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Enrollment
556
Elementary
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9·NCES 360008602133
PS 28 MOUNT HOPE
1861 ANTHONY AVE, BRONX, NY 10457 · (718) 583-6444 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL556 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% 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.
- B-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
11.6:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
530 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 47 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
32%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
46.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +20.0pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +19.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 19 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
35.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 28 MOUNT HOPE
PS 28 MOUNT HOPE's state test result (35.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 28 MOUNT HOPE this school | 556 | 95.3% | 35.5% |
| SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CITIZENSHIP BRONX | 557 | 96.2% | 40.3% |
| JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOL NEW YORK | 516 | 95.5% | 28.6% |
| PS 32 BELMONT BRONX | 527 | 96.4% | 23.9% |
| PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS NEW YORK | 527 | 95.1% | 36.4% |
| PS 46 EDGAR ALLAN POE BRONX | 609 | 94.4% | 31.5% |
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 28 MOUNT HOPE ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #1,820 of 2,335 | #140 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,424 of 2,342 ▲ 530 | #103 of 212 ▲ 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,489 of 2,343 ▲ 447 | #124 of 212 ▲ 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 556 | #615 of 2,585 | #61 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #1,106 of 2,338 | #86 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.9% | #1,838 of 2,388 | #180 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.3% | #176 of 2,534 | #89 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.7% | #522 of 1,757 | #114 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
556
-43 (-7%) vs 2020
-27% since 2010-11, when it was 763
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 556 | 47.9 | 11.6:1 | 95% (530) |
| 2023-24 | 593 | 47.1 | 12.6:1 | 95% (564) |
| 2022-23 | 589 | 51.1 | 11.5:1 | 94% (551) |
| 2020-21 | 599 | 53 | 11.3:1 | 97% (584) |
| 2017-18 | 719 | 60 | 12.0:1 | 95% (686) |
| 2015-16 | 773 | 51 | 15.2:1 | 98% (761) |
| 2010-11 | 763 | 56 | 13.6:1 | 98% (750) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 28 MOUNT HOPE.
About PS 28 MOUNT HOPE
PS 28 MOUNT HOPE is a mid-sized elementary school in BRONX, New York. Federal data show 556 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
PS 28 MOUNT HOPE is run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9, whose 70 schools enroll 23,786 students.
The share of students at PS 28 MOUNT HOPE who are Hispanic is 81%. Other students are 17% Black. By comparison, Bronx County residents are about 55% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 32, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 47.9 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.6:1. Compared with the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 95%.
PS 28 MOUNT HOPE holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 32% of New York public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, PS 28 MOUNT HOPE is 4.5 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 35.5% actual, 39.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
In the surrounding county, Bronx County, the median household earns about $48,676 a year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of people live in poverty. Bronx County has 472 public schools with about 202,028 students, including PS 28 MOUNT HOPE.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, IS 117 JOSEPH H WADE, is the closest to PS 28 MOUNT HOPE. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of PS 28 MOUNT HOPE. Its average proficiency rate of 35.5% is below the 38.8% average for nearby schools.
The NCES locale for PS 28 MOUNT HOPE is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 7% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at PS 28 MOUNT HOPE. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 28 MOUNT HOPEHow large is PS 28 MOUNT HOPE?
PS 28 MOUNT HOPE enrolls approximately 556 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 28 MOUNT HOPE an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 28 MOUNT HOPE is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 28 MOUNT HOPE?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at PS 28 MOUNT HOPE.
How diverse is PS 28 MOUNT HOPE?
PS 28 MOUNT HOPE reports a student body of 0% White, 81% Hispanic, 17% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is PS 28 MOUNT HOPE in?
PS 28 MOUNT HOPE is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9.
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