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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11·NCES 360008802185

PS 41 GUN HILL ROAD

3352 OLINVILLE AVE, BRONX, NY 10467 · (718) 652-3461 · Bronx County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL593 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% 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

Enrollment
593
Elementary
DISTRICT 555 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
563 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten7813%
Grade 19216%
Grade 29817%
Grade 310918%
Grade 410818%
Grade 510818%

This year's kindergarten class (78) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (108).

Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
122%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
30351%
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
25042%
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
122%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
10%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
132%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
20%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
29550%
Female
29850%

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
42.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
34.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2542.0%34.0%
2023-2427.0%29.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 41 GUN HILL ROAD

PS 41 GUN HILL ROAD's state test result (30.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
PS 41 GUN HILL ROAD this school59394.9%30.6%
NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM
NEW YORK
62392.9%66.0%
DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM
NEW YORK
55494.6%65.9%
PS 44 THOMAS C BROWN
STATEN ISLAND
52192.9%17.9%
GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE BRONX II
BRONX
49294.7%64.5%
PS 105 BAY SCHOOL (THE)
FAR ROCKAWAY
60096.0%20.1%
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 41 GUN HILL ROAD ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Bronx County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
30.6%#1,994 of 2,335#167 of 212
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
34.0%#2,008 of 2,342
▲ 20
#179 of 212
▼ 7
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
42.0%#1,691 of 2,343
▲ 197
#147 of 212
▲ 13
Enrollment
ranked largest first
593#495 of 2,585#51 of 225
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
11.0:1#848 of 2,338#64 of 189
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
56.0%#944 of 2,388#40 of 205
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
94.9%#199 of 2,534#96 of 220
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-35.6%#178 of 1,757#55 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 2024-25
Enrollment
593
-123 (-17%) vs 2020
-35% since 2010-11, when it was 913
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 12.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2559353.811.0:195% (563)
2023-2460850.612.0:196% (581)
2022-2359249.511.9:194% (556)
2020-217165612.8:197% (697)
2017-189215716.1:199% (908)
2015-169746215.7:198% (950)
2010-119137013.0:194% (859)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 41 GUN HILL ROAD.

About PS 41 GUN HILL ROAD

PS 41 GUN HILL ROAD is a public medium-sized elementary school in BRONX, New York. The school had 593 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in New York) has about 443 students.

In NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11, 62 schools enroll a combined 30,138 students.

Hispanic students account for 51% of enrollment at PS 41 GUN HILL ROAD. Other students are 42% Black, 2% Native American, 2% White, and 2% Asian. For comparison, Bronx County is about 55% Hispanic. PS 41 GUN HILL ROAD has a diversity index of 56%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

The school reported 53.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 11.0:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 95%.

PS 41 GUN HILL ROAD is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 21% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, PS 41 GUN HILL ROAD is 9.4 points below its prediction. Actual: 30.6%. Predicted: 40.1%.

County data help place the school in context: in Bronx County, median household income is about $48,676, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. PS 41 GUN HILL ROAD is among the 472 public schools in Bronx County.

The shortest distance from PS 41 GUN HILL ROAD to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-NYC 6. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, PS 41 GUN HILL ROAD ranks 5th on average proficiency.

In the federal locale system, PS 41 GUN HILL ROAD is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.

The student count in 2024-25 was 593, 17% below the 716 of 2020-21. Students per teacher fell from 12.8 in 2020-21 to 11.0 in 2024-25.

Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.

Bronx County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
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

School name
PS 41 GUN HILL ROAD
District
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11
Address
3352 OLINVILLE AVE, BRONX, NY 10467
Phone
(718) 652-3461
County
Bronx County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
593
Teachers (FTE)
54
Student–teacher ratio
11.0:1
Free and reduced lunch
563 (95%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
360008802185
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About PS 41 GUN HILL ROAD
What is the total enrollment at PS 41 GUN HILL ROAD?
PS 41 GUN HILL ROAD enrolls approximately 593 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does PS 41 GUN HILL ROAD serve?
PS 41 GUN HILL ROAD serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 41 GUN HILL ROAD?
Approximately 11.0:1 students per teacher at PS 41 GUN HILL ROAD.
What is the student diversity at PS 41 GUN HILL ROAD?
Student demographics at PS 41 GUN HILL ROAD are roughly 2% White, 51% Hispanic, 42% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is PS 41 GUN HILL ROAD in?
PS 41 GUN HILL ROAD is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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