Enrollment
283
Elementary
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9·NCES 360008602298
PS 73 BRONX
1020 ANDERSON AVE, BRONX, NY 10452 · (718) 681-6776 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL283 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.8:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
269 students
DISTRICT 96% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 50 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 13% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (37).
Student demographics
38%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
27.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
37.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 20.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
29.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 73 BRONX
PS 73 BRONX's state test result (29.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 73 BRONX this school | 283 | 95.1% | 29.0% |
| PS 130 ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT BRONX | 291 | 92.1% | 42.0% |
| PS 161 JUAN PONCE DE LEON SCHOOL BRONX | 303 | 93.1% | 29.4% |
| AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM NEW YORK | 288 | 93.4% | 44.8% |
| BGLIG-SHIRLEY RODRIGUEZ-REMENESKI CS BRONX | 313 | 92.3% | 49.6% |
| COLIBRI COMMUNITY SCHOOL (THE) BRONX | 251 | 96.0% | 36.3% |
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 73 BRONX ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #2,047 of 2,335 | #181 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,930 of 2,342 ▼ 88 | #167 of 212 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #2,170 of 2,343 ▼ 8 | #202 of 212 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 283 | #2,084 of 2,585 | #184 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,824 of 2,338 | #148 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.7% | #1,678 of 2,388 | #161 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.1% | #194 of 2,534 | #94 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -59.9% | #8 of 1,757 | #3 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
283
-117 (-29%) vs 2020
-68% since 2010-11, when it was 898
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
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 | 283 | 20.6 | 13.8:1 | 95% (269) |
| 2023-24 | 320 | 23 | 13.9:1 | 95% (305) |
| 2022-23 | 331 | 23 | 14.4:1 | 98% (324) |
| 2020-21 | 400 | 37 | 10.8:1 | 99% (394) |
| 2017-18 | 705 | 45 | 15.7:1 | 94% (663) |
| 2015-16 | 822 | 44 | 18.7:1 | 90% (743) |
| 2010-11 | 898 | 64 | 14.0:1 | 98% (882) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 73 BRONX.
About PS 73 BRONX
In BRONX, New York, part of Bronx County, PS 73 BRONX is an elementary school. It serves 283 students in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 (70 schools, 23,786 students) runs PS 73 BRONX.
At 76%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at PS 73 BRONX combined. After that, the student body is 23% Black. Among all residents of Bronx County, the Hispanic share is about 55%. By the diversity index, PS 73 BRONX comes in at 38%.
PS 73 BRONX's 20.6 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.8:1. That ratio is over the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 95%.
allk12 grades PS 73 BRONX a C-. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, PS 73 BRONX would score about 40.0%. It scores 29.0%, 11.0 points below that figure.
Bronx County has about 1,404,779 residents, and median household income is about $48,676, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Bronx County number 472 and enroll about 202,028.
The shortest distance from PS 73 BRONX to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to PS 114 LUIS LLORENS TORRES SCHOOL. The five-mile area around PS 73 BRONX holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 43.2%, higher than PS 73 BRONX's 29.0%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, PS 73 BRONX went from 400 students to 283. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 10.8:1 in 2020-21 to 13.8:1 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at PS 73 BRONX. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 73 BRONXHow large is PS 73 BRONX?
PS 73 BRONX enrolls approximately 283 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 73 BRONX serve?
PS 73 BRONX serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 73 BRONX?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 73 BRONX is approximately 13.8:1 (21 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PS 73 BRONX?
PS 73 BRONX reports a student body of 1% White, 76% Hispanic, 23% Black.
Who oversees PS 73 BRONX?
PS 73 BRONX is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 in Bronx County.
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