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Enrollment
578
Elementary
DISTRICT 555 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11·NCES 360008802368
PS 97
1375 MACE AVE, BRONX, NY 10469 · (718) 655-4446 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL578 STUDENTS
B-
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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
11.4:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
488 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 64 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 102 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 42% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
70%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
49.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
49.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
46.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 97
PS 97's state test result (46.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 97 this school | 578 | 84.4% | 46.4% |
| PS 212 LADY DEBORAH MOODY BROOKLYN | 560 | 85.4% | 50.3% |
| PS 112 DUTCH KILLS LONG ISLAND CITY | 521 | 89.3% | 35.2% |
| PS/IS 268 JAMAICA | 696 | 83.5% | 47.4% |
| WEST BUFFALO CHARTER SCHOOL BUFFALO | 498 | 91.0% | 47.3% |
| BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 2 BRONX | 528 | 87.9% | 89.7% |
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 97 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #1,317 of 2,335 | #91 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,475 of 2,342 ▼ 154 | #111 of 212 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,360 of 2,343 ▼ 253 | #108 of 212 ▼ 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 578 | #541 of 2,585 | #57 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #1,008 of 2,338 | #76 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.1% | #222 of 2,388 | #2 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.4% | #632 of 2,534 | #187 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #997 of 1,757 | #139 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
578
+77 (+15%) vs 2020
-21% since 2010-11, when it was 728
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 578 | 50.8 | 11.4:1 | 84% (488) |
| 2023-24 | 563 | 51.6 | 10.9:1 | 84% (471) |
| 2022-23 | 543 | 39 | 13.9:1 | 82% (443) |
| 2020-21 | 501 | 44 | 11.4:1 | 78% (390) |
| 2017-18 | 659 | 50 | 13.2:1 | 80% (524) |
| 2015-16 | 694 | 48 | 14.5:1 | 78% (538) |
| 2010-11 | 728 | 52 | 14.0:1 | 77% (562) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 97.
About PS 97
PS 97 is a mid-sized elementary school found in BRONX, New York. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 578 students. Elementary schools in New York average about 443 students, which makes this school 30% above average.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11 is the district for PS 97. It has 62 schools and 30,138 students.
Hispanic students account for 46% of enrollment at PS 97, more than any other group. Smaller groups are 21% Asian, 16% Black, and 13% White. County-wide, 55% of Bronx County residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 70%.
The school has 50.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.4 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Of all students at PS 97, 84% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
PS 97 earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 52% of New York public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, PS 97 falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 46.4% actual against 43.9% predicted.
American Community Survey estimates for Bronx County show that the median household earns about $48,676 a year, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. Bronx County has 472 public schools with about 202,028 students, including PS 97.
PS 121 THROOP is about 0.3 miles from PS 97, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around PS 97 holds at least 8 other public schools. PS 97 comes in 6th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies PS 97's location as City: Large.
A 15% rise took enrollment from 501 in 2020-21 to 578 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at PS 97. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 #11
- HARRY S TRUMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,650 students
- PS 83 DONALD HERTZElementary · 1,451 students
- PS 89Elementary · 1,169 students
- PS/MS 194Elementary · 1,169 students
- PS 96 RICHARD RODGERSElementary · 880 students
- PS 106 PARKCHESTERElementary · 822 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 121 THROOP0.3 mi · 601
- ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL 40.5 mi · 357
- ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL 50.5 mi · 341
- ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL 30.5 mi · 350
- PELHAM GARDENS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 284
- BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR BETTER LEARNING II0.5 mi · 423
Frequently asked questions
About PS 97How large is PS 97?
PS 97 enrolls approximately 578 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 97 serve?
PS 97 serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 97?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 97 is approximately 11.4:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 97?
At PS 97, the student body is approximately 13% White, 46% Hispanic, 16% Black, 21% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 97 public or private?
PS 97 is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.