Enrollment
292
Elementary
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9·NCES 360008602583
PS 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG
2075 WEBSTER AVE, BRONX, NY 10457 · (718) 584-3045 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL292 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% 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
10.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
290 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 | 18 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
41.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +19.0pp since 2023
Math
40.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +15.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 41 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 22.0% | 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
29.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG
PS 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG's state test result (29.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG this school | 292 | 99.3% | 29.7% |
| PS 236 LANGSTON HUGHES BRONX | 303 | 98.3% | 37.4% |
| PS 67 MOHEGAN SCHOOL BRONX | 284 | 97.9% | 53.6% |
| PS 3 RAUL JULIA MICRO SOCIETY BRONX | 308 | 96.8% | 41.7% |
| PS 42 CLAREMONT BRONX | 311 | 99.7% | 29.8% |
| PS 110 THEODORE SCHOENFELD BRONX | 274 | 99.3% | 32.4% |
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 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #2,023 of 2,335 | #174 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,846 of 2,342 ▲ 284 | #158 of 212 ▲ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,727 of 2,343 ▲ 360 | #151 of 212 ▲ 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 292 | #2,040 of 2,585 | #180 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #420 of 2,338 | #28 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.9% | #1,391 of 2,388 | #112 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #12 of 2,534 | #4 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.7% | #130 of 1,757 | #45 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
292
-73 (-20%) vs 2020
-57% since 2010-11, when it was 687
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 9.6:1
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 | 292 | 29.3 | 10.0:1 | 99% (290) |
| 2023-24 | 265 | 24 | 11.1:1 | 98% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 280 | 25.1 | 11.2:1 | 97% (272) |
| 2020-21 | 365 | 38 | 9.6:1 | 98% (358) |
| 2017-18 | 476 | 45 | 10.6:1 | 100% (474) |
| 2015-16 | 552 | 42 | 13.1:1 | 99% (544) |
| 2010-11 | 687 | 54 | 12.7:1 | 100% (684) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG.
About PS 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG
The public elementary school PS 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG is located in BRONX, New York. A federal count lists 292 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New York is about 443, so this school runs 34% smaller than that.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 counts 23,786 students in its 70 schools, and PS 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG is one of them.
PS 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG is 66% Hispanic by enrollment. Other reported shares: 32% Black. That compares with about 55% Hispanic among all Bronx County residents. The school's diversity index is 46%, meaning two students picked at random have a 46% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 10.0:1 comes from the school's 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The lunch program counts 99% of students at PS 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Bronx County is 90%.
allk12 grades PS 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG a C-. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 38.5% for a school in New York with PS 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG's free or reduced-price lunch share. PS 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG posts 29.7%.
Bronx County census figures show that the median household income is $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 472 public schools in Bronx County, enrolling about 202,028 students in all.
The closest public school to PS 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG is THEATRE ARTS PRODUCTION COMPANY SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. PS 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 29.7% average proficiency ranks 6th among 9 nearby schools.
NCES assigns PS 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at PS 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG dropped 20% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 365 to 292 students.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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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Frequently asked questions
About PS 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERGHow large is PS 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG?
PS 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG enrolls approximately 292 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG?
Approximately 10.0:1 students per teacher at PS 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG.
What is the student diversity at PS 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG?
Student demographics at PS 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG are roughly 0% White, 66% Hispanic, 32% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is PS 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG public or private?
PS 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.