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Enrollment
377
Elementary
DISTRICT 340 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7·NCES 360008405533
PS 157 GROVE HILL
757 CAULDWELL AVE, BRONX, NY 10456 · (718) 292-5255 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL377 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% 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
12.2:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
369 students
DISTRICT 95% · 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 | 64 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
45.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
40.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 45 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
34.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% 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 157 GROVE HILL
PS 157 GROVE HILL's state test result (34.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 157 GROVE HILL this school | 377 | 97.9% | 34.6% |
| GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRONX | 353 | 96.9% | 33.6% |
| PS 199 SHAKESPEARE SCHOOL (THE) BRONX | 378 | 96.0% | 38.6% |
| PS 35 FRANZ SIEGEL BRONX | 358 | 98.6% | 29.7% |
| PS 108 ASSEMBLYMAN ANGELO DEL TORO EDUCATIONAL COMPLEX NEW YORK | 367 | 96.2% | 30.8% |
| PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL BRONX | 413 | 97.6% | 24.5% |
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 157 GROVE HILL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #1,848 of 2,335 | #148 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,843 of 2,342 ▲ 121 | #155 of 212 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,534 of 2,343 ▲ 13 | #128 of 212 ▼ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 377 | #1,502 of 2,585 | #129 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #1,333 of 2,338 | #111 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.1% | #1,186 of 2,388 | #79 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.9% | #49 of 2,534 | #25 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -41.6% | #98 of 1,757 | #31 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
377
-149 (-28%) vs 2020
-38% since 2010-11, when it was 604
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 377 | 31 | 12.2:1 | 98% (369) |
| 2023-24 | 409 | 33.5 | 12.2:1 | 97% (395) |
| 2022-23 | 427 | 34.5 | 12.4:1 | 96% (412) |
| 2020-21 | 526 | 46 | 11.4:1 | 94% (497) |
| 2017-18 | 646 | 56 | 11.5:1 | 96% (620) |
| 2015-16 | 648 | 51 | 12.7:1 | 95% (617) |
| 2010-11 | 604 | 53 | 11.4:1 | 74% (447) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 157 GROVE HILL.
About PS 157 GROVE HILL
PS 157 GROVE HILL is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in BRONX, New York. The school's 377 students are in pre-K through 5.
PS 157 GROVE HILL sits within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7, which has 41 schools and 13,625 students.
A majority of students at PS 157 GROVE HILL, 66%, are Hispanic. The remaining shares are 16% Native American and 16% Black. Bronx County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at PS 157 GROVE HILL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 51%.
The school has about 12.2 students per teacher and 31 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in New York, the average ratio is about 12.8:1. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades PS 157 GROVE HILL a C. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with PS 157 GROVE HILL's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 39.0%. PS 157 GROVE HILL scores 34.6%, 4.4 points below that line.
Within Bronx County, median household income is about $48,676, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 472 public schools in Bronx County, with a combined enrollment of about 202,028.
The next-closest public school is BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: PS 157 GROVE HILL ranks 4th of 8 nearby schools, at 34.6% versus a 44.8% average.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
The number of students declined from 526 to 377 over 4 years.
Discussions about PS 157 GROVE HILL may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
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Other schools in BRONX
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- 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
- BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL0.0 mi · 569
- MOTT HAVEN VILLAGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 197
- UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE0.2 mi · 596
- JILL CHAIFETZ TRANSFER HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 130
- ACADEMY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS0.2 mi · 132
- PS 170.2 mi · 692
Frequently asked questions
About PS 157 GROVE HILLHow many students attend PS 157 GROVE HILL?
PS 157 GROVE HILL enrolls approximately 377 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 157 GROVE HILL serve?
PS 157 GROVE HILL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 157 GROVE HILL?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at PS 157 GROVE HILL.
How diverse is PS 157 GROVE HILL?
PS 157 GROVE HILL reports a student body of 1% White, 66% Hispanic, 16% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 157 GROVE HILL?
PS 157 GROVE HILL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7 in Bronx County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.