Enrollment
310
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10·NCES 360008704731
PS 226
1950 SEDGWICK AVE, BRONX, NY 10453 · (929) 452-3090 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL310 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% 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
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
299 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 50 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
52.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
58.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +15.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
48.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% 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 226
PS 226's state test result (48.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 226 this school | 310 | 96.5% | 48.5% |
| WALTON AVENUE SCHOOL (THE) BRONX | 304 | 97.4% | 35.8% |
| PS 140 NATHAN STRAUS NEW YORK | 334 | 95.8% | 27.5% |
| PS/IS 54 BRONX | 329 | 96.0% | 26.4% |
| PS 43 JONAS BRONCK BRONX | 346 | 96.2% | 36.2% |
| PS 161 JUAN PONCE DE LEON SCHOOL BRONX | 303 | 93.1% | 29.4% |
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 226 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #1,215 of 2,335 | #81 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,130 of 2,342 ▲ 416 | #79 of 212 ▲ 34 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,240 of 2,343 ▼ 69 | #98 of 212 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 310 | #1,928 of 2,585 | #167 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #1,292 of 2,338 | #106 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.7% | #1,842 of 2,388 | #183 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.5% | #117 of 2,534 | #59 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.7% | #196 of 1,757 | #64 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
310
-57 (-16%) vs 2020
-26% since 2010-11, when it was 420
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 310 | 25.7 | 12.1:1 | 96% (299) |
| 2023-24 | 318 | 25.9 | 12.3:1 | 95% (301) |
| 2022-23 | 336 | 26.9 | 12.5:1 | 96% (321) |
| 2020-21 | 367 | 31 | 11.8:1 | 95% (347) |
| 2017-18 | 475 | 37 | 12.8:1 | 96% (458) |
| 2015-16 | 506 | 31 | 16.3:1 | 96% (485) |
| 2010-11 | 420 | 33 | 12.7:1 | 97% (409) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 226.
About PS 226
PS 226 is a small elementary school in New York, located in BRONX. The latest federal count shows 310 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students, so this school is 30% smaller than average.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10 enrolls 40,459 students, and its 83 schools include PS 226.
About 81% of the student body at PS 226 is Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 16% Black. In Bronx County overall, about 55% of residents are Hispanic. PS 226's diversity index is 32%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.1:1, with 25.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is lower than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Lunch subsidy eligibility at PS 226 is 96%.
PS 226 is graded B by allk12, scoring above 59% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
PS 226 scores 48.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 39.5%.
Census Bureau estimates for Bronx County show that the median household income is $48,676, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. PS 226 is one of 472 public schools in the county.
The closest public school, MS 390, is about 0.2 miles from PS 226. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. PS 226 is 3rd of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal data place PS 226 in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 310, a 16% decrease from 367 in 2020-21.
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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 #10
- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE)High · 2,953 students
- RIVERDALE/KINGSBRIDGE ACADEMY (MS/HS 141)High · 1,383 students
- DEWITT CLINTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,212 students
- PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTSElementary · 1,091 students
- IN-TECH ACADEMY (MS/HS 368)High · 953 students
- PS 95 SHEILA MENCHERElementary · 851 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
Other Ps 226 schools
One other US public school is named Ps 226. PS 226 is the largest of the 2.
- PS 226NEW YORK, NY · 274 students
Nearby schools
- MS 3900.2 mi · 311
- PS 3960.2 mi · 217
- CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND SOCIAL JUSTICE0.3 mi · 523
- IS 229 ROLAND PATTERSON0.3 mi · 177
- NEW AMERICAN ACADEMY AT ROBERTO CLEMENTE STATE PARK (THE)0.3 mi · 340
- PS 109 SEDGWICK0.3 mi · 430
Frequently asked questions
About PS 226How large is PS 226?
PS 226 enrolls approximately 310 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 226 serve?
PS 226 serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does PS 226 have?
PS 226 employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 226?
Student demographics at PS 226 are roughly 1% White, 81% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian.
What district is PS 226 in?
PS 226 is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10.
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