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
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
9.9:1
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 94 | 26% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
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.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK
PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK's state test result (28.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK this school | 368 | 85.6% | 28.7% |
| PS 15 INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING BRONX | 372 | 88.7% | 51.0% |
| PS/IS 157 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HEATH AND SCIENCE ACADEMY (THE) BROOKLYN | 377 | 87.8% | 32.6% |
| PS 128 AUDUBON NEW YORK | 441 | 85.9% | 42.2% |
| AMISTAD DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL NEW YORK | 391 | 82.1% | 60.0% |
| PS/IS 210 21ST CENTURY ACADEMY NEW YORK | 399 | 90.2% | 53.1% |
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 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #2,059 of 2,335 | #142 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,958 of 2,342 ▲ 6 | #126 of 151 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #2,087 of 2,343 ▼ 90 | #142 of 151 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 368 | #1,556 of 2,585 | #76 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #406 of 2,338 | #35 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.4% | #2,095 of 2,388 | #124 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.6% | #590 of 2,534 | #71 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.7% | #230 of 1,757 | #39 of 114 |
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
368
-55 (-13%) vs 2020
-39% since 2010-11, when it was 602
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 368 | 37.1 | 9.9:1 | 86% (315) |
| 2023-24 | 372 | 47.2 | 7.9:1 | 86% (321) |
| 2022-23 | 332 | 34 | 9.8:1 | 88% (291) |
| 2020-21 | 423 | 35 | 12.1:1 | 91% (387) |
| 2017-18 | 547 | 54 | 10.1:1 | 95% (519) |
| 2015-16 | 598 | 46 | 13.0:1 | 94% (565) |
| 2010-11 | 602 | 51 | 11.8:1 | 94% (568) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK.
About PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK
PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK is a low-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in NEW YORK, New York. It enrolled 368 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6 (45 schools, 17,415 students) runs PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK.
Hispanic students are the large majority at PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK, with 89% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 7% White and 2% Black. Among people living in New York County, the Hispanic share is about 24%. PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK has a diversity index of 20%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 9.9:1, with 37.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in New York, the typical ratio is 12.8:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK is 86%. For comparison, public schools in New York County average 70%.
allk12 grades PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK a D. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK's average proficiency rate on state tests of 28.7% is 14.8 points below the 43.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Within New York County, median household income is about $103,931, about 64% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 358 public schools in New York County, with a combined enrollment of about 152,104.
DOS PUENTES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK is behind the 51.6% nearby average, ranking 8th of 9.
Federal data place PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 368 was 13% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 423. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 9.9:1.
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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
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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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