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What advice would you give to incoming students at PS 30 WILTON?
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Enrollment
343
Elementary
DISTRICT 340 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7·NCES 360008402143
PS 30 WILTON
510 E 141ST ST, BRONX, NY 10454 · (718) 292-8817 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL343 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
337 students
DISTRICT 95% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
32.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
24.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
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
24.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
343
-210 (-38%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 13.2:1
% White
1%
was 2%
% Hispanic
74%
was 73%
% Black
22%
was 23%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PS 30 WILTON
PS 30 WILTON is an elementary school of close-knit scale in BRONX, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7, serveing 343 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 30 WILTON sits 23% leaner than that benchmark.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7 comprises 41 schools with combined enrollment of 13,625 students; PS 30 WILTON is among them.
Demographically, PS 30 WILTON lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 74% of enrollment. Other groups include 22% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 30 WILTON tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 98% of students at PS 30 WILTON qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 30 WILTON tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.0%.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Bronx County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), PS 30 WILTON is one campus in the mix.
PS/IS 224 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 30 WILTON. On composite proficiency, PS 30 WILTON comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 46.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.
Over the past 7-year window. PS 30 WILTON's enrollment has contracted 38% since 2018, when it stood at 553 (now 343). Class-load math has fell: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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 # 7
- HERO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 733 students
- LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223High · 646 students
- PS 5 PORT MORRISElementary · 630 students
- PS/MS 29 MELROSE SCHOOLElementary · 606 students
- SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOLHigh · 603 students
- UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGEHigh · 596 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/IS 2240.1 mi · 169
- INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 345
- ACADEMY OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND TECHNOLOGY0.1 mi · 268
- YOUNG LEADERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 213
- PS 1790.1 mi · 198
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-BRONX 5 LOWER0.2 mi · 145
Frequently asked questions
About PS 30 WILTONHow large is PS 30 WILTON?
PS 30 WILTON enrolls approximately 343 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 30 WILTON serve?
PS 30 WILTON serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 30 WILTON?
Approximately 9.9:1 students per teacher at PS 30 WILTON.
What is the student diversity at PS 30 WILTON?
Student demographics at PS 30 WILTON are roughly 1% White, 74% Hispanic, 22% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is PS 30 WILTON public or private?
PS 30 WILTON is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.