PS 154 JONATHAN D HYATT

As a compact elementary school in BRONX, New York, PS 154 JONATHAN D HYATT enrolls 211 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 154 JONATHAN D HYATT sits 52% leaner than that benchmark.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7, which oversees 41 schools and 13,625 students, PS 154 JONATHAN D HYATT is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, PS 154 JONATHAN D HYATT logs that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 42% Black, 4% White. That composition is broadly in line with Bronx County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, PS 154 JONATHAN D HYATT lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 154 JONATHAN D HYATT tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, PS 154 JONATHAN D HYATT tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.9%.

In the area at large, Bronx County reports that median household earnings sit near $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. PS 154 JONATHAN D HYATT is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

The closest other public school is SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL II, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PS 154 JONATHAN D HYATT comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 49.7%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 154 JONATHAN D HYATT has contracted 43%, going from 370 students in 2018 to 211 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 57% to 52% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 8.7:1 today.

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