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Enrollment
311
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10·NCES 360008701306
PS 291
2195 ANDREWS AVE, BRONX, NY 10453 · (718) 563-0776 · Bronx County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL311 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% 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
9.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
308 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 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 25% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 38% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
18%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
52.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
57.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 52 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% 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 291
PS 291's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 291 this school | 311 | 99.0% | 47.4% |
| LUCERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRONX | 284 | 96.8% | 17.8% |
| PS 115 ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT NEW YORK | 350 | 98.9% | 37.6% |
| PS 360 BRONX | 278 | 96.4% | 29.1% |
| OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 3 CORONA | 284 | 97.5% | 36.0% |
| PS 86 IRVINGTON (THE) BROOKLYN | 347 | 98.3% | 33.0% |
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 291 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #1,273 of 2,335 | #87 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,170 of 2,342 ▼ 146 | #81 of 212 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,238 of 2,343 ▲ 24 | #96 of 212 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 311 | #1,917 of 2,585 | #166 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.1:1 | #182 of 2,338 | #15 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.8% | #2,145 of 2,388 | #203 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.0% | #17 of 2,534 | #9 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -51.0% | #33 of 1,757 | #10 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
311
-223 (-42%) vs 2020
-44% since 2010-11, when it was 554
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 311 | 34.2 | 9.1:1 | 99% (308) |
| 2023-24 | 356 | 29.9 | 11.9:1 | 99% (353) |
| 2022-23 | 415 | 32.9 | 12.6:1 | 99% (409) |
| 2020-21 | 534 | 37 | 14.4:1 | 98% (522) |
| 2017-18 | 635 | 45 | 14.1:1 | 99% (628) |
| 2015-16 | 666 | 45 | 14.8:1 | 98% (656) |
| 2010-11 | 554 | 42 | 13.2:1 | 99% (551) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 291.
About PS 291
PS 291, a small elementary school, is located in BRONX, New York. It educates 311 students in kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 30% smaller than the 443 average for elementary schools in New York.
PS 291 falls under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10, which has 83 schools enrolling 40,459 students.
At PS 291, Hispanic students make up 90% of the student body. It is also 7% Black. Bronx County's residents are about 55% Hispanic, 35 points below the school's share. By the diversity index, PS 291 comes in at 18%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 9.1:1, with 34.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in New York, the typical ratio is 12.8:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at PS 291 is 99%. That rate is above the 90% average among public schools in Bronx County.
PS 291 is graded B by allk12, scoring above 58% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for PS 291 is +8.8 points: 47.4% actual, 38.6% predicted.
Bronx County has about 1,404,779 residents, and median household income is about $48,676, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 23%. Federal data list 472 public schools in Bronx County, with a combined enrollment of about 202,028.
Nearest public school: PS 15 INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, PS 291 places 5th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Federal data place PS 291 in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment figures are 534 for 2020-21 and 311 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger. Students per teacher fell from 14.4 in 2020-21 to 9.1 in 2024-25.
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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
- PS 15 INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING0.0 mi · 372
- PS 910.1 mi · 354
- IS 206 ANN MERSEREAU0.2 mi · 229
- BRILLA CARITAS CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 417
- BRILLA PAX CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 325
- KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 615
Frequently asked questions
About PS 291How many students attend PS 291?
PS 291 enrolls approximately 311 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does PS 291 serve?
PS 291 serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does PS 291 have?
PS 291 employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.1:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 291?
Student demographics at PS 291 are roughly 2% White, 90% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is PS 291 public or private?
PS 291 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.