Enrollment
329
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10·NCES 360008703783
PS/IS 54
2703 WEBSTER AVE, BRONX, NY 10458 · (718) 584-4203 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL329 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
12.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
316 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 22 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
37.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
28.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 23.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
26.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 54
PS/IS 54's state test result (26.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS/IS 54 this school | 329 | 96.0% | 26.4% |
| PS 43 JONAS BRONCK BRONX | 346 | 96.2% | 36.2% |
| WALTON AVENUE SCHOOL (THE) BRONX | 304 | 97.4% | 35.8% |
| PS 226 BRONX | 310 | 96.5% | 48.5% |
| PS 140 NATHAN STRAUS NEW YORK | 334 | 95.8% | 27.5% |
| PS 30 WILTON BRONX | 343 | 98.3% | 24.0% |
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/IS 54 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #2,123 of 2,335 | #188 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #2,127 of 2,342 ▲ 32 | #195 of 212 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,911 of 2,343 ▲ 152 | #172 of 212 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 329 | #1,809 of 2,585 | #159 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #1,512 of 2,338 | #123 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.9% | #1,695 of 2,388 | #163 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.0% | #146 of 2,534 | #73 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.9% | #246 of 1,757 | #78 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
329
-103 (-24%) vs 2020
-36% since 2010-11, when it was 512
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 329 | 26 | 12.7:1 | 96% (316) |
| 2023-24 | 346 | 26.7 | 12.9:1 | 95% (329) |
| 2022-23 | 364 | 23.3 | 15.6:1 | 95% (347) |
| 2020-21 | 432 | 31 | 13.9:1 | 96% (413) |
| 2017-18 | 483 | 34 | 14.2:1 | 98% (471) |
| 2015-16 | 505 | 31 | 16.3:1 | 98% (493) |
| 2010-11 | 512 | 33 | 15.5:1 | 94% (481) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS/IS 54.
About PS/IS 54
PS/IS 54 is a public small elementary school in BRONX, New York. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 329 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in New York enroll around 443, and this school is 26% below that mark.
The 83 schools of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10, including PS/IS 54, enroll 40,459 students.
Hispanic students are 77% of those enrolled at PS/IS 54. Other reported shares: 19% Black. That compares with about 55% Hispanic among all Bronx County residents. A diversity index of 37% means there is a 37% chance two randomly chosen students at PS/IS 54 are from different groups.
A staff of 26 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 12.7:1. The ratio is within a point of the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 96%.
On the allk12 Grade, PS/IS 54 lands at C-, ahead of 15% of New York public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, PS/IS 54 is 13.3 points below its prediction. Actual: 26.4%. Predicted: 39.7%.
The school's county is Bronx County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $48,676 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 23%. PS/IS 54 shares Bronx County with 471 other public schools.
PS 46 EDGAR ALLAN POE is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. PS/IS 54 is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. PS/IS 54's average proficiency of 26.4% compares with 41.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 329, down from 432 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 13.9:1 to 12.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The discussion board for PS/IS 54 is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 #10
- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (THE)High · 2,953 students
- RIVERDALE/KINGSBRIDGE ACADEMY (MS/HS 141)High · 1,383 students
- DEWITT CLINTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,212 students
- PS 86 KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTSElementary · 1,091 students
- IN-TECH ACADEMY (MS/HS 368)High · 953 students
- PS 95 SHEILA MENCHERElementary · 851 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 46 EDGAR ALLAN POE0.2 mi · 609
- JONAS BRONCK ACADEMY0.3 mi · 392
- BRONX HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE0.4 mi · 367
- FORDHAM LEADERSHIP ACADEMY0.4 mi · 369
- WEST BRONX ACADEMY FOR THE FUTURE0.4 mi · 575
- FORDHAM HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS0.4 mi · 351
Frequently asked questions
About PS/IS 54How many students attend PS/IS 54?
PS/IS 54 enrolls approximately 329 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS/IS 54 serve?
PS/IS 54 serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS/IS 54 have?
PS/IS 54 employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
How diverse is PS/IS 54?
PS/IS 54 reports a student body of 1% White, 77% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees PS/IS 54?
PS/IS 54 is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10 in Bronx County.
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