PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER

PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER is an elementary school of intimate scale in BRONX, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12, enrolling 185 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 58% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12, which oversees 47 schools and 15,705 students, PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER is one campus in the system.

Demographically, PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER reports that 81% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 17% Black. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 96% of students at PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.8%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Bronx County put 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 61 FRANCISCO OLLER is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

ESMT-IS 190 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. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 40.4%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 35%: 285 students in 2018 compared to 185 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.