PS 81 ROBERT J CHRISTEN

PS 81 ROBERT J CHRISTEN is one of the well-populated elementary-level communitys in BRONX, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10, with 715 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 61% above the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10 runs 83 schools in total, collectively educating 40,459 students. PS 81 ROBERT J CHRISTEN is one of those campuses.

Demographically, PS 81 ROBERT J CHRISTEN reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 33% White, 7% Black, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 81 ROBERT J CHRISTEN higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 43% of students at PS 81 ROBERT J CHRISTEN qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Bronx County (around 90%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, PS 81 ROBERT J CHRISTEN tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 75.2%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Bronx County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. PS 81 ROBERT J CHRISTEN is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

The closest other public school is MONTESSORI SCHOOL 27, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS 81 ROBERT J CHRISTEN comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 61.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 725 students in 2018 compared to 715 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 53% to 48% across the same window.

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