PS 43 JONAS BRONCK

Located at 165 BROWN PL, in BRONX, New York, PS 43 JONAS BRONCK is a close-knit primary school that enrolls 346 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7. Enrollment runs roughly 22% smaller than the state mean of about 443.

Across the 41 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7 (13,625 students total), PS 43 JONAS BRONCK accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, PS 43 JONAS BRONCK shows that 78% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 18% Black. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, PS 43 JONAS BRONCK has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 96% of students at PS 43 JONAS BRONCK qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 43 JONAS BRONCK sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.6%; this one delivers 36.2%.

Around the school, census data for Bronx County shows median household earnings sit near $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. PS 43 JONAS BRONCK is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

Nearest neighbor: MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS 43 JONAS BRONCK comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 46.2%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 28%: 478 students in 2018 compared to 346 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 27% to 18%.

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