Enrollment
346
Elementary
DISTRICT 340 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7·NCES 360008402191
PS 43 JONAS BRONCK
165 BROWN PL, BRONX, NY 10454 · (718) 292-4502 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL346 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
333 students
DISTRICT 95% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
48.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +20.0pp since 2023
Math
52.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +14.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
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
36.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
346
-132 (-28%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 10.6:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
78%
was 71%
% Black
18%
was 27%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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%.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. 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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7
- HERO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 733 students
- LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223High · 646 students
- PS 5 PORT MORRISElementary · 630 students
- PS/MS 29 MELROSE SCHOOLElementary · 606 students
- SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOLHigh · 603 students
- UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGEHigh · 596 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
- MOTT HAVEN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.0 mi · 442
- CHOICE CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 182
- YOUNG LEADERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 213
- PS 1790.2 mi · 198
- SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL II0.3 mi · 248
- PS 154 JONATHAN D HYATT0.3 mi · 211
Frequently asked questions
About PS 43 JONAS BRONCKHow large is PS 43 JONAS BRONCK?
PS 43 JONAS BRONCK enrolls approximately 346 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 43 JONAS BRONCK an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 43 JONAS BRONCK is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 43 JONAS BRONCK?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 43 JONAS BRONCK is approximately 11.6:1 (30 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PS 43 JONAS BRONCK?
PS 43 JONAS BRONCK reports a student body of 1% White, 78% Hispanic, 18% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 43 JONAS BRONCK?
PS 43 JONAS BRONCK is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7 in Bronx County.
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