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Enrollment
667
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10·NCES 360008704695
PS/MS 280 MOSHOLU PARKWAY
3202 STEUBEN AVE, BRONX, NY 10467 · (718) 405-6360 · Bronx County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL667 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
11.0:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
631 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 58 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 102 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 74 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 22% smaller than its 8th grade class (74).
Student demographics
38%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
45.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
46.2%
NY avg 57.4% . -23.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 24 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 46.2% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 70.0% |
% 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
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% 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/MS 280 MOSHOLU PARKWAY
PS/MS 280 MOSHOLU PARKWAY's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS/MS 280 MOSHOLU PARKWAY this school | 667 | 94.6% | 40.9% |
| PS 8 ISAAC VARIAN BRONX | 600 | 92.3% | 38.2% |
| PS/MS 20 PO GEORGE J WERDAN III BRONX | 782 | 94.9% | 29.5% |
| PS 94 KINGS COLLEGE SCHOOL BRONX | 748 | 95.9% | 19.4% |
| FRANK A SEDITA SCHOOL #30 BUFFALO | 614 | 93.0% | 14.3% |
| PS 196 BRONX | 662 | 95.3% | 28.4% |
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 280 MOSHOLU PARKWAY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #1,572 of 2,335 | #113 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #1,589 of 2,342 ▼ 1,014 | #121 of 212 ▼ 79 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,537 of 2,343 ▼ 163 | #131 of 212 ▼ 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 667 | #321 of 2,585 | #30 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #835 of 2,338 | #63 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.4% | #1,656 of 2,388 | #155 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.6% | #213 of 2,534 | #100 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.8% | #438 of 1,757 | #104 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
667
-73 (-10%) vs 2020
-23% since 2010-11, when it was 863
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 667 | 60.6 | 11.0:1 | 95% (631) |
| 2023-24 | 700 | 60.8 | 11.5:1 | 97% (676) |
| 2022-23 | 699 | 64.6 | 10.8:1 | 95% (662) |
| 2020-21 | 740 | 64 | 11.6:1 | 92% (684) |
| 2017-18 | 887 | 61.5 | 14.4:1 | 96% (848) |
| 2015-16 | 901 | 55 | 16.4:1 | 94% (848) |
| 2010-11 | 863 | 56 | 15.4:1 | 93% (804) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS/MS 280 MOSHOLU PARKWAY.
About PS/MS 280 MOSHOLU PARKWAY
Federal records list PS/MS 280 MOSHOLU PARKWAY as an elementary school in BRONX, New York. Enrollment stands at 667 students, covering kindergarten through 8. That is 51% larger than the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
The district, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10, has 40,459 students enrolled across 83 schools.
The share of Hispanic students at PS/MS 280 MOSHOLU PARKWAY is 78%, a majority. Smaller groups are 9% Black, 7% Asian, and 3% White. For comparison, the population of Bronx County is roughly 55% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 38, compared with 70 nationally.
PS/MS 280 MOSHOLU PARKWAY lists 60.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 11.0 students per teacher. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 1.8 students per teacher. About 95% of students at PS/MS 280 MOSHOLU PARKWAY are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS/MS 280 MOSHOLU PARKWAY outscored 45%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at PS/MS 280 MOSHOLU PARKWAY are within a point of what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (40.9% actual, 40.2% predicted).
Census data for Bronx County show median household income comes to about $48,676, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and about 23% of people live in poverty. There are 472 public schools in the county, enrolling about 202,028, PS/MS 280 MOSHOLU PARKWAY among them.
JHS 80 MOSHOLU PARKWAY (THE) is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. PS/MS 280 MOSHOLU PARKWAY ranks 7th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 40.9% against a local average of 54.1%.
PS/MS 280 MOSHOLU PARKWAY is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
A 10% decline took enrollment from 740 in 2020-21 to 667 in 2024-25.
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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 #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
- JHS 80 MOSHOLU PARKWAY (THE)0.0 mi · 562
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - NORWOOD0.2 mi · 381
- GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE BRONX II0.3 mi · 492
- PS 8 ISAAC VARIAN0.3 mi · 600
- PS 56 NORWOOD HEIGHTS0.4 mi · 617
- DEWITT CLINTON HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,212
Frequently asked questions
About PS/MS 280 MOSHOLU PARKWAYHow many students attend PS/MS 280 MOSHOLU PARKWAY?
PS/MS 280 MOSHOLU PARKWAY enrolls approximately 667 students in grades KG-08.
Is PS/MS 280 MOSHOLU PARKWAY an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS/MS 280 MOSHOLU PARKWAY is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does PS/MS 280 MOSHOLU PARKWAY have?
PS/MS 280 MOSHOLU PARKWAY employs 61 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
How diverse is PS/MS 280 MOSHOLU PARKWAY?
PS/MS 280 MOSHOLU PARKWAY reports a student body of 3% White, 78% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PS/MS 280 MOSHOLU PARKWAY in?
PS/MS 280 MOSHOLU PARKWAY is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.