Enrollment
217
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10·NCES 360008703820
PS 396
1930 ANDREWS AVE, BRONX, NY 10453 · (718) 294-0862 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL217 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
5.9:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
202 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 26 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (31).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
47.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +19.0pp since 2023
Math
41.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
35.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 396
PS 396's state test result (35.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 396 this school | 217 | 93.1% | 35.8% |
| YOUNG LEADERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRONX | 213 | 95.8% | 38.2% |
| PS 211 BRONX | 200 | 94.0% | 42.8% |
| PS 179 BRONX | 198 | 90.4% | 35.0% |
| PS 938 BROOKLYN | 238 | 91.6% | 67.8% |
| PS 75 MAYDA CORTIELLA BROOKLYN | 185 | 96.8% | 24.1% |
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 396 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #1,802 of 2,335 | #137 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,798 of 2,342 ▼ 46 | #151 of 212 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,449 of 2,343 ▲ 382 | #120 of 212 ▲ 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 217 | #2,332 of 2,585 | #201 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 5.9:1 | #16 of 2,338 | #4 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.4% | #1,658 of 2,388 | #156 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.1% | #293 of 2,534 | #123 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.4% | #181 of 1,757 | #57 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
217
-51 (-19%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 259
Student : Teacher
5.9:1
was 5.7:1
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 | 217 | 36.5 | 5.9:1 | 93% (202) |
| 2023-24 | 218 | 39 | 5.6:1 | 93% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 213 | 40 | 5.3:1 | 92% (195) |
| 2020-21 | 268 | 47 | 5.7:1 | 87% (234) |
| 2017-18 | 336 | 57 | 5.9:1 | 93% (312) |
| 2015-16 | 358 | 59 | 6.1:1 | 89% (319) |
| 2010-11 | 259 | 50 | 5.2:1 | 85% (219) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 396.
About PS 396
PS 396 is classified as an elementary school. It is located in BRONX, New York. Its 217 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 51% smaller than the 443 average for elementary schools in New York.
PS 396 is one of 83 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10, which enrolls 40,459 students in total.
PS 396 is 76% Hispanic by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 19% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Bronx County's population at about 55%. PS 396's diversity index is 38%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at PS 396 total 36.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 5.9:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The school counts 202 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 93%. That tracks the 90% average for public schools in Bronx County.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, PS 396 is 5.0 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 35.8% actual, 40.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
PS 396 is located in Bronx County, where the median household income is $48,676, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. Besides PS 396, Bronx County has 471 other public schools.
MS 390 is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around PS 396 holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts PS 396 at 6th of 9.
PS 396 falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 19% enrollment decrease, from 268 in 2020-21 to 217 in 2024-25.
The PS 396 community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. 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
- MS 3900.0 mi · 311
- CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND SOCIAL JUSTICE0.1 mi · 523
- PS 2260.2 mi · 310
- PS 3060.2 mi · 379
- BRONX SCHOOL OF YOUNG LEADERS (THE)0.2 mi · 342
- PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS0.3 mi · 576
Frequently asked questions
About PS 396How large is PS 396?
PS 396 enrolls approximately 217 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 396 an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 396 is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 396 have?
PS 396 employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 5.9:1.
How diverse is PS 396?
PS 396 reports a student body of 1% White, 76% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is PS 396 in?
PS 396 is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10.
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