOX serve?
PS 150 CHARLES JAMES FOX serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 150 CHARLES JAMES FOX?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 150 CHARLES JAMES FOX is approximately 10.7:1 (44 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PS 150 CHARLES JAMES FOX?
PS 150 CHARLES JAMES FOX reports a student body of 2% White, 75% Hispanic, 22% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is PS 150 CHARLES JAMES FOX in?
PS 150 CHARLES JAMES FOX is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12.
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