PS 153 HELEN KELLER

PS 153 HELEN KELLER, a mid-sized primary school in BRONX, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11, enrolls 440 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11 comprises 62 schools with combined enrollment of 30,138 students; PS 153 HELEN KELLER is among them.

In terms of who attends, PS 153 HELEN KELLER lists that the largest single group is Black, at 62% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 26% Hispanic, 7% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 33% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 153 HELEN KELLER higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Bronx County (around 90%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, PS 153 HELEN KELLER sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.3%; this one delivers 61.1%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Bronx County indicate the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. PS 153 HELEN KELLER is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

MS 180 DR DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 153 HELEN KELLER ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 52.8%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 32%: 647 students in 2018 compared to 440 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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