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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
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% 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.
- B-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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 48 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 17% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (105).
Student demographics
28%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
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.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like PS 152 EVERGREEN
PS 152 EVERGREEN's state test result (34.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 152 EVERGREEN this school | 634 | 97.8% | 34.2% |
| PS 196 BRONX | 662 | 95.3% | 28.4% |
| PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR BRONX | 638 | 97.5% | 50.9% |
| PS 46 EDGAR ALLAN POE BRONX | 609 | 94.4% | 31.5% |
| SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CITIZENSHIP BRONX | 557 | 96.2% | 40.3% |
| PS 7 ABRAHAM LINCOLN BROOKLYN | 589 | 95.4% | 34.6% |
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 152 EVERGREEN ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #1,873 of 2,335 | #151 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,844 of 2,342 ▼ 4 | #156 of 212 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,726 of 2,343 ▲ 107 | #150 of 212 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 634 | #384 of 2,585 | #37 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #967 of 2,338 | #73 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.3% | #1,918 of 2,388 | #190 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.8% | #53 of 2,534 | #28 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.3% | #531 of 1,757 | #115 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
634
-70 (-10%) vs 2020
-32% since 2010-11, when it was 937
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 634 | 56.2 | 11.3:1 | 98% (620) |
| 2023-24 | 671 | 56.9 | 11.8:1 | 96% (644) |
| 2022-23 | 655 | 44.5 | 14.7:1 | 94% (613) |
| 2020-21 | 704 | 54 | 13.0:1 | 93% (656) |
| 2017-18 | 816 | 65.1 | 12.5:1 | 91% (746) |
| 2015-16 | 961 | 69 | 13.9:1 | 81% (778) |
| 2010-11 | 937 | 68 | 13.8:1 | 80% (751) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 152 EVERGREEN.
About PS 152 EVERGREEN
PS 152 EVERGREEN operates as a medium-sized elementary school in BRONX, New York. The school enrolls 634 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in New York) has about 443 students.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8 oversees PS 152 EVERGREEN and 51 other schools, with 21,621 students in total.
About 84% of the student body at PS 152 EVERGREEN is Hispanic. The remaining students are 12% Black. Among people living in Bronx County, the Hispanic share is about 55%. PS 152 EVERGREEN's diversity index is 28%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 11.3:1 comes from the school's 56.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 1.6 students per teacher below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 98% in 2024-25.
The allk12 Grade for PS 152 EVERGREEN is C. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 30% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
PS 152 EVERGREEN's average proficiency rate on state tests of 34.2% is 4.9 points below the 39.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Bronx County (population about 1,404,779), the median household income is $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of people live in poverty. PS 152 EVERGREEN is one of 472 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, BRONX ARENA HIGH SCHOOL is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. PS 152 EVERGREEN has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 50.6%, higher than PS 152 EVERGREEN's 34.2%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 70 fewer students in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 13.0:1 to 11.3:1.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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.