Enrollment
311
Elementary
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9·NCES 360008602188
PS 42 CLAREMONT
1537 WASHINGTON AVE, BRONX, NY 10457 · (718) 583-7366 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL311 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
8.5:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
310 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 25 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
44%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
31.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
40.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
29.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 42 CLAREMONT
PS 42 CLAREMONT's state test result (29.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 42 CLAREMONT this school | 311 | 99.7% | 29.8% |
| PS 236 LANGSTON HUGHES BRONX | 303 | 98.3% | 37.4% |
| PS 3 RAUL JULIA MICRO SOCIETY BRONX | 308 | 96.8% | 41.7% |
| PS 163 ARTHUR A SCHOMBERG BRONX | 292 | 99.3% | 29.7% |
| PS 67 MOHEGAN SCHOOL BRONX | 284 | 97.9% | 53.6% |
| PS 146 ANN M SHORT NEW YORK | 305 | 96.7% | 32.1% |
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 42 CLAREMONT ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #2,016 of 2,335 | #171 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,845 of 2,342 ▼ 57 | #157 of 212 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #2,088 of 2,343 ▼ 88 | #188 of 212 ▼ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 311 | #1,916 of 2,585 | #165 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.5:1 | #107 of 2,338 | #9 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.0% | #1,465 of 2,388 | #124 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #5 of 2,534 | #2 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.7% | #344 of 1,757 | #93 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
311
-26 (-8%) vs 2020
-43% since 2010-11, when it was 544
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
was 9.9:1
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 | 311 | 36.7 | 8.5:1 | 100% (310) |
| 2023-24 | 312 | 38.2 | 8.2:1 | 99% (310) |
| 2022-23 | 316 | 35.8 | 8.8:1 | 99% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 337 | 34 | 9.9:1 | 99% (335) |
| 2017-18 | 430 | 32 | 13.4:1 | 100% (429) |
| 2015-16 | 442 | 28 | 15.8:1 | 99% (437) |
| 2010-11 | 544 | 47 | 11.6:1 | 97% (527) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 42 CLAREMONT.
About PS 42 CLAREMONT
PS 42 CLAREMONT is a public small elementary school in BRONX, New York. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 311 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in New York enroll around 443, and this school is 30% below that mark.
PS 42 CLAREMONT is in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9, a district with 23,786 students across 70 schools.
More than half of enrollment at PS 42 CLAREMONT is Hispanic: 69%. Other groups include 29% Black. The county population is about 55% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PS 42 CLAREMONT scores 44%.
Classroom staffing at PS 42 CLAREMONT totals 36.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 8.5:1. Compared with the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York, this school's ratio is lower. Federal data show 100% of students (310) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 90% for public schools in Bronx County.
On the allk12 Grade, PS 42 CLAREMONT lands at C-, ahead of 22% of New York public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for PS 42 CLAREMONT is -8.5 points: 29.8% actual, 38.3% predicted.
In the wider Bronx County area, median household income comes to about $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of people live in poverty. Bronx County's 472 public schools enroll about 202,028 students and include PS 42 CLAREMONT.
The closest school to PS 42 CLAREMONT is URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR APPLIED MATH AND SCIENCE (THE), located less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 42.6% on proficiency, and PS 42 CLAREMONT is below that at 29.8%.
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 was 311 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 337. The ratio was 9.9:1 in 2020-21 and 8.5:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to PS 42 CLAREMONT can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 42 CLAREMONTHow large is PS 42 CLAREMONT?
PS 42 CLAREMONT enrolls approximately 311 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 42 CLAREMONT serve?
PS 42 CLAREMONT serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 42 CLAREMONT?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 42 CLAREMONT is approximately 8.5:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 42 CLAREMONT?
At PS 42 CLAREMONT, the student body is approximately 1% White, 69% Hispanic, 29% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is PS 42 CLAREMONT public or private?
PS 42 CLAREMONT is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.