PS 3 RAUL JULIA MICRO SOCIETY

PS 3 RAUL JULIA MICRO SOCIETY operates as an intimate elementary school in BRONX, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10. Current enrollment sits at 308 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 30% leaner than typical.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10 comprises 83 schools with combined enrollment of 40,459 students; PS 3 RAUL JULIA MICRO SOCIETY is among them.

Looking at the student body, PS 3 RAUL JULIA MICRO SOCIETY logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 68% of enrollment; the rest looks like 30% Black. By comparison, Bronx County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 97% of students at PS 3 RAUL JULIA MICRO SOCIETY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS 3 RAUL JULIA MICRO SOCIETY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.4%, the actual is 41.7%, a residual of +2.3 points.

In the area at large, census data for Bronx County shows median household income runs about $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. In all, Bronx County runs 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), of which PS 3 RAUL JULIA MICRO SOCIETY is one.

The closest other public school is JHS 118 WILLIAM W NILES, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 3 RAUL JULIA MICRO SOCIETY at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 38.5%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. PS 3 RAUL JULIA MICRO SOCIETY's enrollment has decreased 11% since 2018, when it stood at 347 (now 308). Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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