PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR

Located at 2100 WALTON AVE, in BRONX, New York, PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR is a mid-tier elementary campus that instructs 638 students (grades K through 8), part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10. Enrollment runs roughly 44% bigger than the state mean of about 443.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10 runs 83 schools in total, collectively educating 40,459 students. PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR is one of those campuses.

On demographics, PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR records that nearly all students (80%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 16% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR has 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.7:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.1%; this one delivers 50.9%.

In the area at large, census data for Bronx County shows median household earnings sit near $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

The closest other public school is CRESTON ACADEMY, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR. On composite proficiency, PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR has fell 41%, going from 1,087 students in 2018 to 638 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

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