PS 199 SHAKESPEARE SCHOOL (THE)

PS 199 SHAKESPEARE SCHOOL (THE) is an average-sized elementary-level community in BRONX, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9. The school works with 378 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9, which oversees 70 schools and 23,786 students, PS 199 SHAKESPEARE SCHOOL (THE) is one campus in the system.

On demographics, PS 199 SHAKESPEARE SCHOOL (THE) records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 67% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 25% Black, 4% Native American, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 96% of students at PS 199 SHAKESPEARE SCHOOL (THE) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, PS 199 SHAKESPEARE SCHOOL (THE) performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.7%, the actual is 38.6%, a residual of -1.1 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Bronx County shows the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. In all, Bronx County runs 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), of which PS 199 SHAKESPEARE SCHOOL (THE) is one.

Nearest neighbor: ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - BRONX MOUNT EDEN, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 199 SHAKESPEARE SCHOOL (THE) at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 55.5%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. PS 199 SHAKESPEARE SCHOOL (THE)'s enrollment has fell 50% since 2018, when it stood at 753 (now 378). Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

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