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What's the one class at PS 306 every student should take?
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Enrollment
379
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10·NCES 360008701307
PS 306
40 W TREMONT AVE, BRONX, NY 10453 · (718) 583-5355 · Bronx County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL379 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
366 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
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
40.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
38.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
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
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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
379
-316 (-45%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 14.2:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
72%
was 72%
% Black
26%
was 26%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PS 306
PS 306, a reasonably sized elementary campus in BRONX, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10, instructs 379 students, covering grades K through 5.
Across the 83 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10 (40,459 students total), PS 306 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, PS 306 records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 72% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 26% Black. By comparison, Bronx County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, PS 306 lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 306 tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 97% of students at PS 306 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, PS 306 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.5%; this one delivers 33.0%.
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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. PS 306 is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).
BRONX SCHOOL OF YOUNG LEADERS (THE) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 306. On composite proficiency, PS 306 comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 41.9%.
The school occupies a city-core site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 45%: 695 students in 2018 compared to 379 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- BRONX SCHOOL OF YOUNG LEADERS (THE)0.0 mi · 342
- CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND SOCIAL JUSTICE0.2 mi · 523
- PS 236 LANGSTON HUGHES0.2 mi · 303
- IS 117 JOSEPH H WADE0.2 mi · 320
- YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SCHOOL OF THE BRONX0.2 mi · 502
- PS 3960.2 mi · 217
Frequently asked questions
About PS 306How many students attend PS 306?
PS 306 enrolls approximately 379 students in grades KG-05.
Is PS 306 an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 306 is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 306?
Approximately 10.9:1 students per teacher at PS 306.
What is the student diversity at PS 306?
Student demographics at PS 306 are roughly 1% White, 72% Hispanic, 26% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is PS 306 in?
PS 306 is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.