PS 32 BELMONT

As a moderately sized elementary-level community in BRONX, New York, PS 32 BELMONT caters to 527 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10, which oversees 83 schools and 40,459 students, PS 32 BELMONT is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, PS 32 BELMONT reports that 77% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 18% Black, 3% White. By comparison, Bronx County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, PS 32 BELMONT shows 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 32 BELMONT tighter than the state norm the norm. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, PS 32 BELMONT tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.9%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Bronx County) reports that median household earnings sit near $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. PS 32 BELMONT is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS 32 BELMONT comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.1%.

PS 32 BELMONT operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 36%: 827 students in 2018 compared to 527 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 22% to 18% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.

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