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What's something PS 196 does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
662
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12·NCES 360009003369
PS 196
1250 WARD AVE, BRONX, NY 10472 · (718) 328-7187 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL662 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% 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.
- CBeats 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
13.5:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
631 students
DISTRICT 95% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 65 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (105).
Student demographics
28%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
33.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
28.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% 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 196
PS 196's state test result (28.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 196 this school | 662 | 95.3% | 28.4% |
| PS 152 EVERGREEN BRONX | 634 | 97.8% | 34.2% |
| PS 46 EDGAR ALLAN POE BRONX | 609 | 94.4% | 31.5% |
| PS 7 ABRAHAM LINCOLN BROOKLYN | 589 | 95.4% | 34.6% |
| PS 195 BRONX | 713 | 91.0% | 20.8% |
| BUSHWICK ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 738 | 92.3% | 60.9% |
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 196 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #2,068 of 2,335 | #184 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #2,070 of 2,342 ▼ 222 | #188 of 212 ▼ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #2,037 of 2,343 ▼ 4 | #183 of 212 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 662 | #334 of 2,585 | #32 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #1,759 of 2,338 | #144 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.5% | #1,943 of 2,388 | #192 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.3% | #177 of 2,534 | #90 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.2% | #305 of 1,757 | #88 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
662
-68 (-9%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 789
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 662 | 49 | 13.5:1 | 95% (631) |
| 2023-24 | 661 | 45 | 14.7:1 | 91% (604) |
| 2022-23 | 683 | 49 | 13.9:1 | 91% (624) |
| 2020-21 | 730 | 57 | 12.8:1 | 92% (670) |
| 2017-18 | 935 | 71 | 13.2:1 | 90% (843) |
| 2015-16 | 1,011 | 57 | 17.7:1 | 76% (767) |
| 2010-11 | 789 | 50 | 15.8:1 | 92% (722) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 196.
About PS 196
PS 196 is a medium-sized elementary school in New York, with an address in BRONX. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 662 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students, so this school is 49% above average.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12 oversees PS 196 and 46 other schools, with 15,705 students in total.
PS 196's enrollment is 84% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 11% Black and 2% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 29 points above the 55% share among Bronx County residents. The school's diversity index is 28%, meaning two students picked at random have a 28% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 49 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.5:1. That matches the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York fairly closely. Eligible students account for 95% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
The allk12 Grade for PS 196 is C-. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 17% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
PS 196 scores 28.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 39.9%.
County data help place the school in context: in Bronx County, the median household income is $48,676, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 23%. Bronx County is home to 472 public schools and about 202,028 public school students.
PS 195 is the public school closest to PS 196, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 40.8% on proficiency, and PS 196 is below that at 28.4%.
Federal data place PS 196 in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, PS 196's enrollment dropped 9%, to 662.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12
- PS 214Elementary · 814 students
- PS 47 JOHN RANDOLPHElementary · 789 students
- PS 195Elementary · 713 students
- EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTUREHigh · 654 students
- MOTT HALL VHigh · 636 students
- PS 150 CHARLES JAMES FOXElementary · 471 students
Other schools in BRONX
- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE)High · 2,953 students
- KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL IIICombined · 2,390 students
- 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
- PS 1950.0 mi · 713
- CINEMA SCHOOL (THE)0.1 mi · 309
- MOTT HALL V0.1 mi · 636
- METROPOLITAN SOUNDVIEW HIGH SCHOOL (THE)0.1 mi · 356
- PAN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT MONROE0.1 mi · 339
- HIGH SCHOOL OF WORLD CULTURES0.1 mi · 381
Frequently asked questions
About PS 196How many students attend PS 196?
PS 196 enrolls approximately 662 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 196 serve?
PS 196 serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 196?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 196 is approximately 13.5:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 196?
At PS 196, the student body is approximately 1% White, 84% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PS 196 in?
PS 196 is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.