PS 83 DONALD HERTZ

As a well-populated elementary-level community in BRONX, New York, PS 83 DONALD HERTZ caters to 1,451 students from grades K through 8, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11. Enrollment runs roughly 228% larger than the state mean of about 443.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11, which oversees 62 schools and 30,138 students, PS 83 DONALD HERTZ is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 83 DONALD HERTZ reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 39% White, 11% Asian, 5% Black. That is noticeably less Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 109 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 85% of students at PS 83 DONALD HERTZ qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 83 DONALD HERTZ sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.6%; this one delivers 56.6%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Bronx County indicate 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 83 DONALD HERTZ is one.

Nearest neighbor: ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL 2, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 83 DONALD HERTZ. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 83 DONALD HERTZ ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 65.1%.

PS 83 DONALD HERTZ operates from a city-core location.

Trend over the last 7 years. PS 83 DONALD HERTZ's enrollment has contracted 14% since 2018, when it stood at 1,692 (now 1,451). The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 48% to 43% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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