PS 65 MOTHER HALE ACADEMY

PS 65 MOTHER HALE ACADEMY is one of the cozy elementary schools in BRONX, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7, with 178 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 60% smaller than the state mean of about 443.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7 comprises 41 schools with combined enrollment of 13,625 students; PS 65 MOTHER HALE ACADEMY is among them.

In terms of who attends, PS 65 MOTHER HALE ACADEMY lists that 66% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 33% Black. By comparison, Bronx County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, PS 65 MOTHER HALE ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.3%; this one delivers 29.3%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Bronx County put median household earnings sit near $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), PS 65 MOTHER HALE ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS 65 MOTHER HALE ACADEMY comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 60.5%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 65 MOTHER HALE ACADEMY has declined 55%, going from 393 students in 2018 to 178 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 61% to 66% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.