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Enrollment
1,079
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8·NCES 360008502293
PS 71 ROSE E SCALA
3040 ROBERTS AVE, BRONX, NY 10461 · (718) 822-5351 · Bronx County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,079 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of New York public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.1:1
89 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
870 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 94 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 133 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 126 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 126 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 155 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 123 | 11% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 24% smaller than its 8th grade class (123).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
57.4%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.5pp since 2023
Math
100.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 100 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.4% | 100.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.9% | 100.0% |
% 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
59.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 71 ROSE E SCALA
PS 71 ROSE E SCALA's state test result (59.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 71 ROSE E SCALA this school | 1,079 | 80.6% | 59.5% |
| PS 60 WOODHAVEN WOODHAVEN | 957 | 79.4% | 55.2% |
| PS 89 BRONX | 1,169 | 86.9% | 54.0% |
| PS 129 PATRICIA LARKIN COLLEGE POINT | 1,071 | 86.1% | 46.7% |
| SOUTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BAY SHORE | 975 | 76.6% | 30.6% |
| PRESIDENTIAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIDDLETOWN | 1,225 | 77.0% | 33.0% |
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 71 ROSE E SCALA ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #773 of 2,335 | #49 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 100% | #1 of 2,342 ▲ 2 | #1 of 212 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #1,048 of 2,343 ▼ 147 | #78 of 212 ▼ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,079 | #27 of 2,585 | #5 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #1,301 of 2,338 | #108 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.5% | #839 of 2,388 | #30 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.6% | #751 of 2,534 | #201 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.5% | #204 of 1,757 | #67 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
1,079
-326 (-23%) vs 2020
-34% since 2010-11, when it was 1,645
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 1,079 | 89.5 | 12.1:1 | 81% (870) |
| 2023-24 | 1,157 | 90.8 | 12.7:1 | 78% (899) |
| 2022-23 | 1,179 | 90 | 13.1:1 | 75% (888) |
| 2020-21 | 1,405 | 105 | 13.4:1 | 73% (1,029) |
| 2017-18 | 1,647 | 113 | 14.6:1 | 73% (1,207) |
| 2015-16 | 1,708 | 108 | 15.8:1 | 73% (1,250) |
| 2010-11 | 1,645 | 110 | 14.9:1 | 69% (1,127) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 71 ROSE E SCALA.
About PS 71 ROSE E SCALA
This page covers PS 71 ROSE E SCALA, a large elementary school in BRONX, New York. It offers kindergarten through 8 and has 1,079 students enrolled. That is 144% larger than the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
PS 71 ROSE E SCALA is one of 52 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8, which enrolls 21,621 students in total.
The student body at PS 71 ROSE E SCALA is 61% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 18% White, 13% Asian, and 6% Black. A diversity index of 57% means there is a 57% chance two randomly chosen students at PS 71 ROSE E SCALA are from different groups.
PS 71 ROSE E SCALA has 89.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 0.8 students per teacher. At PS 71 ROSE E SCALA, 81% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Among public schools in Bronx County, the average eligibility rate is 90%.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 71 ROSE E SCALA outscored 75%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, PS 71 ROSE E SCALA's results are 14.1 points above predicted: 59.5% against 45.3%.
In Bronx County, home to about 1,404,779 people, median household income comes to about $48,676, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and about 23% of people live in poverty. Bronx County's 472 public schools enroll about 202,028 students and include PS 71 ROSE E SCALA.
PS 71 ROSE E SCALA's nearest public school is E MONROE NEW RENAISSANCE BASKETBALL (about 0.1 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, PS 71 ROSE E SCALA ranks 2nd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 326 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 12.1 students per teacher, compared with 13.4 in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for PS 71 ROSE E SCALA lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 71 ROSE E SCALAHow many students attend PS 71 ROSE E SCALA?
PS 71 ROSE E SCALA enrolls approximately 1,079 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does PS 71 ROSE E SCALA serve?
PS 71 ROSE E SCALA serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at PS 71 ROSE E SCALA?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at PS 71 ROSE E SCALA.
How diverse is PS 71 ROSE E SCALA?
PS 71 ROSE E SCALA reports a student body of 18% White, 61% Hispanic, 6% Black, 13% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 71 ROSE E SCALA public or private?
PS 71 ROSE E SCALA is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.