Enrollment
181
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12·NCES 360009002194
PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT
1825 PROSPECT AVE, BRONX, NY 10457 · (718) 583-2360 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL181 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of New York public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
9.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
176 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 23 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 28 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (24).
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
74.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +40.0pp since 2023
Math
72.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +29.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 40 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 29 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
50.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT
PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT's state test result (50.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT this school | 181 | 97.2% | 50.3% |
| PS 65 MOTHER HALE ACADEMY BRONX | 178 | 97.2% | 29.3% |
| PS 16 LEONARD DUNKLY BROOKLYN | 173 | 96.5% | 36.5% |
| BRONX STEM AND ARTS ACADEMY (THE) BRONX | 147 | 98.0% | 33.2% |
| PS 134 HENRIETTA SZOLD NEW YORK | 164 | 98.8% | 19.3% |
| PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE NEW YORK | 176 | 98.3% | 24.0% |
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 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #1,157 of 2,335 | #77 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #610 of 2,342 ▲ 928 | #47 of 212 ▲ 65 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #391 of 2,343 ▲ 1,143 | #37 of 212 ▲ 73 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 181 | #2,434 of 2,585 | #210 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.2% | #78 of 2,534 | #43 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.9% | #192 of 1,757 | #63 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
181
-65 (-26%) vs 2020
-48% since 2010-11, when it was 350
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 181 | 20 | 9.1:1 | 97% (176) |
| 2023-24 | 193 | 17 | 11.3:1 | 96% (186) |
| 2022-23 | 226 | 24 | 9.4:1 | 98% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 246 | 24 | 10.3:1 | 96% (236) |
| 2017-18 | 278 | 25 | 11.1:1 | 96% (266) |
| 2015-16 | 279 | 25 | 11.2:1 | 93% (259) |
| 2010-11 | 350 | 27 | 13.0:1 | 99% (347) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT.
About PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT
This page covers PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT, a small elementary school in BRONX, New York. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 181 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students.
The 47 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12 enroll 15,705 students altogether, PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT among them.
By race and ethnicity, PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT is 68% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 31% Black. That compares with about 55% Hispanic among all Bronx County residents. PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT has a diversity index of 44%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 9.1 students per teacher and 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, higher than at this school. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (50.3%) and its predicted rate (39.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT is located in Bronx County, where median household income is about $48,676, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County, which together enroll about 202,028 students.
Nearest public school: PS 211, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 46.4%; PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT's is 50.3%, ranking 3rd of 9.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
The student count in 2024-25 was 181, 26% below the 246 of 2020-21. Students per teacher fell from 10.3 in 2020-21 to 9.1 in 2024-25.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
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- IS 318 MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY THROUGH ARTS0.2 mi · 278
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Frequently asked questions
About PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUTHow many students attend PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT?
PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT enrolls approximately 181 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT serve?
PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT?
Approximately 9.1:1 students per teacher at PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT.
What is the student diversity at PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT?
Student demographics at PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT are roughly 1% White, 68% Hispanic, 31% Black.
Who oversees PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT?
PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12 in Bronx County.
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