Enrollment
307
Elementary
DISTRICT 555 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11·NCES 360008802336
PS 87
1935 BUSSING AVE, BRONX, NY 10466 · (718) 324-5188 · Bronx County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL307 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
270 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 12% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
54.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +21.0pp since 2023
Math
47.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +14.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 21 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 87
PS 87's state test result (41.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 87 this school | 307 | 87.9% | 41.0% |
| PS 175 HENRY H GARNET NEW YORK | 291 | 89.0% | 32.3% |
| SHERIDAN PREPARATORY ACADEMY ALBANY | 284 | 85.2% | 32.3% |
| ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL 1 BRONX | 340 | 89.1% | 89.1% |
| HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL NEW YORK | 349 | 90.3% | 77.2% |
| SCHOOL 54-FLOWER CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 325 | 87.7% | 18.4% |
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 87 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,569 of 2,335 | #112 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,560 of 2,342 ▲ 338 | #119 of 212 ▲ 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,167 of 2,343 ▲ 432 | #90 of 212 ▲ 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 307 | #1,946 of 2,585 | #170 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #1,977 of 2,338 | #159 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.1% | #704 of 2,388 | #21 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.9% | #500 of 2,534 | #167 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -47.7% | #50 of 1,757 | #13 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
307
-137 (-31%) vs 2020
-46% since 2010-11, when it was 571
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 307 | 21 | 14.6:1 | 88% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 297 | 20.5 | 14.5:1 | 91% (269) |
| 2022-23 | 316 | 22.4 | 14.1:1 | 88% (279) |
| 2020-21 | 444 | 30 | 14.8:1 | 79% (349) |
| 2017-18 | 587 | 37 | 15.8:1 | 84% (495) |
| 2015-16 | 632 | 39 | 16.2:1 | 86% (546) |
| 2010-11 | 571 | 35 | 16.3:1 | 83% (473) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 87.
About PS 87
PS 87, located in BRONX, New York, is a low-enrollment elementary school. Enrolled students number 307 students, in kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students each.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11 enrolls 30,138 students in 62 schools, including PS 87.
PS 87's enrollment is 52% Black. Other groups make up 36% Hispanic, 6% Native American, 3% Asian, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 33% of Bronx County residents are Black. By the diversity index, PS 87 comes in at 60%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.6:1, with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in New York, the typical ratio is 12.8:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at PS 87 is 88%. That is close to the 90% average for public schools in Bronx County.
In New York, PS 87 is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 41.0% actual against a predicted 42.6%.
Census estimates describe Bronx County this way: median household income is about $48,676, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 472 public schools in Bronx County, with a combined enrollment of about 202,028.
The next-closest public school is BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 4, about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. PS 87's average proficiency of 41.0% compares with 41.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal data place PS 87 in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 444 in 2020-21 and 307 in 2024-25, a 31% decrease.
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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
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- HARRY S TRUMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
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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
- BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 40.3 mi · 452
- PS 680.5 mi · 493
- MATILDA AVENUE SCHOOL (THE)0.6 mi · 222
- ACAD-SCHOLARSHIP & ENTREPRENEURSHIP0.6 mi · 437
- BRONXWOOD PREPARATORY ACADEMY (THE)0.6 mi · 407
- NEW WORLD HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 287
Frequently asked questions
About PS 87How large is PS 87?
PS 87 enrolls approximately 307 students in grades KG-05.
Is PS 87 an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 87 is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does PS 87 have?
PS 87 employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 87?
At PS 87, the student body is approximately 2% White, 36% Hispanic, 52% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is PS 87 in?
PS 87 is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11.
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