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What advice would you give to incoming students at PS 152 EVERGREEN?
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Enrollment
634
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8·NCES 360008502547
PS 152 EVERGREEN
1007 EVERGREEN AVE, BRONX, NY 10472 · (718) 589-4560 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL634 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
620 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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
41.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
40.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 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
34.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% 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
634
-182 (-22%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 12.5:1
% White
2%
was 1%
% Hispanic
84%
was 80%
% Black
12%
was 16%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PS 152 EVERGREEN
PS 152 EVERGREEN, a medium-sized K-5 school in BRONX, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8, educates 634 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 43% bigger than the state mean of about 443.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8 runs 52 schools in total, collectively educating 21,621 students. PS 152 EVERGREEN is one of those campuses.
On demographics, PS 152 EVERGREEN lists that 84% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest reads as 12% Black. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 98% of students at PS 152 EVERGREEN qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 152 EVERGREEN sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.0%; this one delivers 34.2%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Bronx County indicate median household earnings sit near $48,676, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. In all, Bronx County runs 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), of which PS 152 EVERGREEN is one.
BRONX ARENA HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 152 EVERGREEN at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 50.6%.
Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.
Trend over the last 7 years. PS 152 EVERGREEN's enrollment has decreased 22% since 2018, when it stood at 816 (now 634). Black enrollment moved from 16% to 12% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 72 DR WILLIAM DORNEYElementary · 598 students
- BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTSHigh · 589 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
- BRONX ARENA HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 158
- ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL 70.2 mi · 303
- PS 93 ALBERT G OLIVER0.2 mi · 356
- SCHOOL FOR INQUIRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE)0.3 mi · 377
- JHS 123 JAMES M KIERNAN0.3 mi · 466
- BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS0.4 mi · 588
Frequently asked questions
About PS 152 EVERGREENHow many students attend PS 152 EVERGREEN?
PS 152 EVERGREEN enrolls approximately 634 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 152 EVERGREEN serve?
PS 152 EVERGREEN serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 152 EVERGREEN?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at PS 152 EVERGREEN.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 152 EVERGREEN?
At PS 152 EVERGREEN, the student body is approximately 2% White, 84% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PS 152 EVERGREEN in?
PS 152 EVERGREEN is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.