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Enrollment
583
Elementary
DISTRICT 555 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11·NCES 360008802306
PS 76 BENNINGTON SCHOOL (THE)
900 ADEE AVE, BRONX, NY 10469 · (718) 882-8865 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL583 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 52% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
11.1:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
507 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 | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
61%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
54.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
54.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
46.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 76 BENNINGTON SCHOOL (THE)
PS 76 BENNINGTON SCHOOL (THE)'s state test result (46.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 76 BENNINGTON SCHOOL (THE) this school | 583 | 87.0% | 46.0% |
| PS 104 BAYS WATER (THE) FAR ROCKAWAY | 542 | 86.9% | 35.2% |
| SCHOOL 22-LINCOLN SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 522 | 85.8% | 14.5% |
| KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 615 | 90.2% | 60.5% |
| PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE) BRONX | 538 | 92.4% | 36.5% |
| PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON SOUTH OZONE PARK | 464 | 89.0% | 20.8% |
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 76 BENNINGTON SCHOOL (THE) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,341 of 2,335 | #93 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,273 of 2,342 ▲ 3 | #90 of 212 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,166 of 2,343 ▲ 148 | #89 of 212 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 583 | #524 of 2,585 | #55 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #859 of 2,338 | #65 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.2% | #654 of 2,388 | #17 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.0% | #535 of 2,534 | #177 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.1% | #126 of 1,757 | #42 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
583
-203 (-26%) vs 2020
-46% since 2010-11, when it was 1,070
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 583 | 52.8 | 11.1:1 | 87% (507) |
| 2023-24 | 612 | 54.5 | 11.2:1 | 85% (521) |
| 2022-23 | 666 | 59.2 | 11.3:1 | 86% (575) |
| 2020-21 | 786 | 66 | 11.9:1 | 82% (646) |
| 2017-18 | 958 | 67 | 14.3:1 | 77% (734) |
| 2015-16 | 1,064 | 68 | 15.7:1 | 62% (657) |
| 2010-11 | 1,070 | 71 | 15.1:1 | 85% (910) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 76 BENNINGTON SCHOOL (THE).
About PS 76 BENNINGTON SCHOOL (THE)
Federal records list PS 76 BENNINGTON SCHOOL (THE) as an elementary school in BRONX, New York. It teaches 583 students in pre-K through 5. That is 32% above the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11 has 30,138 students spread across 62 schools.
Federal enrollment data show PS 76 BENNINGTON SCHOOL (THE) is 54% Hispanic. Other groups make up 30% Black, 9% White, and 5% Asian. In Bronx County overall, the Hispanic share is about 55%. A diversity index of 61% means there is a 61% chance two randomly chosen students at PS 76 BENNINGTON SCHOOL (THE) are from different groups.
The school lists 52.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1. The average for elementary schools in New York, 12.8:1, is higher. A total of 507 students, or 87%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
PS 76 BENNINGTON SCHOOL (THE) holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 52% of New York public elementary schools.
PS 76 BENNINGTON SCHOOL (THE) scores 46.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 43.0%.
In Bronx County, home to about 1,404,779 people, the median household earns about $48,676 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and about 23% of people live in poverty. Public schools in Bronx County number 472, with about 202,028 students.
BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR WRITING AND COMMUNICATION ARTS is about 0.4 miles from PS 76 BENNINGTON SCHOOL (THE), the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. PS 76 BENNINGTON SCHOOL (THE) comes in 5th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for PS 76 BENNINGTON SCHOOL (THE) is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment decreased by 26% across 4 years, from 786 in 2020-21 to 583 in 2024-25.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11
- HARRY S TRUMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
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- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE)High · 2,953 students
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- 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 HIGH SCHOOL FOR WRITING AND COMMUNICATION ARTS0.4 mi · 198
- HIGH SCHOOL OF COMPUTERS AND TECHNOLOGY0.4 mi · 472
- BRONX LAB SCHOOL0.4 mi · 258
- BRONX AEROSPACE HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 374
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS0.4 mi · 289
- BRONX ACADEMY OF HEALTH CAREERS0.4 mi · 306
Frequently asked questions
About PS 76 BENNINGTON SCHOOL (THE)What is the total enrollment at PS 76 BENNINGTON SCHOOL (THE)?
PS 76 BENNINGTON SCHOOL (THE) enrolls approximately 583 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 76 BENNINGTON SCHOOL (THE) serve?
PS 76 BENNINGTON SCHOOL (THE) serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 76 BENNINGTON SCHOOL (THE) have?
PS 76 BENNINGTON SCHOOL (THE) employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
How diverse is PS 76 BENNINGTON SCHOOL (THE)?
PS 76 BENNINGTON SCHOOL (THE) reports a student body of 9% White, 54% Hispanic, 30% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is PS 76 BENNINGTON SCHOOL (THE) in?
PS 76 BENNINGTON SCHOOL (THE) is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11.
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