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Enrollment
455
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12·NCES 360009005509
PS 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONS
1001 JENNINGS ST, BRONX, NY 10460 · (718) 319-2820 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL455 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
11.1:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
439 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 81 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
40%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
79.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +23.0pp since 2023
Math
86.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 up about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 86.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 77.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
67.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 28 points, placing it in New York's top 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 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONS
PS 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONS's state test result (67.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONS this school | 455 | 96.5% | 67.3% |
| ACCESS BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 462 | 95.2% | 44.3% |
| PS 49 WILLIS AVENUE BRONX | 447 | 98.4% | 54.8% |
| LONGWOOD ACADEMY OF DISCOVERY (THE) BRONX | 439 | 98.6% | 17.6% |
| PS 150 CHARLES JAMES FOX BRONX | 471 | 98.3% | 35.1% |
| PS 109 SEDGWICK BRONX | 430 | 95.3% | 20.1% |
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 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #475 of 2,335 | #35 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #209 of 2,342 ▲ 149 | #27 of 212 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #262 of 2,343 ▲ 364 | #30 of 212 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 455 | #1,045 of 2,585 | #91 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #885 of 2,338 | #68 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.3% | #1,589 of 2,388 | #149 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.5% | #114 of 2,534 | #57 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.2% | #260 of 1,757 | #84 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
455
-52 (-10%) vs 2020
-29% since 2010-11, when it was 637
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 455 | 41 | 11.1:1 | 96% (439) |
| 2023-24 | 468 | 39.8 | 11.8:1 | 94% (441) |
| 2022-23 | 478 | 37.6 | 12.7:1 | 94% (447) |
| 2020-21 | 507 | 47 | 10.8:1 | 92% (464) |
| 2017-18 | 661 | 56 | 11.8:1 | 89% (588) |
| 2015-16 | 708 | 56 | 12.6:1 | 81% (573) |
| 2010-11 | 637 | 52 | 12.3:1 | 78% (494) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONS.
About PS 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONS
PS 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONS is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in BRONX, New York. It reported 455 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12 is responsible for 47 schools, PS 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONS included, with 15,705 students in all.
The largest group at PS 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONS is Hispanic students, at 73%. Other groups include 25% Black. By comparison, Bronx County residents are about 55% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PS 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONS scores 40%.
Its ratio of 11.1:1 is based on 41 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 96% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONS outscored 88%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 67.3%, is 27.8 points above the 39.5% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of New York schools.
In Bronx County, the median household earns about $48,676 a year, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 23%. Across Bronx County, 472 public schools serve about 202,028 students.
PS 811, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, PS 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONS places 1st out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 52 students, from 507 to 455.
This page is set up for the PS 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONS community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. 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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Frequently asked questions
About PS 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONSHow large is PS 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONS?
PS 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONS enrolls approximately 455 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONS serve?
PS 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONS serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONS?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at PS 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONS.
What is the student diversity at PS 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONS?
Student demographics at PS 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONS are roughly 73% Hispanic, 25% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONS?
PS 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONS 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.