Enrollment
358
Elementary
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9·NCES 360008602160
PS 35 FRANZ SIEGEL
261 E 163RD ST, BRONX, NY 10451 · (718) 681-7214 · Bronx County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL358 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
353 students
DISTRICT 96% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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
43.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +23.0pp since 2023
Math
39.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +18.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 20.0% | 21.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
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
29.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% 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 →
Schools most like PS 35 FRANZ SIEGEL
PS 35 FRANZ SIEGEL's state test result (29.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 35 FRANZ SIEGEL this school | 358 | 98.6% | 29.7% |
| PS 30 WILTON BRONX | 343 | 98.3% | 24.0% |
| GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRONX | 353 | 96.9% | 33.6% |
| PS 306 BRONX | 379 | 96.6% | 33.0% |
| PS 108 ASSEMBLYMAN ANGELO DEL TORO EDUCATIONAL COMPLEX NEW YORK | 367 | 96.2% | 30.8% |
| PS 188 ISLAND SCHOOL (THE) NEW YORK | 332 | 97.3% | 57.8% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where PS 35 FRANZ SIEGEL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #2,019 of 2,335 | #172 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,870 of 2,342 ▲ 317 | #161 of 212 ▲ 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,638 of 2,343 ▲ 508 | #142 of 212 ▲ 53 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 358 | #1,616 of 2,585 | #137 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #562 of 2,338 | #37 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.3% | #1,588 of 2,388 | #148 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.6% | #24 of 2,534 | #12 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -46.2% | #61 of 1,757 | #17 of 153 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
358
-121 (-25%) vs 2020
-46% since 2010-11, when it was 661
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 11.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 358 | 34.5 | 10.4:1 | 99% (353) |
| 2023-24 | 380 | 31.9 | 11.9:1 | 98% (373) |
| 2022-23 | 399 | 34.8 | 11.5:1 | 96% (384) |
| 2020-21 | 479 | 42 | 11.4:1 | 95% (457) |
| 2017-18 | 665 | 49 | 13.6:1 | 91% (605) |
| 2015-16 | 701 | 53 | 13.2:1 | 95% (665) |
| 2010-11 | 661 | 45 | 14.7:1 | 93% (614) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 35 FRANZ SIEGEL.
About PS 35 FRANZ SIEGEL
PS 35 FRANZ SIEGEL is a small elementary school in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9, located in BRONX, New York. The school enrolls 358 students, from kindergarten through 5.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 (70 schools, 23,786 students) runs PS 35 FRANZ SIEGEL.
Hispanic students make up a majority at PS 35 FRANZ SIEGEL, at 74%. The remaining students are 23% Black. Census figures show Bronx County is about 55% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 40% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 10.4 students per teacher. That is 2.5 students per teacher below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 99% of students. The 90% average for public schools in Bronx County is 9 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for PS 35 FRANZ SIEGEL is C-. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 22% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 38.7% for a school in New York with PS 35 FRANZ SIEGEL's free or reduced-price lunch share. PS 35 FRANZ SIEGEL posts 29.7%.
Across Bronx County, the median household income is $48,676, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. In all, Bronx County has 472 public schools and roughly 202,028 students.
The closest public school, GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is less than a tenth of a mile from PS 35 FRANZ SIEGEL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 46.2%; PS 35 FRANZ SIEGEL's is 29.7%, ranking 9th of 9.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 25% from 2020-21, when PS 35 FRANZ SIEGEL had 479 students, to 2024-25, when it had 358. The school's ratio fell from 11.4:1 to 10.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for PS 35 FRANZ SIEGEL covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About PS 35 FRANZ SIEGELHow many students attend PS 35 FRANZ SIEGEL?
PS 35 FRANZ SIEGEL enrolls approximately 358 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does PS 35 FRANZ SIEGEL serve?
PS 35 FRANZ SIEGEL serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 35 FRANZ SIEGEL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 35 FRANZ SIEGEL is approximately 10.4:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 35 FRANZ SIEGEL?
At PS 35 FRANZ SIEGEL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 74% Hispanic, 23% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is PS 35 FRANZ SIEGEL in?
PS 35 FRANZ SIEGEL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.