PS 226

Set in BRONX, New York, PS 226 is a compact K-5 school, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10. It hosts 310 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 30% smaller than typical.

PS 226 is one of 83 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10, a district that serves 40,459 students overall.

In terms of who attends, PS 226 records that 81% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder looks like 16% Black. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, PS 226 has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 226 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.5%, the actual is 48.5%, a residual of +9.0 points.

In the surrounding community, Bronx County reports that the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), PS 226 is one campus in the mix.

MS 390 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS 226 comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 35%: 475 students in 2018 compared to 310 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 22% to 16% across the same window.

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