Enrollment
271
Elementary
DISTRICT 340 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7·NCES 360008402098
PS 18 JOHN PETER ZENGER
502 MORRIS AVE, BRONX, NY 10451 · (718) 292-2868 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL271 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% 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
8.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
271 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 16 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
27.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
23.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.0% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 21.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
22.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% 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 18 JOHN PETER ZENGER
PS 18 JOHN PETER ZENGER's state test result (22.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 18 JOHN PETER ZENGER this school | 271 | 100.0% | 22.6% |
| PS 110 THEODORE SCHOENFELD BRONX | 274 | 99.3% | 32.4% |
| URBAN SCHOLARS COMMUNITY SCHOOL BRONX | 294 | 98.0% | 43.0% |
| PS 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG BRONX | 292 | 99.3% | 29.7% |
| CHRISTOPHER AVENUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 297 | 99.7% | 61.3% |
| PS 67 MOHEGAN SCHOOL BRONX | 284 | 97.9% | 53.6% |
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 18 JOHN PETER ZENGER ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #2,201 of 2,335 | #202 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #2,217 of 2,342 ▼ 103 | #205 of 212 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #2,168 of 2,343 ▼ 38 | #200 of 212 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 271 | #2,136 of 2,585 | #188 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.3:1 | #89 of 2,338 | #8 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #1,068 of 2,388 | #57 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #2 of 2,534 | #1 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -54.7% | #20 of 1,757 | #5 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
271
-173 (-39%) vs 2020
-48% since 2010-11, when it was 519
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 271 | 32.5 | 8.3:1 | 100% (271) |
| 2023-24 | 325 | 31 | 10.5:1 | 99% (322) |
| 2022-23 | 342 | 32.7 | 10.5:1 | 100% (341) |
| 2020-21 | 444 | 42 | 10.6:1 | 100% (442) |
| 2017-18 | 598 | 48 | 12.4:1 | 98% (585) |
| 2015-16 | 613 | 41 | 14.9:1 | 95% (583) |
| 2010-11 | 519 | 44 | 11.8:1 | 92% (476) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 18 JOHN PETER ZENGER.
About PS 18 JOHN PETER ZENGER
PS 18 JOHN PETER ZENGER is one of the public schools in BRONX, New York. It is a small elementary school. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 271 students enrolled. It has 39% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in New York (about 443).
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7, which runs PS 18 JOHN PETER ZENGER, has 41 schools and 13,625 students.
About 58% of the student body at PS 18 JOHN PETER ZENGER is Hispanic. Other groups include 35% Black and 4% White. Bronx County residents are about 55% Hispanic, a similar share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 54, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 32.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 8.3:1. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 4.5 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 100%. Among public schools in Bronx County, the average eligibility rate is 90%.
On the allk12 Grade, PS 18 JOHN PETER ZENGER lands at D, ahead of 10% of New York public elementary schools.
PS 18 JOHN PETER ZENGER posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 22.6%, compared with a predicted 38.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the surrounding county, Bronx County, the median household earns about $48,676 a year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting PS 18 JOHN PETER ZENGER, Bronx County has 472 public schools.
About 0.2 miles separate PS 18 JOHN PETER ZENGER from the closest public school, CREO COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 44.9%; PS 18 JOHN PETER ZENGER's is 22.6%, ranking 9th of 9.
For locale, NCES codes PS 18 JOHN PETER ZENGER as City: Large.
The school's enrollment fell 39% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (8.3:1) than in 2020-21 (10.6:1).
The PS 18 JOHN PETER ZENGER discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
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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- RIVERDALE/KINGSBRIDGE ACADEMY (MS/HS 141)High · 1,383 students
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- CREO COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 360
- LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X2230.2 mi · 646
- SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL0.2 mi · 603
- URBAN ASSEMBLY BRONX ACADEMY OF LETTERS (THE)0.2 mi · 413
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-BRONX 10.2 mi · 513
- BRONX HAVEN HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 98
Frequently asked questions
About PS 18 JOHN PETER ZENGERHow large is PS 18 JOHN PETER ZENGER?
PS 18 JOHN PETER ZENGER enrolls approximately 271 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 18 JOHN PETER ZENGER serve?
PS 18 JOHN PETER ZENGER serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 18 JOHN PETER ZENGER have?
PS 18 JOHN PETER ZENGER employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.3:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 18 JOHN PETER ZENGER?
Student demographics at PS 18 JOHN PETER ZENGER are roughly 4% White, 58% Hispanic, 35% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 18 JOHN PETER ZENGER?
PS 18 JOHN PETER ZENGER is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7 in Bronx County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.