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Which teacher or staff member at PS 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
509
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8·NCES 360008502302
PS 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY
984 FAILE ST, BRONX, NY 10459 · (718) 860-1630 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL509 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest 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
13.4:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
502 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 94 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
45%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
60.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +21.0pp since 2023
Math
74.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 21 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 61.0% |
% 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
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY
PS 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY's state test result (53.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY this school | 509 | 98.6% | 53.3% |
| PS 126 DR MARJORIE H DUNBAR BRONX | 499 | 97.2% | 35.7% |
| PS 49 WILLIS AVENUE BRONX | 447 | 98.4% | 54.8% |
| PS 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONS BRONX | 455 | 96.5% | 67.3% |
| PS 150 CHARLES JAMES FOX BRONX | 471 | 98.3% | 35.1% |
| ACCESS BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 462 | 95.2% | 44.3% |
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 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #1,034 of 2,335 | #66 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #548 of 2,342 ▲ 324 | #43 of 212 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #923 of 2,343 ▲ 379 | #66 of 212 ▲ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 509 | #778 of 2,585 | #72 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #1,728 of 2,338 | #143 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.2% | #1,416 of 2,388 | #116 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.6% | #22 of 2,534 | #11 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.7% | #671 of 1,757 | #124 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
509
-13 (-2%) vs 2020
-19% since 2010-11, when it was 632
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
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 | 509 | 38.1 | 13.4:1 | 99% (502) |
| 2023-24 | 499 | 32.2 | 15.5:1 | 94% (468) |
| 2022-23 | 489 | 33.2 | 14.7:1 | 91% (446) |
| 2020-21 | 522 | 39 | 13.4:1 | 87% (455) |
| 2017-18 | 626 | 44 | 14.2:1 | 90% (565) |
| 2015-16 | 664 | 44 | 15.1:1 | 81% (538) |
| 2010-11 | 632 | 60 | 10.5:1 | 81% (510) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY.
About PS 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY
PS 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY is an elementary school in BRONX, New York, according to federal school records. It had 509 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8 is the district for PS 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY. It has 52 schools and 21,621 students.
More than half of enrollment at PS 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY is Hispanic: 70%. Other groups include 25% Black. The county population is about 55% Hispanic. The diversity index for PS 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY is 45%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 38.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is similar, at 12.8:1. On the income side, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 90% average for public schools in Bronx County is 9 points.
PS 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 68% of New York public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, PS 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 53.3% actual against 38.7% predicted.
Bronx County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $48,676, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of people live in poverty. There are 472 public schools in the county, enrolling about 202,028, PS 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY among them.
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS is about 0.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. PS 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. PS 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY ranks 2nd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 53.3% against a local average of 46.5%.
Locale data from NCES put PS 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
PS 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY had 522 students in 2020-21 and 509 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
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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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- HERBERT H LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,087 students
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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 CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS0.1 mi · 588
- EMBLAZE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 222
- BRONX STUDIO SCHOOL FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS0.2 mi · 589
- DEMOCRACY PREP ENDURANCE CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 836
- SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 522
- ACCION ACADEMY0.3 mi · 185
Frequently asked questions
About PS 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERYHow large is PS 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY?
PS 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY enrolls approximately 509 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY serve?
PS 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at PS 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY?
At PS 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY, the student body is approximately 2% White, 70% Hispanic, 25% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY public or private?
PS 75 SCHOOL OF RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY 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.