1
If you could change one rule at PS 49 WILLIS AVENUE, what would it be?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
447
Elementary
DISTRICT 340 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7·NCES 360008402218
PS 49 WILLIS AVENUE
383 E 139TH ST, BRONX, NY 10454 · (718) 292-4623 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL447 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
440 students
DISTRICT 95% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 74 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 20% larger than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
59.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
67.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
54.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 49 WILLIS AVENUE
PS 49 WILLIS AVENUE's state test result (54.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 49 WILLIS AVENUE this school | 447 | 98.4% | 54.8% |
| LONGWOOD ACADEMY OF DISCOVERY (THE) BRONX | 439 | 98.6% | 17.6% |
| PS 6 WEST FARMS BRONX | 417 | 98.6% | 26.3% |
| PS 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONS BRONX | 455 | 96.5% | 67.3% |
| PS 150 CHARLES JAMES FOX BRONX | 471 | 98.3% | 35.1% |
| ACCESS BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 462 | 95.2% | 44.3% |
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 49 WILLIS AVENUE ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #972 of 2,335 | #58 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #792 of 2,342 ▲ 39 | #55 of 212 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #964 of 2,343 ▲ 132 | #70 of 212 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 447 | #1,084 of 2,585 | #93 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #398 of 2,338 | #25 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.2% | #1,521 of 2,388 | #134 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.4% | #30 of 2,534 | #15 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.3% | #241 of 1,757 | #75 of 153 |
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
447
-144 (-24%) vs 2020
-30% since 2010-11, when it was 643
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 447 | 45.2 | 9.9:1 | 98% (440) |
| 2023-24 | 494 | 49.5 | 10.0:1 | 98% (485) |
| 2022-23 | 546 | 42 | 13.0:1 | 98% (536) |
| 2020-21 | 591 | 54 | 10.9:1 | 93% (550) |
| 2017-18 | 660 | 60 | 11.0:1 | 97% (640) |
| 2015-16 | 688 | 61 | 11.3:1 | 97% (664) |
| 2010-11 | 643 | 56 | 11.5:1 | 93% (598) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 49 WILLIS AVENUE.
About PS 49 WILLIS AVENUE
Federal records list PS 49 WILLIS AVENUE as an elementary school in BRONX, New York. It enrolled 447 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7 has 13,625 students spread across 41 schools.
Hispanic students are the majority at PS 49 WILLIS AVENUE, with 72% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 25% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 17 points above the 55% share among Bronx County residents. The school's diversity index is 42%, meaning two students picked at random have a 42% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 45.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 9.9:1. This ratio sits 3.0 below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Roughly 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades PS 49 WILLIS AVENUE a B+. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
After adjusting for student poverty, PS 49 WILLIS AVENUE lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 54.8%; the prediction is 38.8%.
In the county around the school, Bronx County, the median household income is $48,676, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 23%. Bronx County is home to 472 public schools and about 202,028 public school students.
The school nearest to PS 49 WILLIS AVENUE is CHOICE CHARTER SCHOOL, at a distance of about 0.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, PS 49 WILLIS AVENUE is 3rd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 144 fewer students in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 10.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 9.9:1.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 # 7
- HERO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 733 students
- LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223High · 646 students
- PS 5 PORT MORRISElementary · 630 students
- PS/MS 29 MELROSE SCHOOLElementary · 606 students
- SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOLHigh · 603 students
- UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGEHigh · 596 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
- CHOICE CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 182
- FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II0.2 mi · 858
- PS 1790.2 mi · 198
- YOUNG LEADERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 213
- ACCESS BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 462
- PS 154 JONATHAN D HYATT0.2 mi · 211
Frequently asked questions
About PS 49 WILLIS AVENUEWhat is the total enrollment at PS 49 WILLIS AVENUE?
PS 49 WILLIS AVENUE enrolls approximately 447 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 49 WILLIS AVENUE serve?
PS 49 WILLIS AVENUE serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 49 WILLIS AVENUE?
Approximately 9.9:1 students per teacher at PS 49 WILLIS AVENUE.
What is the student diversity at PS 49 WILLIS AVENUE?
Student demographics at PS 49 WILLIS AVENUE are roughly 2% White, 72% Hispanic, 25% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 49 WILLIS AVENUE?
PS 49 WILLIS AVENUE is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7 in Bronx County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.