1
Enrollment
455
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10·NCES 360008704464
PS 246 POE CENTER
2641 GRAND CONCOURSE, BRONX, NY 10468 · (718) 584-6764 · Bronx County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL455 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
8.3:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
445 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 23% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
29%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
39.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
38.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% 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 246 POE CENTER
PS 246 POE CENTER's state test result (31.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 246 POE CENTER this school | 455 | 97.8% | 31.3% |
| LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE) NEW YORK | 433 | 97.9% | 27.2% |
| PS 205 FIORELLO LAGUARDIA BRONX | 496 | 96.0% | 35.1% |
| PS 5 ELLEN LURIE NEW YORK | 425 | 95.1% | 30.1% |
| FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 428 | 96.5% | 44.0% |
| PS 9 RYER AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRONX | 472 | 95.1% | 32.7% |
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 246 POE CENTER ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #1,976 of 2,335 | #163 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,902 of 2,342 ▲ 5 | #165 of 212 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,820 of 2,343 ▲ 120 | #165 of 212 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 455 | #1,044 of 2,585 | #90 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.3:1 | #83 of 2,338 | #7 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.7% | #1,910 of 2,388 | #189 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.8% | #52 of 2,534 | #27 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.7% | #146 of 1,757 | #51 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
455
-125 (-22%) vs 2020
-34% since 2010-11, when it was 689
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 455 | 54.7 | 8.3:1 | 98% (445) |
| 2023-24 | 489 | 44.2 | 11.1:1 | 96% (468) |
| 2022-23 | 493 | 48.3 | 10.2:1 | 98% (482) |
| 2020-21 | 580 | 57 | 10.2:1 | 98% (570) |
| 2017-18 | 730 | 53.1 | 13.8:1 | 94% (685) |
| 2015-16 | 711 | 57 | 12.5:1 | 92% (656) |
| 2010-11 | 689 | 57 | 12.1:1 | 99% (683) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 246 POE CENTER.
About PS 246 POE CENTER
PS 246 POE CENTER is a public mid-sized elementary school in BRONX, New York. It had 455 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5.
PS 246 POE CENTER falls under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10, which has 83 schools enrolling 40,459 students.
At PS 246 POE CENTER, 84% of students are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 10% Black and 3% White. Census figures show Bronx County is about 55% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PS 246 POE CENTER scores 29%.
PS 246 POE CENTER reported 54.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 8.3:1. Elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1, 4.5 more students per teacher than here. There are 445 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 98% of enrollment.
PS 246 POE CENTER earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 24% of New York public elementary schools.
The model predicts 39.0% for a school in New York with PS 246 POE CENTER's free or reduced-price lunch share. PS 246 POE CENTER posts 31.3%.
The county, Bronx County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $48,676 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and about 23% of people live in poverty. Counting PS 246 POE CENTER, Bronx County has 472 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL II is closest at about 0.2 miles. PS 246 POE CENTER is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 44.4%, higher than PS 246 POE CENTER's 31.3%.
NCES assigns PS 246 POE CENTER the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 455, from 580 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 8.3 students per teacher, compared with 10.2 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
Nearby schools
- KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL II0.2 mi · 1,008
- PS 3400.3 mi · 552
- PS 46 EDGAR ALLAN POE0.3 mi · 609
- PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS0.3 mi · 1,091
- CELIA CRUZ BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF MUSIC (THE)0.3 mi · 407
- INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS0.3 mi · 491
Frequently asked questions
About PS 246 POE CENTERHow large is PS 246 POE CENTER?
PS 246 POE CENTER enrolls approximately 455 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does PS 246 POE CENTER serve?
PS 246 POE CENTER serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 246 POE CENTER?
Approximately 8.3:1 students per teacher at PS 246 POE CENTER.
How diverse is PS 246 POE CENTER?
PS 246 POE CENTER reports a student body of 3% White, 84% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 246 POE CENTER?
PS 246 POE CENTER is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10 in Bronx County.
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