PS 214

PS 214, a substantial elementary campus in BRONX, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12, teaches 814 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 84% above the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12 runs 47 schools in total, collectively educating 15,705 students. PS 214 is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, PS 214 logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 76%. The remainder breaks down as 20% Black, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, PS 214 has 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 214 tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 96% of students at PS 214 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, PS 214 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.5%, the actual is 35.0%, a residual of -4.6 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Bronx County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 214 is one.

The closest other public school is EMOLIOR ACADEMY, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 214 ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.9%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 25%: 1,084 students in 2018 compared to 814 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 69% to 76%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

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