PS 811

PS 811 is one of the moderately sized senior highs in BRONX, New York, run under NYC SPECIAL SCHOOLS - DISTRICT 75, with 636 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12.

NYC SPECIAL SCHOOLS - DISTRICT 75 runs 60 schools in total, collectively educating 27,533 students. PS 811 is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, PS 811 shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 58%. The remainder reads as 32% Black, 4% White, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, PS 811 has 108 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 5.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Bronx County) records that the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bronx County runs 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), of which PS 811 is one.

Nearest neighbor: PS 66 SCHOOL OF HIGHER EXPECTATIONS, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 811.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 631 students in 2018 compared to 636 in 2025.

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