PS 16 WAKEFIELD

PS 16 WAKEFIELD is an intimate K-5 school in BRONX, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11. The school caters to 343 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 16 WAKEFIELD sits 23% below that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11 runs 62 schools in total, collectively educating 30,138 students. PS 16 WAKEFIELD is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, PS 16 WAKEFIELD records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 57% of enrollment. Other groups include 31% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Native American, 2% White. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, PS 16 WAKEFIELD has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, PS 16 WAKEFIELD tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.3%.

In the area at large, census data for Bronx County shows the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PS 16 WAKEFIELD is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

MATILDA AVENUE SCHOOL (THE) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 16 WAKEFIELD at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 49.2%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 4%: 358 students in 2018 compared to 343 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 35% to 57% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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