PS 42 CLAREMONT

PS 42 CLAREMONT operates as an intimate elementary school in BRONX, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9. Current enrollment sits at 311 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 42 CLAREMONT sits 30% below that benchmark.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9, which oversees 70 schools and 23,786 students, PS 42 CLAREMONT is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 42 CLAREMONT lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 69%. The remainder looks like 29% Black. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, PS 42 CLAREMONT has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.5:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at PS 42 CLAREMONT qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Bronx County's rate of about 90%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS 42 CLAREMONT performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.3%, the actual is 29.8%, a residual of -8.5 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Bronx County put 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%. In all, Bronx County runs 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), of which PS 42 CLAREMONT is one.

MOTT HALL BRONX HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 42 CLAREMONT at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 42.6%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. PS 42 CLAREMONT's enrollment has fell 28% since 2018, when it stood at 430 (now 311). Over the same period, the Black share fell from 40% to 29%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the PS 42 CLAREMONT community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.