Enrollment
303
Elementary
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9·NCES 360008602751
PS 236 LANGSTON HUGHES
1871 WALTON AVE, BRONX, NY 10453 · (718) 299-6128 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL303 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
12.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
298 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 | 29 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
45.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
37.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 42.0% |
% 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
37.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 236 LANGSTON HUGHES
PS 236 LANGSTON HUGHES's state test result (37.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 236 LANGSTON HUGHES this school | 303 | 98.3% | 37.4% |
| PS 3 RAUL JULIA MICRO SOCIETY BRONX | 308 | 96.8% | 41.7% |
| PS 42 CLAREMONT BRONX | 311 | 99.7% | 29.8% |
| PS 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG BRONX | 292 | 99.3% | 29.7% |
| PS 67 MOHEGAN SCHOOL BRONX | 284 | 97.9% | 53.6% |
| PS 146 ANN M SHORT NEW YORK | 305 | 96.7% | 32.1% |
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 236 LANGSTON HUGHES ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #1,742 of 2,335 | #129 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,932 of 2,342 ▼ 332 | #169 of 212 ▼ 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,535 of 2,343 ▲ 66 | #129 of 212 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 303 | #1,974 of 2,585 | #174 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #1,503 of 2,338 | #122 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.5% | #1,446 of 2,388 | #120 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.3% | #31 of 2,534 | #16 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.7% | #475 of 606 | #36 of 36 |
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
303
+13 (+4%) vs 2020
-24% since 2010-11, when it was 400
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 303 | 24 | 12.6:1 | 98% (298) |
| 2023-24 | 290 | 22 | 13.2:1 | 98% (283) |
| 2022-23 | 250 | 20 | 12.5:1 | 96% (240) |
| 2020-21 | 290 | 27 | 10.7:1 | 99% (286) |
| 2017-18 | 295 | 28 | 10.5:1 | 97% (287) |
| 2015-16 | 318 | 28 | 11.4:1 | 98% (311) |
| 2010-11 | 400 | 39 | 10.3:1 | 96% (382) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 236 LANGSTON HUGHES.
About PS 236 LANGSTON HUGHES
PS 236 LANGSTON HUGHES serves students in BRONX, New York, as a low-enrollment elementary school. The school serves 303 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in New York is roughly 443 students; this school is 32% smaller than that.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 serves 23,786 students across 70 schools.
At 68%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at PS 236 LANGSTON HUGHES combined. The school is also 30% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 55%. PS 236 LANGSTON HUGHES has a diversity index of 45%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 12.6:1 comes from the school's 24 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in New York have a similar average ratio of 12.8:1. The lunch program counts 98% of students at PS 236 LANGSTON HUGHES as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades PS 236 LANGSTON HUGHES a C+. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, PS 236 LANGSTON HUGHES is 1.4 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
In the county around the school, Bronx County, median household income is about $48,676, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 23%. A total of 472 public schools operate in Bronx County, serving about 202,028 students.
The school nearest to PS 236 LANGSTON HUGHES is IS 117 JOSEPH H WADE, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, PS 236 LANGSTON HUGHES ranks 6th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
The student count in 2024-25 was 303, 4% above the 290 of 2020-21. The school's ratio rose from 10.7:1 to 12.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for PS 236 LANGSTON HUGHES covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About PS 236 LANGSTON HUGHESHow many students attend PS 236 LANGSTON HUGHES?
PS 236 LANGSTON HUGHES enrolls approximately 303 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 236 LANGSTON HUGHES serve?
PS 236 LANGSTON HUGHES serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 236 LANGSTON HUGHES?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at PS 236 LANGSTON HUGHES.
What is the student diversity at PS 236 LANGSTON HUGHES?
Student demographics at PS 236 LANGSTON HUGHES are roughly 1% White, 68% Hispanic, 30% Black, 0% Asian.
Is PS 236 LANGSTON HUGHES public or private?
PS 236 LANGSTON HUGHES is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.