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
D
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Scored higher than 9% of New York public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 middle schools
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 52 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 52 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 63 | 37% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 1% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
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.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.4% | 21.4% |
| 2023-24 | 34.5% | 25.1% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like PS/IS 224
PS/IS 224's state test result (28.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS/IS 224 this school | 169 | 98.2% | 28.4% |
| IS 584 BRONX | 164 | 96.3% | 34.5% |
| BRONX ACADEMY FOR MULTI-MEDIA BRONX | 144 | 100.0% | 47.8% |
| BRONX MATHEMATICS PREPARATORY SCHOOL (THE) BRONX | 190 | 96.8% | 32.6% |
| COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 258 NEW YORK | 139 | 95.0% | 38.2% |
| MS 301 PAUL L DUNBAR BRONX | 148 | 95.9% | 18.5% |
Matched among New York middle 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/IS 224 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #734 of 766 | #70 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #747 of 768 ▼ 19 | #71 of 74 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #704 of 768 ▼ 136 | #68 of 74 ▼ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 169 | #722 of 796 | #60 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.2% | #16 of 773 | #11 of 75 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -52.8% | #14 of 524 | #8 of 59 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
169
-75 (-31%) vs 2020
-56% since 2010-11, when it was 382
Student : Teacher
7.3:1
was 8.7:1
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 | 169 | 23 | 7.3:1 | 98% (166) |
| 2023-24 | 187 | 24.6 | 7.6:1 | 97% (182) |
| 2022-23 | 198 | 24 | 8.3:1 | 95% (189) |
| 2020-21 | 244 | 28 | 8.7:1 | 100% (243) |
| 2017-18 | 358 | 28 | 12.8:1 | 99% (354) |
| 2015-16 | 367 | 24 | 15.3:1 | 98% (358) |
| 2010-11 | 382 | 25 | 15.3:1 | 95% (361) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS/IS 224.
About PS/IS 224
Federal records list PS/IS 224 as a middle-grades school in BRONX, New York. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 169 students enrolled. The average among middle schools in New York is roughly 531 students; this school is 68% smaller than that.
The district, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7, has 13,625 students enrolled across 41 schools.
At PS/IS 224, Hispanic students make up 67% of the student body. The remaining shares are 28% Black and 2% White. Bronx County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. PS/IS 224's diversity index is 47%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.3:1 at PS/IS 224, with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 2.9 below the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 98%.
PS/IS 224 is graded D by allk12, scoring above 9% of New York public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, PS/IS 224 lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 28.4%; the prediction is 38.9%.
Among Bronx County residents, the median household income is $48,676, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 23%. Besides PS/IS 224, Bronx County has 471 other public schools.
Nearest public school: ACADEMY OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND TECHNOLOGY, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts PS/IS 224 at 7th of 9.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment declined 31% from its 2020-21 level of 244. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 8.7:1 to 7.3:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at PS/IS 224. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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- 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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