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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 76 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 96 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 103 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 108 | 13% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 30% smaller than its 8th grade class (108).
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What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 41.4% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 35.2% |
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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%.
PS/IS 218 RAFAEL HERNANDEZ DUAL LANGUAGE MAGNET SCHOOL's state test result (38.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS/IS 218 RAFAEL HERNANDEZ DUAL LANGUAGE MAGNET SCHOOL this school | 807 | 97.0% | 38.2% |
| PS 110 CORONA | 808 | 97.2% | 40.2% |
| ELM TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CORONA | 878 | 96.7% | 33.5% |
| PS 33 TIMOTHY DWIGHT BRONX | 789 | 99.1% | 28.3% |
| KIPP NYC WASHINGTON HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL NEW YORK | 790 | 93.3% | 56.3% |
| PS 16 NANCY DEBENEDITTIS SCHOOL (THE) CORONA | 931 | 96.8% | 25.5% |
| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #1,703 of 2,335 | #124 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #1,788 of 2,342 ▲ 46 | #145 of 212 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,870 of 2,343 ▼ 215 | #169 of 212 ▼ 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 807 | #142 of 2,585 | #14 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #514 of 2,338 | #35 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.1% | #2,183 of 2,388 | #205 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.0% | #90 of 2,534 | #47 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.3% | #604 of 1,757 | #121 of 153 |
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 807 | 79 | 10.2:1 | 97% (783) |
| 2023-24 | 836 | 75.2 | 11.1:1 | 96% (799) |
| 2022-23 | 853 | 76.7 | 11.1:1 | 92% (782) |
| 2020-21 | 1,001 | 66 | 15.2:1 | 91% (906) |
| 2017-18 | 1,012 | 70 | 14.4:1 | 87% (881) |
| 2015-16 | 1,007 | 72 | 14.0:1 | 78% (783) |
| 2010-11 | 814 | 58 | 14.0:1 | 89% (726) |
In BRONX, New York, PS/IS 218 RAFAEL HERNANDEZ DUAL LANGUAGE MAGNET SCHOOL is a large elementary school. The school serves kindergarten through 8. Enrollment is 807 students. That is 82% larger than the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 counts 23,786 students in its 70 schools, and PS/IS 218 RAFAEL HERNANDEZ DUAL LANGUAGE MAGNET SCHOOL is one of them.
By race and ethnicity, PS/IS 218 RAFAEL HERNANDEZ DUAL LANGUAGE MAGNET SCHOOL is 91% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 5% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 36 points above the 55% share among Bronx County residents. A diversity index of 16% means there is a 16% chance two randomly chosen students at PS/IS 218 RAFAEL HERNANDEZ DUAL LANGUAGE MAGNET SCHOOL are from different groups.
There are 79 full-time-equivalent teachers at PS/IS 218 RAFAEL HERNANDEZ DUAL LANGUAGE MAGNET SCHOOL, giving a ratio of 10.2:1. Elementary schools in New York have an average ratio of 12.8:1. By family income, 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS/IS 218 RAFAEL HERNANDEZ DUAL LANGUAGE MAGNET SCHOOL outscored 39%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, PS/IS 218 RAFAEL HERNANDEZ DUAL LANGUAGE MAGNET SCHOOL would score about 39.3%. It scores 38.2%, 1.1 points below that figure.
Looking at the county, Bronx County, the median household earns about $48,676 a year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of people live in poverty. Bronx County has 472 public schools with about 202,028 students, including PS/IS 218 RAFAEL HERNANDEZ DUAL LANGUAGE MAGNET SCHOOL.
Of the public schools around it, PS/IS 218 RAFAEL HERNANDEZ DUAL LANGUAGE MAGNET SCHOOL is closest to DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL HIGHBRIDGE, about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, PS/IS 218 RAFAEL HERNANDEZ DUAL LANGUAGE MAGNET SCHOOL is 6th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The federal government classifies PS/IS 218 RAFAEL HERNANDEZ DUAL LANGUAGE MAGNET SCHOOL's location as City: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 807, compared with 1,001 in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.2:1.
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