Enrollment
169
Middle
DISTRICT 180 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7·NCES 360008405520
PS/IS 224
345 BROOK AVE, BRONX, NY 10454 · (718) 665-9804 · Bronx County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL169 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
7.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.8:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
166 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle 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
28.4%
NY avg 58.3% . -6.1pp since 2023
Math
21.4%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 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
28.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% 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%.
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
169
-189 (-53%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
7.3:1
was 12.8:1
% White
2%
was 1%
% Hispanic
67%
was 72%
% Black
28%
was 27%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PS/IS 224
PS/IS 224 is an intermediate school of rural-scale scale in BRONX, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7, teacheing 169 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so PS/IS 224 sits 68% leaner than that benchmark.
PS/IS 224 is one of 41 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7, a district that serves 13,625 students overall.
Demographically, PS/IS 224 records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 67% of enrollment. Other groups include 28% Black, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, PS/IS 224 logs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS/IS 224 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.9%, the actual is 28.4%, a residual of -10.5 points.
In the area at large, census data for Bronx County shows the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, 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/IS 224 is one campus in the mix.
ACADEMY OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND TECHNOLOGY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS/IS 224. On composite proficiency, PS/IS 224 comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 40.1%.
PS/IS 224 operates from a metropolitan location.
Over the past 7-year window. PS/IS 224's enrollment has edged down 53% since 2018, when it stood at 358 (now 169). The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 72% to 67% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 7.3:1 in 2025.
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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 # 7
- HERO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 733 students
- LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY (THE): X223High · 646 students
- PS 5 PORT MORRISElementary · 630 students
- PS/MS 29 MELROSE SCHOOLElementary · 606 students
- SOUTH BRONX PREPARATORY - A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOLHigh · 603 students
- UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL-BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGEHigh · 596 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
- ACADEMY OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND TECHNOLOGY0.0 mi · 268
- INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 345
- PS 30 WILTON0.1 mi · 343
- PS 1790.1 mi · 198
- YOUNG LEADERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 213
- ACCESS BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 462
Frequently asked questions
About PS/IS 224How large is PS/IS 224?
PS/IS 224 enrolls approximately 169 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does PS/IS 224 serve?
PS/IS 224 serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS/IS 224?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS/IS 224 is approximately 7.3:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PS/IS 224?
Student demographics at PS/IS 224 are roughly 2% White, 67% Hispanic, 28% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS/IS 224?
PS/IS 224 is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7 in Bronx County.
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