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Enrollment
493
Elementary
DISTRICT 555 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11·NCES 360008802282
PS 68
4011 MONTICELLO AVE, BRONX, NY 10466 · (718) 324-2854 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL493 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
395 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 18 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 16% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
72.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +23.0pp since 2023
Math
79.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +24.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 24 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
57.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 68
PS 68's state test result (57.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 68 this school | 493 | 80.1% | 57.9% |
| SCHOOL 25-NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE ROCHESTER | 471 | 82.6% | 22.9% |
| SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-BRONX 1 BRONX | 513 | 85.8% | 85.5% |
| BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 3 BRONX | 512 | 81.8% | 74.1% |
| ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE) WYANDANCH | 468 | 75.2% | 73.7% |
| JERMAINE L GREEN STEM INSTITUTE OF QUEENS (THE) JAMAICA | 526 | 81.4% | 46.3% |
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 68 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #847 of 2,335 | #53 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #365 of 2,342 ▲ 727 | #36 of 212 ▲ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #448 of 2,343 ▲ 445 | #40 of 212 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 493 | #858 of 2,585 | #79 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.3:1 | #78 of 2,338 | #6 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.4% | #1,128 of 2,388 | #65 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.1% | #766 of 2,534 | #204 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.2% | #359 of 1,757 | #95 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
493
-29 (-6%) vs 2020
-37% since 2010-11, when it was 780
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
was 8.3:1
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 | 493 | 59.7 | 8.3:1 | 80% (395) |
| 2023-24 | 490 | 54.7 | 8.9:1 | 79% (386) |
| 2022-23 | 469 | 49.9 | 9.4:1 | 77% (362) |
| 2020-21 | 522 | 63 | 8.3:1 | 71% (372) |
| 2017-18 | 677 | 60 | 11.3:1 | 69% (470) |
| 2015-16 | 769 | 81 | 9.5:1 | 53% (406) |
| 2010-11 | 780 | 77 | 10.1:1 | 77% (597) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 68.
About PS 68
Federal records list PS 68 as an elementary school in BRONX, New York. It reports enrollment of 493 students in pre-K through 5.
PS 68 is one of the 62 schools that make up NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11 (30,138 students in total).
About 62% of the student body at PS 68 is Black. Other groups make up 29% Hispanic and 3% White. County-wide, 33% of Bronx County residents are Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 52%.
On staff are 59.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 8.3:1. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. PS 68 has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 80%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Bronx County is 90%.
PS 68 sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 57.9% and a predicted 45.5%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Bronx County show that median household income comes to about $48,676, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 23%. Bronx County counts 472 public schools with about 202,028 students.
Of the public schools around it, PS 68 is closest to BRONX ALLIANCE MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.4 miles away. PS 68 has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: PS 68 ranks 3rd of 9 nearby schools, at 57.9% versus a 43.6% average.
Federal data place PS 68 in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 6%.
On allk12, people connected to PS 68 can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11
- HARRY S TRUMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- PS 83 DONALD HERTZElementary · 1,451 students
- PS 89Elementary · 1,169 students
- PS/MS 194Elementary · 1,169 students
- PS 96 RICHARD RODGERSElementary · 880 students
- PS 106 PARKCHESTERElementary · 822 students
Other schools in BRONX
- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE)High · 2,953 students
- KIPP BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL IIICombined · 2,390 students
- HARRY S TRUMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- ATMOSPHERE ACADEMY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLHigh · 1,481 students
- PS 83 DONALD HERTZElementary · 1,451 students
- RIVERDALE/KINGSBRIDGE ACADEMY (MS/HS 141)High · 1,383 students
Nearby schools
- BRONX ALLIANCE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 191
- BAYCHESTER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 298
- ONE WORLD MIDDLE SCHOOL AT EDENWALD0.4 mi · 309
- BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING0.5 mi · 532
- PS 870.5 mi · 307
- PS 111 SETON FALLS0.5 mi · 397
Frequently asked questions
About PS 68How many students attend PS 68?
PS 68 enrolls approximately 493 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 68 an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 68 is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 68?
Approximately 8.3:1 students per teacher at PS 68.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 68?
At PS 68, the student body is approximately 3% White, 29% Hispanic, 62% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is PS 68 public or private?
PS 68 is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.