PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE)

PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE) operates as a modestly sized primary school in BRONX, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10. Current enrollment sits at 332 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE) sits 25% leaner than that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10 comprises 83 schools with combined enrollment of 40,459 students; PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE) is among them.

On the student-mix side, PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE) records that 73% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 24% Black. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE) reports 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE) is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 40.9%; PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE) posts 20.5%, -20.3 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Bronx County put median household earnings sit near $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE) is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

The closest other public school is PS 59 COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY (THE), roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE). Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE) at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 34.7%.

PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE) operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 33%: 495 students in 2018 compared to 332 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 34% to 24%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE) typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.