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Enrollment
406
Elementary
DISTRICT 555 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11·NCES 360008802111
PS 21 PHILIP H SHERIDAN
715 E 225TH ST, BRONX, NY 10466 · (718) 652-3903 · Bronx County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL406 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% 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.
- A-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
12.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
383 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
62.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +36.0pp since 2023
Math
72.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +19.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 36 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 19 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% 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 21 PHILIP H SHERIDAN
PS 21 PHILIP H SHERIDAN's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 21 PHILIP H SHERIDAN this school | 406 | 94.3% | 48.3% |
| PS 111 SETON FALLS BRONX | 397 | 94.2% | 29.5% |
| PS 57 HUBERT H HUMPHREY STATEN ISLAND | 392 | 95.2% | 29.3% |
| BROOKLYN GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 355 | 96.6% | 42.0% |
| PS 183 DR RICHARD R GREEN ROCKAWAY BEACH | 414 | 94.9% | 28.8% |
| SCHOOL 45-MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ROCHESTER | 430 | 88.1% | 10.0% |
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 21 PHILIP H SHERIDAN ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #1,227 of 2,335 | #83 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #609 of 2,342 ▲ 547 | #46 of 212 ▲ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #833 of 2,343 ▲ 1,092 | #58 of 212 ▲ 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 406 | #1,325 of 2,585 | #114 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #1,293 of 2,338 | #107 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.6% | #725 of 2,388 | #23 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.3% | #227 of 2,534 | #103 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -42.1% | #92 of 1,757 | #28 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
406
-116 (-22%) vs 2020
-55% since 2010-11, when it was 901
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 406 | 33.7 | 12.1:1 | 94% (383) |
| 2023-24 | 470 | 32 | 14.7:1 | 94% (442) |
| 2022-23 | 478 | 35 | 13.7:1 | 93% (446) |
| 2020-21 | 522 | 45 | 11.6:1 | 91% (473) |
| 2017-18 | 701 | 43 | 16.3:1 | 92% (642) |
| 2015-16 | 706 | 38 | 18.6:1 | 86% (606) |
| 2010-11 | 901 | 53 | 17.0:1 | 73% (654) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 21 PHILIP H SHERIDAN.
About PS 21 PHILIP H SHERIDAN
PS 21 PHILIP H SHERIDAN is classified as an elementary school. It is located in BRONX, New York. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 406 students on the rolls.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11 has 30,138 students spread across 62 schools.
The largest group at PS 21 PHILIP H SHERIDAN is Black students, at 51%. Enrollment also includes 37% Hispanic, 3% White, 3% Asian, and 2% Pacific Islander. Among people living in Bronx County, the Black share is about 33%. The diversity index for PS 21 PHILIP H SHERIDAN is 60%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 33.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.1 students per teacher. Elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1, 0.8 more students per teacher than here. Of all students at PS 21 PHILIP H SHERIDAN, 94% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
PS 21 PHILIP H SHERIDAN holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 58% of New York public elementary schools.
PS 21 PHILIP H SHERIDAN is 8.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (48.3% versus 40.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
For Bronx County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $48,676, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and about 23% of people live in poverty. There are 472 public schools in the county, enrolling about 202,028, PS 21 PHILIP H SHERIDAN among them.
Measured in a straight line, BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 3 is about 0.2 miles from PS 21 PHILIP H SHERIDAN. The five-mile area around PS 21 PHILIP H SHERIDAN holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 40.2%, lower than PS 21 PHILIP H SHERIDAN's 48.3%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 116 students, from 522 to 406.
This page collects posts and questions about PS 21 PHILIP H SHERIDAN, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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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Nearby schools
- BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 30.2 mi · 512
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- ACAD-SCHOLARSHIP & ENTREPRENEURSHIP0.4 mi · 437
- BRONXWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMY (THE)0.4 mi · 407
- NEW WORLD HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 287
- LEADERS OF TOMORROW0.5 mi · 374
Frequently asked questions
About PS 21 PHILIP H SHERIDANHow many students attend PS 21 PHILIP H SHERIDAN?
PS 21 PHILIP H SHERIDAN enrolls approximately 406 students in grades KG-05.
Is PS 21 PHILIP H SHERIDAN an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 21 PHILIP H SHERIDAN is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does PS 21 PHILIP H SHERIDAN have?
PS 21 PHILIP H SHERIDAN employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
How diverse is PS 21 PHILIP H SHERIDAN?
PS 21 PHILIP H SHERIDAN reports a student body of 3% White, 37% Hispanic, 51% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 21 PHILIP H SHERIDAN?
PS 21 PHILIP H SHERIDAN is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11 in Bronx County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.