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Enrollment
527
Elementary
DISTRICT 262 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5·NCES 360008102577
PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS
499 W 133RD ST, NEW YORK, NY 10027 · (212) 690-5945 · New York County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL527 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% 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
9.5:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
501 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 40 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 83 | 16% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 52% smaller than its 8th grade class (83).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
46.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
40.5%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 40.5% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 33.2% |
% 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
36.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS
PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS's state test result (36.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS this school | 527 | 95.1% | 36.4% |
| JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOL NEW YORK | 516 | 95.5% | 28.6% |
| PS 32 BELMONT BRONX | 527 | 96.4% | 23.9% |
| PS 28 MOUNT HOPE BRONX | 556 | 95.3% | 35.5% |
| CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 456 | 94.1% | 45.0% |
| PS 205 FIORELLO LAGUARDIA BRONX | 496 | 96.0% | 35.1% |
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 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #1,773 of 2,335 | #120 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #1,837 of 2,342 ▲ 63 | #119 of 151 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,485 of 2,343 ▼ 65 | #108 of 151 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 527 | #701 of 2,585 | #31 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #304 of 2,338 | #25 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.3% | #1,687 of 2,388 | #106 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.1% | #192 of 2,534 | #26 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.3% | #166 of 1,757 | #32 of 114 |
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
527
-150 (-22%) vs 2020
-44% since 2010-11, when it was 934
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 527 | 55.3 | 9.5:1 | 95% (501) |
| 2023-24 | 550 | 53.8 | 10.2:1 | 97% (532) |
| 2022-23 | 493 | 61.7 | 8.0:1 | 95% (470) |
| 2020-21 | 677 | 68 | 10.0:1 | 97% (660) |
| 2017-18 | 827 | 67 | 12.3:1 | 97% (799) |
| 2015-16 | 889 | 66 | 13.5:1 | 94% (838) |
| 2010-11 | 934 | 75 | 12.4:1 | 98% (912) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS.
About PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS
PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS is an elementary school with a street address in NEW YORK, New York. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 8, with 527 students on the rolls.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5 is the local district for PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS. It runs 28 schools with 7,761 students.
More than half of enrollment at PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS is Hispanic: 77%. Other groups make up 19% Black. New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS scores 37%.
PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS has 55.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 9.5:1. Elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1, 3.3 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 95% at PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS. For comparison, public schools in New York County average 70%.
PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 34% of New York public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 40.0% at PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 36.4%.
Looking at the county, New York County, median household income comes to about $103,931, about 64% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county's public schools total 358, with about 152,104 students.
A PHILIP RANDOLPH CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest public school to PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS is behind the 41.8% nearby average, ranking 5th of 9.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 677 students in 2020-21 to 527 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
New York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,629,477
Census ACS
Median income
$103,931
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
64%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
358
152,104 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOSHow many students attend PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS?
PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS enrolls approximately 527 students in grades KG-08.
Is PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS is approximately 9.5:1 (55 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS?
At PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS, the student body is approximately 2% White, 77% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS public or private?
PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.