PS/MS 29 MELROSE SCHOOL

PS/MS 29 MELROSE SCHOOL is an elementary school of moderately sized scale in BRONX, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7, hosting 606 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 37% above the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7 comprises 41 schools with combined enrollment of 13,625 students; PS/MS 29 MELROSE SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, PS/MS 29 MELROSE SCHOOL records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%; the rest breaks down as 32% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, PS/MS 29 MELROSE SCHOOL has 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS/MS 29 MELROSE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS/MS 29 MELROSE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.7%, the actual is 33.9%, a residual of -5.8 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Bronx County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), PS/MS 29 MELROSE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS/MS 29 MELROSE SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS/MS 29 MELROSE SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 36.9%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 23%: 788 students in 2018 compared to 606 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.