PS 6 WEST FARMS

PS 6 WEST FARMS is one of the mid-tier primary schools in BRONX, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12, with 417 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12 comprises 47 schools with combined enrollment of 15,705 students; PS 6 WEST FARMS is among them.

On the student-mix side, PS 6 WEST FARMS logs that 72% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 25% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 99% of students at PS 6 WEST FARMS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Bronx County (around 90%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, PS 6 WEST FARMS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.8%, the actual is 26.3%, a residual of -12.5 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Bronx County shows median household income runs about $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PS 6 WEST FARMS is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

Nearest neighbor: VIDA BOGART SCHOOL FOR ALL CHILDREN (THE), around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 6 WEST FARMS ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 42.8%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 22%: 534 students in 2018 compared to 417 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 76% to 72%.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.