PS 68

PS 68 is a reasonably sized elementary-level community in BRONX, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11. The school hosts 493 students in grades pre-K through 5.

PS 68 is one of 62 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11, a district that works with 30,138 students overall.

Looking at the student body, PS 68 reports that Black students make up the majority at 62%. The remainder looks like 29% Hispanic, 3% White. By comparison, Bronx County as a whole is about 33% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, PS 68 shows 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.3:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Bronx County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 68 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.5%, the actual is 57.9%, a residual of +12.3 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Bronx County indicate median household earnings sit near $48,676, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. PS 68 is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

ONE WORLD MIDDLE SCHOOL AT EDENWALD is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 68. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 68 at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 43.6%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. PS 68's enrollment has contracted 27% since 2018, when it stood at 677 (now 493). Over the same period, the Black share declined from 77% to 62%. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 in 2025.

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