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Enrollment
1,091
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10·NCES 360008702332
PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS
2756 RESERVOIR AVE, BRONX, NY 10468 · (718) 584-5585 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,091 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.
- ·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
11.3:1
97 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
1,037 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 | 35 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 117 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 124 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 157 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 134 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 178 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 180 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 161 | 15% |
| Ungraded | 5 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is 27% smaller than its 6th grade class (161).
Student demographics
22%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
46.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
53.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 52.0% |
% 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
44.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS
PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS's state test result (44.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS this school | 1,091 | 95.1% | 44.4% |
| EQUITY PROJECT CHARTER SCHOOL (THE) NEW YORK | 1,075 | 92.7% | 57.5% |
| PS 14 FAIRVIEW CORONA | 986 | 94.3% | 23.1% |
| ELM TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CORONA | 878 | 96.7% | 33.5% |
| PS 143 LOUIS ARMSTRONG CORONA | 1,344 | 92.7% | 23.5% |
| NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRENTWOOD | 937 | 88.4% | 29.4% |
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 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #1,412 of 2,335 | #99 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,310 of 2,342 ▼ 104 | #96 of 212 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,490 of 2,343 ▲ 21 | #125 of 212 ▼ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,091 | #24 of 2,585 | #4 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #962 of 2,338 | #72 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.6% | #2,071 of 2,388 | #199 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.1% | #195 of 2,534 | #95 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.6% | #201 of 1,757 | #66 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
1,091
-427 (-28%) vs 2020
-38% since 2010-11, when it was 1,752
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 1,091 | 96.8 | 11.3:1 | 95% (1,037) |
| 2023-24 | 1,171 | 98.9 | 11.8:1 | 95% (1,110) |
| 2022-23 | 1,269 | 103.3 | 12.3:1 | 91% (1,151) |
| 2020-21 | 1,518 | 110 | 13.8:1 | 91% (1,384) |
| 2017-18 | 1,669 | 109 | 15.3:1 | 88% (1,461) |
| 2015-16 | 1,694 | 100 | 16.9:1 | 80% (1,349) |
| 2010-11 | 1,752 | 123 | 14.2:1 | 79% (1,387) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS.
About PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS
Located in BRONX, New York, PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS is a large elementary school. A federal count lists 1,091 students at the school, in pre-K through 6. An average school in this group (elementary schools in New York) has about 443 students.
PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS falls under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10, which has 83 schools enrolling 40,459 students.
At PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS, Hispanic students make up 88% of the student body. Smaller groups are 6% Black and 2% Asian. County-wide, 55% of Bronx County residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS comes in at 22%.
Dividing enrollment by its 96.8 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 11.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, higher than at this school. PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS reports 95% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS is B-. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 52% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS is 4.4 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
County data help place the school in context: in Bronx County, median household income is about $48,676, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 23%. PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS is among the 472 public schools in Bronx County.
The shortest distance from PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal data place PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 1,091, 28% below the 1,518 of 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 13.8 to 11.3 over 4 years.
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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 #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
- IN-TECH ACADEMY (MS/HS 368)High · 953 students
- PS 95 SHEILA MENCHERElementary · 851 students
- PS 33 TIMOTHY DWIGHTElementary · 789 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
- INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS0.1 mi · 491
- KINGSBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 199
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR TEACHING AND THE PROFESSIONS0.1 mi · 331
- CELIA CRUZ BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF MUSIC (THE)0.1 mi · 407
- DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 377
- PS 3400.1 mi · 552
Frequently asked questions
About PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTSHow many students attend PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS?
PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS enrolls approximately 1,091 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS serve?
PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS is approximately 11.3:1 (97 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS?
At PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS, the student body is approximately 2% White, 88% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS public or private?
PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.