PS 91

Set in BRONX, New York, PS 91 is a tight-knit K-5 school, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10. It enrolls 354 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 20% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10 runs 83 schools in total, collectively educating 40,459 students. PS 91 is one of those campuses.

On demographics, PS 91 reports that nearly all students (81%) are Hispanic; the rest consists of 11% Black, 3% Asian, 3% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, PS 91 has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 98% of students at PS 91 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 91 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.0%, the actual is 30.7%, a residual of -8.3 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Bronx County put median household income runs about $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), PS 91 is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PS 291, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 91. On composite proficiency, PS 91 comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 41.8%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 52%: 730 students in 2018 compared to 354 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 17% to 11%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the PS 91 community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.