Enrollment
343
Elementary
DISTRICT 555 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11·NCES 360008802092
PS 16 WAKEFIELD
4550 CARPENTER AVE, BRONX, NY 10470 · (718) 324-1262 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL343 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
14.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
321 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 28 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
32.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
35.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 20.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
25.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 16 WAKEFIELD
PS 16 WAKEFIELD's state test result (25.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 16 WAKEFIELD this school | 343 | 93.6% | 25.3% |
| EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II NEW YORK | 346 | 91.6% | 38.7% |
| EAST NEW YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE BROOKLYN | 349 | 93.7% | 27.0% |
| PS 277 BRONX | 347 | 97.4% | 48.2% |
| DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL HIGHBRIDGE BRONX | 363 | 94.5% | 62.5% |
| BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 5 BRONX | 329 | 92.7% | 81.9% |
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 16 WAKEFIELD ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #2,147 of 2,335 | #191 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,981 of 2,342 ▲ 154 | #176 of 212 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #2,064 of 2,343 ▲ 93 | #186 of 212 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 343 | #1,708 of 2,585 | #148 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #2,004 of 2,338 | #161 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.5% | #836 of 2,388 | #29 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.6% | #270 of 2,534 | #118 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.2% | #1,519 of 1,757 | #149 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
343
+51 (+17%) vs 2020
-44% since 2010-11, when it was 611
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 343 | 23.2 | 14.8:1 | 94% (321) |
| 2023-24 | 346 | 20.7 | 16.7:1 | 94% (326) |
| 2022-23 | 313 | 19.2 | 16.3:1 | 91% (286) |
| 2020-21 | 292 | 23 | 12.7:1 | 94% (274) |
| 2017-18 | 358 | 27 | 13.3:1 | 97% (348) |
| 2015-16 | 454 | 36 | 12.6:1 | 94% (428) |
| 2010-11 | 611 | 43 | 14.2:1 | 95% (578) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 16 WAKEFIELD.
About PS 16 WAKEFIELD
PS 16 WAKEFIELD is a low-enrollment elementary school in BRONX, New York, under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11. The school has 343 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in New York enroll about 443 students on average.
The district for PS 16 WAKEFIELD is NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11, with 62 schools and 30,138 students.
More than half of enrollment at PS 16 WAKEFIELD is Hispanic: 57%. Other groups make up 31% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Native American, and 2% White. In Bronx County overall, the Hispanic share is about 55%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 58%.
The school's 23.2 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Income data for the school show 94% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, PS 16 WAKEFIELD lands at D, ahead of 12% of New York public elementary schools.
PS 16 WAKEFIELD's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 25.3% is 15.3 points below the 40.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Bronx County show that median household income comes to about $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bronx County counts 472 public schools with about 202,028 students.
PS 16 WAKEFIELD's closest public school neighbor is MATILDA AVENUE SCHOOL (THE), less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 49.2% on proficiency, and PS 16 WAKEFIELD is below that at 25.3%.
In the federal locale system, PS 16 WAKEFIELD is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 343 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 292. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.7:1 in 2020-21, and 14.8:1 in 2024-25.
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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
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11
- HARRY S TRUMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- PS 83 DONALD HERTZElementary · 1,451 students
- PS 89Elementary · 1,169 students
- PS/MS 194Elementary · 1,169 students
- PS 96 RICHARD RODGERSElementary · 880 students
- PS 106 PARKCHESTERElementary · 822 students
Other schools in BRONX
- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE)High · 2,953 students
- 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
- MATILDA AVENUE SCHOOL (THE)0.1 mi · 222
- YONKERS MONTESSORI ACADEMY0.5 mi · 1,234
- PS 870.7 mi · 307
- PS 19 JUDITH K WEISS0.7 mi · 679
- BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 40.7 mi · 452
- GRIMES SCHOOL0.8 mi · 330
Frequently asked questions
About PS 16 WAKEFIELDWhat is the total enrollment at PS 16 WAKEFIELD?
PS 16 WAKEFIELD enrolls approximately 343 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 16 WAKEFIELD an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 16 WAKEFIELD is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 16 WAKEFIELD have?
PS 16 WAKEFIELD employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 16 WAKEFIELD?
Student demographics at PS 16 WAKEFIELD are roughly 2% White, 57% Hispanic, 31% Black, 5% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PS 16 WAKEFIELD in?
PS 16 WAKEFIELD is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11.
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