Enrollment
265
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12·NCES 360009006261
PS 536
1827 ARCHER ST, BRONX, NY 10460 · (718) 931-4270 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL265 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
251 students
DISTRICT 95% · 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
47.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +16.0pp since 2023
Math
61.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +22.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 22 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
41.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% 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
265
-165 (-38%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 16.5:1
% White
2%
was 2%
% Hispanic
57%
was 64%
% Black
18%
was 23%
% Asian
21%
was 7%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PS 536
As an intimate primary school in BRONX, New York, PS 536 caters to 265 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 536 sits 40% leaner than that benchmark.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12 comprises 47 schools with combined enrollment of 15,705 students; PS 536 is among them.
On the student-mix side, PS 536 logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 57% of enrollment. Other groups include 21% Asian, 18% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, PS 536 has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 95% 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 536 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.9%.
In the area at large, census data for Bronx County shows the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PS 536 is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).
BRONX LITTLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PS 536 comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 55.1%.
The campus sits in a city-core setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 38%: 430 students in 2018 compared to 265 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment edged up from 7% to 21% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.
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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 #12
- PS 214Elementary · 814 students
- PS 47 JOHN RANDOLPHElementary · 789 students
- PS 195Elementary · 713 students
- PS 196Elementary · 662 students
- EAST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTUREHigh · 654 students
- MOTT HALL VHigh · 636 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
- BRONX LITTLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 315
- ARCHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 309
- PS 47 JOHN RANDOLPH0.4 mi · 789
- STEAM BRIDGE SCHOOL (THE)0.4 mi · 271
- BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE0.5 mi · 790
- WINGS ACADEMY0.5 mi · 230
Frequently asked questions
About PS 536How many students attend PS 536?
PS 536 enrolls approximately 265 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 536 serve?
PS 536 serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 536?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at PS 536.
How diverse is PS 536?
PS 536 reports a student body of 2% White, 57% Hispanic, 18% Black, 21% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 536?
PS 536 is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12 in Bronx County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.