Enrollment
368
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6·NCES 360008300528
PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK
4360-78 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10033 · (917) 521-3800 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL368 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
315 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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
31.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
36.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 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
28.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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
368
-179 (-33%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 10.1:1
% White
7%
was 3%
% Hispanic
89%
was 95%
% Black
2%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK
PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK is a low-enrollment elementary school in NEW YORK, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6. The school teaches 368 students in grades pre-K through 5.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6 comprises 45 schools with combined enrollment of 17,415 students; PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK is among them.
On the student-mix side, PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK records that nearly all students (89%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 7% White, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above New York County's rate of about 70%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.5%; this one delivers 28.7%.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for New York County indicate the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK is one.
PS 132 JUAN PABLO DUARTE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 51.6%.
The campus sits in a downtown setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK has ticked down 33%, going from 547 students in 2018 to 368 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 95% to 89% across the same window.
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New York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,629,477
Census ACS
Median income
$103,931
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
64%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
358
152,104 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6
- A PHILIP RANDOLPH CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,421 students
- WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOLCombined · 908 students
- PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFSElementary · 744 students
- GREGORIO LUPERON HIGH SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICSHigh · 658 students
- PS 173Elementary · 597 students
- CITY COLLEGE ACADEMY OF THE ARTSHigh · 573 students
Other schools in NEW YORK
- STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,261 students
- FIORELLO H LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,251 students
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS & HUMAN SERVICESHigh · 1,728 students
- MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICSHigh · 1,657 students
- NEW EXPLORATIONS INTO SCIENCETECH AND MATH HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 1,620 students
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-HARLEM 1Combined · 1,520 students
Nearby schools
- PS 132 JUAN PABLO DUARTE0.2 mi · 197
- DOS PUENTES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 416
- IS 528 BEA FULLER RODGERS SCHOOL0.2 mi · 230
- PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS0.3 mi · 744
- PS 1890.3 mi · 421
- WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL0.3 mi · 908
Frequently asked questions
About PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEKHow many students attend PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK?
PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK enrolls approximately 368 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK serve?
PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK?
Approximately 9.9:1 students per teacher at PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK?
At PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK, the student body is approximately 7% White, 89% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK public or private?
PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6.
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