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Which teacher or staff member at PS 46 EDGAR ALLAN POE deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
609
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10·NCES 360008702204
PS 46 EDGAR ALLAN POE
2760 BRIGGS AVE, BRONX, NY 10458 · (718) 584-4450 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL609 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
575 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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
43.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +16.0pp since 2023
Math
37.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 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
31.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% 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
609
-302 (-33%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 13.8:1
% White
2%
was 3%
% Hispanic
80%
was 82%
% Black
15%
was 13%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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 #10
- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE)High · 2,953 students
- RIVERDALE/KINGSBRIDGE ACADEMY (MS/HS 141)High · 1,383 students
- DEWITT CLINTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,212 students
- PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTSElementary · 1,091 students
- IN-TECH ACADEMY (MS/HS 368)High · 953 students
- PS 95 SHEILA MENCHERElementary · 851 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
- PS/IS 540.2 mi · 329
- PS 246 POE CENTER0.3 mi · 455
- KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL II0.3 mi · 1,008
- PS 3400.4 mi · 552
- INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS0.4 mi · 491
- DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 377
Frequently asked questions
About PS 46 EDGAR ALLAN POEHow many students attend PS 46 EDGAR ALLAN POE?
PS 46 EDGAR ALLAN POE enrolls approximately 609 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 46 EDGAR ALLAN POE serve?
PS 46 EDGAR ALLAN POE serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 46 EDGAR ALLAN POE?
Approximately 10.9:1 students per teacher at PS 46 EDGAR ALLAN POE.
How diverse is PS 46 EDGAR ALLAN POE?
PS 46 EDGAR ALLAN POE reports a student body of 2% White, 80% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 46 EDGAR ALLAN POE?
PS 46 EDGAR ALLAN POE is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10 in Bronx County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.