PS 47 JOHN RANDOLPH

PS 47 JOHN RANDOLPH is an elementary campus of substantial scale in BRONX, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12, works with 789 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 78% larger than typical.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12 runs 47 schools in total, collectively educating 15,705 students. PS 47 JOHN RANDOLPH is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 47 JOHN RANDOLPH lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 18% Black, 15% Asian, 2% Native American.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 47 JOHN RANDOLPH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.8%, the actual is 28.5%, a residual of -11.3 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Bronx County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bronx County runs 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), of which PS 47 JOHN RANDOLPH is one.

GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 47 JOHN RANDOLPH. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 47 JOHN RANDOLPH at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 49.1%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 26%: 1,072 students in 2018 compared to 789 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.