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Enrollment
600
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10·NCES 360008702063
PS 8 ISAAC VARIAN
3010 BRIGGS AVE, BRONX, NY 10458 · (718) 584-3043 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL600 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- ·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
11.5:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
554 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 31 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 19% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (116).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
47.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
45.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
38.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 8 ISAAC VARIAN
PS 8 ISAAC VARIAN's state test result (38.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 8 ISAAC VARIAN this school | 600 | 92.3% | 38.2% |
| PS/MS 280 MOSHOLU PARKWAY BRONX | 667 | 94.6% | 40.9% |
| MARGETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MONSEY | 579 | 90.7% | 23.0% |
| PS 340 BRONX | 552 | 94.0% | 35.6% |
| PS 108 SAL ABBRACCIAMENTO BROOKLYN | 649 | 89.2% | 70.1% |
| FRANK A SEDITA SCHOOL #30 BUFFALO | 614 | 93.0% | 14.3% |
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 8 ISAAC VARIAN ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #1,707 of 2,335 | #126 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,633 of 2,342 ▲ 177 | #127 of 212 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,448 of 2,343 ▲ 153 | #119 of 212 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 600 | #461 of 2,585 | #49 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #1,080 of 2,338 | #83 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.2% | #1,690 of 2,388 | #162 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.3% | #325 of 2,534 | #133 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.3% | #115 of 1,757 | #39 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
600
-238 (-28%) vs 2020
-50% since 2010-11, when it was 1,208
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 600 | 52 | 11.5:1 | 92% (554) |
| 2023-24 | 650 | 51.2 | 12.7:1 | 92% (601) |
| 2022-23 | 672 | 48.9 | 13.7:1 | 92% (618) |
| 2020-21 | 838 | 61 | 13.7:1 | 89% (745) |
| 2017-18 | 1,005 | 76 | 13.2:1 | 87% (875) |
| 2015-16 | 1,083 | 82 | 13.2:1 | 89% (959) |
| 2010-11 | 1,208 | 85 | 14.2:1 | 89% (1,074) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 8 ISAAC VARIAN.
About PS 8 ISAAC VARIAN
PS 8 ISAAC VARIAN is a medium-sized elementary school found in BRONX, New York. The student body numbers 600 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New York is about 443, so this school runs 35% larger than that.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10 enrolls 40,459 students, and its 83 schools include PS 8 ISAAC VARIAN.
Roughly 78% of students at PS 8 ISAAC VARIAN are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 8% Asian, 8% Black, and 4% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 55%. PS 8 ISAAC VARIAN's diversity index is 37%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 52 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 11.5:1. That is lower than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Eligible students account for 92% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. For comparison, public schools in Bronx County average 90%.
allk12 grades PS 8 ISAAC VARIAN a C+. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
PS 8 ISAAC VARIAN scores 38.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 41.0%.
County data help place the school in context: in Bronx County, the median household income is $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 is home to 472 public schools and about 202,028 public school students.
Nearby, GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE BRONX II is less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of PS 8 ISAAC VARIAN, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, PS 8 ISAAC VARIAN is 6th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at PS 8 ISAAC VARIAN dropped 28% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 838 to 600 students. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.5:1) than in 2020-21 (13.7:1).
Community posts for PS 8 ISAAC VARIAN can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 #10
- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE)High · 2,953 students
- RIVERDALE/KINGSBRIDGE ACADEMY (MS/HS 141)High · 1,383 students
- DEWITT CLINTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,212 students
- PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTSElementary · 1,091 students
- IN-TECH ACADEMY (MS/HS 368)High · 953 students
- PS 95 SHEILA MENCHERElementary · 851 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
- GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE BRONX II0.1 mi · 492
- PS/MS 20 PO GEORGE J WERDAN III0.3 mi · 782
- PS 1680.3 mi · 577
- JHS 80 MOSHOLU PARKWAY (THE)0.3 mi · 562
- PS/MS 280 MOSHOLU PARKWAY0.3 mi · 667
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - NORWOOD0.4 mi · 381
Frequently asked questions
About PS 8 ISAAC VARIANHow many students attend PS 8 ISAAC VARIAN?
PS 8 ISAAC VARIAN enrolls approximately 600 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 8 ISAAC VARIAN serve?
PS 8 ISAAC VARIAN serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 8 ISAAC VARIAN?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 8 ISAAC VARIAN is approximately 11.5:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 8 ISAAC VARIAN?
At PS 8 ISAAC VARIAN, the student body is approximately 4% White, 78% Hispanic, 8% Black, 8% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is PS 8 ISAAC VARIAN in?
PS 8 ISAAC VARIAN is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.