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Enrollment
472
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10·NCES 360008702067
PS 9 RYER AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
230 E 183RD ST, BRONX, NY 10458 · (718) 584-3291 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL472 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
449 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
52.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +31.0pp since 2023
Math
45.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +17.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 31 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
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
32.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
472
-373 (-44%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 12.4:1
% White
3%
was 1%
% Hispanic
81%
was 81%
% Black
15%
was 15%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PS 9 RYER AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PS 9 RYER AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an average-sized elementary-level community in BRONX, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10. The school instructs 472 students in grades pre-K through 5.
Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10, which oversees 83 schools and 40,459 students, PS 9 RYER AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, PS 9 RYER AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (81%). The remainder comes out to 15% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, PS 9 RYER AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 95% of students at PS 9 RYER AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 9 RYER AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.7%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Bronx County put median household earnings sit near $48,676, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), PS 9 RYER AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
PS 209 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PS 9 RYER AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 34.2%.
The school occupies an urban site.
Over the past 7-year window. PS 9 RYER AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 44% since 2018, when it stood at 845 (now 472).
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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
- PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTSElementary · 1,091 students
- IN-TECH ACADEMY (MS/HS 368)High · 953 students
- PS 95 SHEILA MENCHERElementary · 851 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
- PS 2090.1 mi · 167
- ANGELO PATRI MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE)0.2 mi · 333
- THEATRE ARTS PRODUCTION COMPANY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 427
- ACADEMY FOR PERSONAL LEADERSHIP AND EXCELLENCE0.2 mi · 788
- PS 85 GREAT EXPECTATIONS0.3 mi · 653
- SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CITIZENSHIP0.3 mi · 557
Frequently asked questions
About PS 9 RYER AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend PS 9 RYER AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PS 9 RYER AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 472 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 9 RYER AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PS 9 RYER AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 9 RYER AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at PS 9 RYER AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 9 RYER AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At PS 9 RYER AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 3% White, 81% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is PS 9 RYER AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
PS 9 RYER AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 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.