PS 157 GROVE HILL

PS 157 GROVE HILL is a K-5 school of mid-tier scale in BRONX, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7, caters to 377 students in grades pre-K through 5.

PS 157 GROVE HILL is one of 41 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7, a district that educates 13,625 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 157 GROVE HILL records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 66%; the rest comes out to 16% Native American, 16% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

In terms of school funding signals, PS 157 GROVE HILL shows 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS 157 GROVE HILL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.6%.

Zooming out to the county, 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%. PS 157 GROVE HILL is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PS 157 GROVE HILL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 44.8%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. PS 157 GROVE HILL's enrollment has shrank 42% since 2018, when it stood at 646 (now 377). The Black share of enrollment decreased from 31% to 16% over that span.

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