Enrollment
83
Elementary
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9·NCES 360008602338
PS 88 S SILVERSTEIN LITTLE SPARROW SCHOOL
1340 SHERIDAN AVE, BRONX, NY 10456 · (718) 716-7369 · Bronx County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL83 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
6.9:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
78 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 | 11 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 15 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 16 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 15 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 13 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 13 | 16% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
70.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
51.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% 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 →
Where PS 88 S SILVERSTEIN LITTLE SPARROW SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 83 | #2,556 of 2,585 | #222 of 225 |
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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
83
-63 (-43%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
6.9:1
was 12.2:1
% White
0%
was 1%
% Hispanic
75%
was 79%
% Black
24%
was 19%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83 | 12 | 6.9:1 | 94% (78) |
| 2023-24 | 90 | 11.8 | 7.7:1 | 96% (86) |
| 2022-23 | 96 | 12 | 8.0:1 | 92% (88) |
| 2017-18 | 146 | 12 | 12.2:1 | 92% (135) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 88 S SILVERSTEIN LITTLE SPARROW SCHOOL.
About PS 88 S SILVERSTEIN LITTLE SPARROW SCHOOL
PS 88 S SILVERSTEIN LITTLE SPARROW SCHOOL, located in BRONX, New York, is a very small elementary school. The school has 83 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in New York average about 443 students, which makes this school 81% below average.
PS 88 S SILVERSTEIN LITTLE SPARROW SCHOOL is one of the 70 schools that make up NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 (23,786 students in total).
Federal enrollment data show PS 88 S SILVERSTEIN LITTLE SPARROW SCHOOL is 75% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 24% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 20 points above the 55% share among Bronx County residents. A diversity index of 38% means there is a 38% chance two randomly chosen students at PS 88 S SILVERSTEIN LITTLE SPARROW SCHOOL are from different groups.
Its staff includes 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 6.9 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in New York, 12.8:1, is higher. PS 88 S SILVERSTEIN LITTLE SPARROW SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 94%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, PS 88 S SILVERSTEIN LITTLE SPARROW SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 51.0% actual against 40.4% predicted.
American Community Survey estimates for Bronx County show that the median household earns about $48,676 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and about 23% of people live in poverty. Bronx County has 472 public schools with about 202,028 students, including PS 88 S SILVERSTEIN LITTLE SPARROW SCHOOL.
AECI II: NYC CHARTER HS is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, PS 88 S SILVERSTEIN LITTLE SPARROW SCHOOL is 1st of 8 nearby schools with test data.
NCES assigns PS 88 S SILVERSTEIN LITTLE SPARROW SCHOOL the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal records list enrollment at PS 88 S SILVERSTEIN LITTLE SPARROW SCHOOL as 146 in 2017-18 and 83 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. The share of Black students grew 5 points, from 19% to 24%. Students per teacher dropped from 12.2 in 2017-18 to 6.9 in 2024-25.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About PS 88 S SILVERSTEIN LITTLE SPARROW SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PS 88 S SILVERSTEIN LITTLE SPARROW SCHOOL?
PS 88 S SILVERSTEIN LITTLE SPARROW SCHOOL enrolls approximately 83 students in grades KG-05.
Is PS 88 S SILVERSTEIN LITTLE SPARROW SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 88 S SILVERSTEIN LITTLE SPARROW SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 88 S SILVERSTEIN LITTLE SPARROW SCHOOL?
Approximately 6.9:1 students per teacher at PS 88 S SILVERSTEIN LITTLE SPARROW SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at PS 88 S SILVERSTEIN LITTLE SPARROW SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PS 88 S SILVERSTEIN LITTLE SPARROW SCHOOL are roughly 75% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is PS 88 S SILVERSTEIN LITTLE SPARROW SCHOOL in?
PS 88 S SILVERSTEIN LITTLE SPARROW SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9.
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