PS 304 EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL

PS 304 EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL is one of the average-sized elementary campuss in BRONX, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8, with 551 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 24% larger than the state mean of about 443.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8 runs 52 schools in total, collectively educating 21,621 students. PS 304 EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, PS 304 EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 71%; the rest is composed of 11% Asian, 9% White, 7% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 304 EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 77% of students at PS 304 EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Bronx County (around 90%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 304 EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.8%, the actual is 62.3%, a residual of +15.6 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Bronx County put median household income runs about $48,676, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. PS 304 EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

The closest other public school is PS 10, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 304 EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 304 EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 49.6%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. PS 304 EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL's enrollment has edged up 9% since 2018, when it stood at 506 (now 551). Over the same period, the White share fell from 22% to 9%. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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