PS 46 EDGAR ALLAN POE

PS 46 EDGAR ALLAN POE operates as an average-sized elementary school in BRONX, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10. Current enrollment sits at 609 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 37% above the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10 comprises 83 schools with combined enrollment of 40,459 students; PS 46 EDGAR ALLAN POE is among them.

In terms of who attends, PS 46 EDGAR ALLAN POE records that nearly all students (80%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 15% Black. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, PS 46 EDGAR ALLAN POE reports 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.9:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS 46 EDGAR ALLAN POE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.3%; this one delivers 31.5%.

In the surrounding community, Bronx County reports that the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), PS 46 EDGAR ALLAN POE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PS/IS 54, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 46 EDGAR ALLAN POE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 46 EDGAR ALLAN POE at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 42.2%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 46 EDGAR ALLAN POE has declined 33%, going from 911 students in 2018 to 609 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

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