Enrollment
303
Elementary
DISTRICT 340 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7·NCES 360008402578
PS 161 JUAN PONCE DE LEON SCHOOL
628 TINTON AVE, BRONX, NY 10455 · (718) 292-5478 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL303 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
282 students
DISTRICT 95% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
45.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +20.0pp since 2023
Math
35.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +15.0pp 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 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
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
29.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
303
-216 (-42%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 13.0:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
78%
was 74%
% Black
20%
was 23%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PS 161 JUAN PONCE DE LEON SCHOOL
PS 161 JUAN PONCE DE LEON SCHOOL, a small K-5 school in BRONX, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7, educates 303 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 161 JUAN PONCE DE LEON SCHOOL sits 32% smaller than that benchmark.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7 runs 41 schools in total, collectively educating 13,625 students. PS 161 JUAN PONCE DE LEON SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, PS 161 JUAN PONCE DE LEON SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 78% of enrollment. Other groups include 20% Black. By comparison, Bronx County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 161 JUAN PONCE DE LEON SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 93% of students at PS 161 JUAN PONCE DE LEON SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
After controlling for student poverty, PS 161 JUAN PONCE DE LEON SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.8%, the actual is 29.4%, a residual of -11.3 points.
Across the wider county, census data for Bronx County shows median household income runs about $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PS 161 JUAN PONCE DE LEON SCHOOL is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).
The closest other public school is URBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL II, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 161 JUAN PONCE DE LEON SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 43.4%.
The campus sits in an inner-city setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 42%: 519 students in 2018 compared to 303 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.
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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
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- 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
- URBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL II0.1 mi · 285
- PS 25 BILINGUAL SCHOOL0.1 mi · 409
- PS 5 PORT MORRIS0.2 mi · 630
- STOREFRONT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 260
- MS 302 LUISA DESSUS CRUZ0.2 mi · 319
- GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE BRONX0.2 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About PS 161 JUAN PONCE DE LEON SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PS 161 JUAN PONCE DE LEON SCHOOL?
PS 161 JUAN PONCE DE LEON SCHOOL enrolls approximately 303 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 161 JUAN PONCE DE LEON SCHOOL serve?
PS 161 JUAN PONCE DE LEON SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 161 JUAN PONCE DE LEON SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 161 JUAN PONCE DE LEON SCHOOL is approximately 12.0:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PS 161 JUAN PONCE DE LEON SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PS 161 JUAN PONCE DE LEON SCHOOL are roughly 1% White, 78% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is PS 161 JUAN PONCE DE LEON SCHOOL in?
PS 161 JUAN PONCE DE LEON SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7.
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