Enrollment
332
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10·NCES 360008700130
PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE)
2151 WASHINGTON AVE, BRONX, NY 10457 · (718) 584-3992 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL332 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of New York public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
11.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
308 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 | 48 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 12% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
41%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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
28.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
12.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 12.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
20.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE)
PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE)'s state test result (20.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE) this school | 332 | 92.8% | 20.5% |
| BGLIG-SHIRLEY RODRIGUEZ-REMENESKI CS BRONX | 313 | 92.3% | 49.6% |
| AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM NEW YORK | 288 | 93.4% | 44.8% |
| PS 161 JUAN PONCE DE LEON SCHOOL BRONX | 303 | 93.1% | 29.4% |
| PS 11 HIGHBRIDGE BRONX | 386 | 94.0% | 25.6% |
| PS 7 SAMUEL STERN NEW YORK | 348 | 90.5% | 26.1% |
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 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.5% | #2,231 of 2,335 | #206 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.0% | #2,316 of 2,342 ▼ 22 | #212 of 212 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #2,152 of 2,343 ▼ 112 | #199 of 212 ▼ 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 332 | #1,788 of 2,585 | #157 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #944 of 2,338 | #71 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.5% | #1,552 of 2,388 | #141 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.8% | #306 of 2,534 | #126 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.9% | #226 of 1,757 | #72 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
332
-64 (-16%) vs 2020
-32% since 2010-11, when it was 488
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 332 | 29.6 | 11.2:1 | 93% (308) |
| 2023-24 | 379 | 31.6 | 12.0:1 | 93% (354) |
| 2022-23 | 364 | 29.3 | 12.4:1 | 93% (337) |
| 2020-21 | 396 | 29 | 13.7:1 | 92% (365) |
| 2017-18 | 495 | 38 | 13.0:1 | 92% (456) |
| 2015-16 | 537 | 45 | 11.9:1 | 84% (452) |
| 2010-11 | 488 | 48 | 10.2:1 | 86% (421) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE).
About PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE)
PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE) is a small elementary school serving families in BRONX, New York. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 332 students. Elementary schools in New York have about 443 students on average; enrollment here is 25% lower.
Enrollment across the 83 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10 totals 40,459 students.
Hispanic students are 73% of those enrolled at PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE). The remaining shares are 24% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Bronx County's population at about 55%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 41%.
On staff are 29.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.2:1. Elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1, 1.6 more students per teacher than here. PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE) has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 93%. The average for public schools in Bronx County is similar, at 90%.
PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE) holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 5% of New York public elementary schools.
PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE) is a bottom-10% school in New York on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 20.5% against a predicted 40.9%.
For Bronx County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $48,676, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. There are 472 public schools in the county, enrolling about 202,028, PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE) among them.
Among nearby public schools, PS 59 COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY (THE) is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE). On state test proficiency, PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE) ranks 7th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
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.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 332, down from 396 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 13.7:1 to 11.2:1.
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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
Nearby schools
- PS 59 COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY (THE)0.1 mi · 352
- THEATRE ARTS PRODUCTION COMPANY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 427
- ANGELO PATRI MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE)0.2 mi · 333
- PS 159 LUIS MUMOZ MARIN BILING0.2 mi · 133
- PS 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG0.2 mi · 292
- PS 3 RAUL JULIA MICRO SOCIETY0.3 mi · 308
Frequently asked questions
About PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE)How many students attend PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE)?
PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE) enrolls approximately 332 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE) serve?
PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE) serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE)?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE) is approximately 11.2:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE)?
Student demographics at PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE) are roughly 1% White, 73% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE)?
PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE) is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10 in Bronx County.
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