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Enrollment
638
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10·NCES 360008700183
PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR
2100 WALTON AVE, BRONX, NY 10453 · (718) 584-6004 · Bronx County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL638 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of New York public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
10.7:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
622 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 | 49 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 119 | 19% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 59% smaller than its 8th grade class (119).
Student demographics
33%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
50.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
57.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
50.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% 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 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR
PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR's state test result (50.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR this school | 638 | 97.5% | 50.9% |
| PS 46 EDGAR ALLAN POE BRONX | 609 | 94.4% | 31.5% |
| PS 152 EVERGREEN BRONX | 634 | 97.8% | 34.2% |
| PS 70 MAX SCHOENFELD BRONX | 729 | 99.0% | 30.5% |
| SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CITIZENSHIP BRONX | 557 | 96.2% | 40.3% |
| PS 28 MOUNT HOPE BRONX | 556 | 95.3% | 35.5% |
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 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #1,127 of 2,335 | #73 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,169 of 2,342 ▲ 68 | #80 of 212 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,325 of 2,343 ▼ 154 | #105 of 212 ▼ 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 638 | #376 of 2,585 | #36 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #663 of 2,338 | #44 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.1% | #1,808 of 2,388 | #177 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.5% | #61 of 2,534 | #35 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -41.3% | #104 of 1,757 | #34 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
638
-251 (-28%) vs 2020
-35% since 2010-11, when it was 989
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 638 | 59.9 | 10.7:1 | 97% (622) |
| 2023-24 | 699 | 65.3 | 10.7:1 | 98% (682) |
| 2022-23 | 733 | 63.4 | 11.6:1 | 96% (706) |
| 2020-21 | 889 | 69 | 12.9:1 | 96% (850) |
| 2017-18 | 1,087 | 77 | 14.1:1 | 95% (1,028) |
| 2015-16 | 1,087 | 80 | 13.6:1 | 94% (1,020) |
| 2010-11 | 989 | 72 | 13.7:1 | 92% (909) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR.
About PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR
PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR is a mid-sized elementary school found in BRONX, New York. Total enrollment is 638 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 8. That is 44% larger than the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR is in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10, a district with 40,459 students across 83 schools.
Hispanic students are 80% of those enrolled at PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR. The remaining shares are 16% 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 33%.
The school's 59.9 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1. Elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1, 2.2 more students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 97% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR outscored 65%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (50.9%) and its predicted rate (39.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
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 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR among them.
SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CITIZENSHIP is less than a tenth of a mile from PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 50.9% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 9 nearby schools.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 638, down from 889 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 12.9:1 to 10.7:1.
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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
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- 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
- SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CITIZENSHIP0.1 mi · 557
- CRESTON ACADEMY0.1 mi · 418
- ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR MATH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY0.1 mi · 227
- KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 615
- PS 910.3 mi · 354
- IS 206 ANN MERSEREAU0.3 mi · 229
Frequently asked questions
About PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JRHow large is PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR?
PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR enrolls approximately 638 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR serve?
PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR is approximately 10.7:1 (60 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR?
At PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR, the student body is approximately 1% White, 80% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR public or private?
PS 279 CAPT MANUEL RIVERA JR is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.