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What's the biggest difference between PS/MS 194 and what you expected?
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Enrollment
1,169
Elementary
DISTRICT 555 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11·NCES 360008805558
PS/MS 194
2365 WATERBURY AVE, BRONX, NY 10462 · (718) 892-5270 · Bronx County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,169 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
92 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
1,080 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 121 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 128 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 158 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 144 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 155 | 13% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (121) is 22% smaller than its 8th grade class (155).
Student demographics
60%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
48.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
55.8%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 55.8% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 49.9% |
% 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
46.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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/MS 194
PS/MS 194's state test result (46.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS/MS 194 this school | 1,169 | 92.4% | 46.7% |
| PS 108 CAPTAIN VINCENT G FOWLER SOUTH OZONE PARK | 1,094 | 94.0% | 65.3% |
| PS 129 PATRICIA LARKIN COLLEGE POINT | 1,071 | 86.1% | 46.7% |
| PS 95 EASTWOOD JAMAICA | 1,103 | 81.1% | 66.6% |
| PS 50 TALFOURD LAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JAMAICA | 904 | 92.0% | 45.4% |
| CENTRAL QUEENS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ELMHURST | 935 | 78.2% | 77.6% |
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/MS 194 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #1,304 of 2,335 | #90 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #1,236 of 2,342 ▲ 76 | #85 of 212 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,407 of 2,343 ▼ 139 | #114 of 212 ▼ 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,169 | #14 of 2,585 | #3 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #1,543 of 2,338 | #126 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.3% | #698 of 2,388 | #20 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.4% | #321 of 2,534 | #131 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.8% | #1,031 of 1,757 | #140 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
1,169
-17 (-1%) vs 2020
-14% since 2010-11, when it was 1,362
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 1,169 | 91.5 | 12.8:1 | 92% (1,080) |
| 2023-24 | 1,164 | 95.4 | 12.2:1 | 92% (1,072) |
| 2022-23 | 1,105 | 96.6 | 11.4:1 | 83% (922) |
| 2020-21 | 1,186 | 95 | 12.5:1 | 85% (1,003) |
| 2017-18 | 1,326 | 88.1 | 15.1:1 | 81% (1,073) |
| 2015-16 | 1,367 | 84 | 16.3:1 | 66% (896) |
| 2010-11 | 1,362 | 89 | 15.3:1 | 85% (1,152) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS/MS 194.
About PS/MS 194
BRONX, New York, is home to PS/MS 194, a large elementary school. The school enrolls 1,169 students, from kindergarten through 8. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New York is about 443, so this school runs 164% above that.
The district for PS/MS 194 is NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11, with 62 schools and 30,138 students.
Roughly 53% of students at PS/MS 194 are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 34% Asian, 6% Black, and 4% White. That is close to the 55% Hispanic share among all Bronx County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 60% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 91.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 12.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 92%. That tracks the 90% average for public schools in Bronx County.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, PS/MS 194 is 5.7 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 46.7% actual, 41.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
In Bronx County (population about 1,404,779), the median household income is $48,676, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. PS/MS 194 is one of 472 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from PS/MS 194 to another public school is about 0.4 miles, to PS 12 LEWIS AND CLARK SCHOOL. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, PS/MS 194 ranks 3rd in a group of 7 nearby schools.
PS/MS 194 has an NCES locale of City: Large.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (1,186) to 2024-25 (1,169).
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for PS/MS 194 covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 96 RICHARD RODGERSElementary · 880 students
- PS 106 PARKCHESTERElementary · 822 students
- JHS 127 CASTLE HILL (THE)Middle · 778 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 12 LEWIS AND CLARK SCHOOL0.4 mi · 279
- LINDEN TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 300
- JHS 127 CASTLE HILL (THE)0.4 mi · 778
- PS 36 UNIONPORT0.4 mi · 660
- PS 106 PARKCHESTER0.5 mi · 822
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-NYC 120.5 mi · 94
Frequently asked questions
About PS/MS 194How large is PS/MS 194?
PS/MS 194 enrolls approximately 1,169 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does PS/MS 194 serve?
PS/MS 194 serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at PS/MS 194?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at PS/MS 194.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS/MS 194?
At PS/MS 194, the student body is approximately 4% White, 53% Hispanic, 6% Black, 34% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PS/MS 194 in?
PS/MS 194 is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.