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What's one thing PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
576
Elementary
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9·NCES 360008604808
PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS
1780 DR M L KING JR BLVD, BRONX, NY 10453 · (718) 960-9520 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL576 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 81% of New York public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
11.7:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
534 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 | 35 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 20% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (115).
Student demographics
41%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
70.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
75.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 75.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
62.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 41% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in New York's top 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 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS
PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS's state test result (62.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS this school | 576 | 92.7% | 62.0% |
| PS 53 BASHEER QUISIM BRONX | 600 | 96.2% | 34.9% |
| BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS BRONX | 588 | 89.3% | 52.2% |
| ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - BRONX MOUNT EDEN BRONX | 582 | 88.8% | 83.9% |
| PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS NEW YORK | 527 | 95.1% | 36.4% |
| LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUFFERN | 584 | 90.8% | 16.7% |
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 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #671 of 2,335 | #44 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #519 of 2,342 ▼ 99 | #41 of 212 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #509 of 2,343 ▲ 117 | #44 of 212 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 576 | #545 of 2,585 | #58 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #1,140 of 2,338 | #89 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.2% | #1,559 of 2,388 | #143 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.7% | #309 of 2,534 | #127 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.3% | #1,259 of 1,757 | #143 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
576
-43 (-7%) vs 2020
+43% since 2010-11, when it was 403
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 576 | 49.2 | 11.7:1 | 93% (534) |
| 2023-24 | 550 | 50.7 | 10.8:1 | 91% (502) |
| 2022-23 | 560 | 49.6 | 11.3:1 | 89% (501) |
| 2020-21 | 619 | 43 | 14.4:1 | 90% (555) |
| 2017-18 | 628 | 38 | 16.5:1 | 86% (538) |
| 2015-16 | 618 | 38 | 16.3:1 | 75% (463) |
| 2010-11 | 403 | 32 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS.
About PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS
PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS is an elementary school located in BRONX, New York, in Bronx County. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 576 students. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students each.
Federal data list 70 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9, with 23,786 students enrolled.
PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS's enrollment is 73% Hispanic. Other groups make up 23% Black. County-wide, 55% of Bronx County residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS comes in at 41%.
Federal staffing data show 49.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS and a ratio of 11.7:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, higher than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 93% of enrollment. That is close to the 90% average for public schools in Bronx County.
The allk12 Grade for PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS is A-. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 81% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In New York, PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 62.0% compared with a predicted 40.9%.
Census estimates describe Bronx County this way: median household income is about $48,676, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 472 public schools in Bronx County, with a combined enrollment of about 202,028.
IS 303 LEADERSHIP & COMMUNITY SERVICE is located less than a tenth of a mile from PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS comes in 2nd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 619 in 2020-21 and 576 in 2024-25, a 7% decrease. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.7:1.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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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- HARRY S TRUMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
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Nearby schools
- IS 303 LEADERSHIP & COMMUNITY SERVICE0.0 mi · 291
- ACADEMY FOR LANGUAGE AND TECHNOLOGY0.0 mi · 356
- IS 2320.0 mi · 248
- PS 109 SEDGWICK0.2 mi · 430
- PS 3060.2 mi · 379
- BRONX SCHOOL OF YOUNG LEADERS (THE)0.2 mi · 342
Frequently asked questions
About PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTSHow large is PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS?
PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS enrolls approximately 576 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS serve?
PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS.
How diverse is PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS?
PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS reports a student body of 2% White, 73% Hispanic, 23% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS?
PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 in Bronx County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.