PS 195

PS 195, a sprawling K-5 school in BRONX, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12, caters to 713 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 61% above the state mean of about 443.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12 runs 47 schools in total, collectively educating 15,705 students. PS 195 is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, PS 195 reports that nearly all students (84%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 11% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Native American. By comparison, Bronx County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 91% of students at PS 195 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, PS 195 falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 41.5%; this one comes in at 20.8%, -20.7 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, Bronx County reports that 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 195 is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

PS 196 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 195. On composite proficiency, PS 195 comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 41.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 26%: 962 students in 2018 compared to 713 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 16% to 11% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for PS 195 typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.