Enrollment
185
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12·NCES 360009002260
PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER
1550 CROTONA PARK E, BRONX, NY 10460 · (718) 542-7230 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL185 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
10.3:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
178 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 34 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 25 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (31).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
52.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +23.0pp since 2023
Math
48.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
44.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% 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 →
Schools most like PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER
PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER's state test result (44.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER this school | 185 | 96.2% | 44.8% |
| PS 75 MAYDA CORTIELLA BROOKLYN | 185 | 96.8% | 24.1% |
| PS 211 BRONX | 200 | 94.0% | 42.8% |
| YOUNG LEADERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRONX | 213 | 95.8% | 38.2% |
| PS 209 BRONX | 167 | 99.4% | N/A |
| PS 315 LAB SCHOOL BRONX | 202 | 96.5% | 40.2% |
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 61 FRANCISCO OLLER ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #1,405 of 2,335 | #97 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,512 of 2,342 ▼ 338 | #117 of 212 ▼ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,242 of 2,343 ▲ 543 | #100 of 212 ▲ 43 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 185 | #2,418 of 2,585 | #208 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.2% | #134 of 2,534 | #69 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.1% | #190 of 1,757 | #62 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
185
-74 (-29%) vs 2020
-53% since 2010-11, when it was 395
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 185 | 18 | 10.3:1 | 96% (178) |
| 2023-24 | 208 | 19 | 10.9:1 | 96% (199) |
| 2022-23 | 226 | 17.5 | 12.9:1 | 97% (219) |
| 2020-21 | 259 | 21 | 12.3:1 | 97% (251) |
| 2017-18 | 285 | 20 | 14.2:1 | 97% (277) |
| 2015-16 | 301 | 23 | 13.1:1 | 95% (285) |
| 2010-11 | 395 | 33 | 12.0:1 | 75% (297) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER.
About PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER
PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER is a small elementary school in BRONX, New York, one of the schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 185 students enrolled. By comparison, elementary schools in New York enroll about 443 students on average.
Besides PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12 runs 46 other schools. The district enrolls 15,705 students.
PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER is 81% Hispanic by enrollment. The remaining shares are 17% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Bronx County's population at about 55%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER scores 31%.
There are 18 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 10.3:1. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 2.6 students per teacher. On the income side, 96% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER lands at B-, ahead of 52% of New York public elementary schools.
A school with PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 39.6%. PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER scores 44.8%, 5.1 points above that line.
Bronx County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $48,676, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. There are 472 public schools in the county, enrolling about 202,028, PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER among them.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, ESMT-IS 190, is the closest to PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 44.8% is above the 40.4% average for nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 259 to 185, a 29% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 12.3:1 to 10.3:1.
The allk12 page for PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
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- ESMT-IS 1900.0 mi · 226
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- EXPLORATIONS ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 240
- BRONX ENVISION ACADEMY0.1 mi · 266
- JHS 98 HERMAN RIDDER0.1 mi · 102
- IS 318 MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY THROUGH ARTS0.2 mi · 278
Frequently asked questions
About PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLERHow large is PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER?
PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER enrolls approximately 185 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER have?
PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
How diverse is PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER?
PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER reports a student body of 2% White, 81% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER public or private?
PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.