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Enrollment
538
Elementary
DISTRICT 340 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7·NCES 360008402147
PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE)
250 E 156TH ST, BRONX, NY 10451 · (718) 292-4397 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL538 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
497 students
DISTRICT 95% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 41 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 80 | 15% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 44% smaller than its 8th grade class (80).
Student demographics
51%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
37.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
30.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -8.4pp 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 30 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 38.4% |
% 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
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% 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 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE)
PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE)'s state test result (36.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE) this school | 538 | 92.4% | 36.5% |
| BRILLA VERITAS CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 569 | 92.4% | 53.8% |
| RANDOLPH HOLDER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (THE) FAR ROCKAWAY | 542 | 96.3% | 28.9% |
| WAVE PREPARATORY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FAR ROCKAWAY | 484 | 89.0% | 67.0% |
| PS 111 JACOB BLACKWELL LONG ISLAND CITY | 554 | 97.3% | 22.3% |
| KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 615 | 90.2% | 60.5% |
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 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #1,771 of 2,335 | #131 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #2,094 of 2,342 ▼ 344 | #190 of 212 ▼ 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,909 of 2,343 ▼ 358 | #170 of 212 ▼ 62 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 538 | #677 of 2,585 | #64 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #589 of 2,338 | #38 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.3% | #1,178 of 2,388 | #76 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.4% | #322 of 2,534 | #132 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.9% | #518 of 1,757 | #113 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
538
-83 (-13%) vs 2020
-19% since 2010-11, when it was 667
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 538 | 51.7 | 10.4:1 | 92% (497) |
| 2023-24 | 523 | 45.4 | 11.5:1 | 91% (476) |
| 2022-23 | 576 | 48 | 12.0:1 | 94% (542) |
| 2020-21 | 621 | 48 | 12.9:1 | 93% (579) |
| 2017-18 | 698 | 52 | 13.4:1 | 91% (636) |
| 2015-16 | 727 | 47 | 15.5:1 | 92% (668) |
| 2010-11 | 667 | 49 | 13.6:1 | 95% (634) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE).
About PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE)
PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE) sits in BRONX, New York, and is classified as an elementary school. Its enrollment is 538 students, spread over pre-K through 8. Elementary schools in New York average about 443 students, which makes this school 21% larger than average.
The district for PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE) is NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7, with 41 schools and 13,625 students.
The share of Hispanic students at PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE) is 63%, a majority. Smaller groups are 30% Black, 3% Asian, and 2% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 51, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 51.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE) has a ratio of 10.4:1. The average for elementary schools in New York, 12.8:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 92% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 90% average for public schools in Bronx County.
PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE) earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 33% of New York public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE), the prediction is 41.0% and the result is 36.5%.
In Bronx County, the median household earns about $48,676 a year, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. Bronx County has 472 public schools with about 202,028 students, including PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE).
Among nearby public schools, KIPP ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE) is 5th among 9 schools close by.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
The school's student count fell 13% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Students per teacher dropped from 12.9 in 2020-21 to 10.4 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
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Frequently asked questions
About PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE)What is the total enrollment at PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE)?
PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE) enrolls approximately 538 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE) serve?
PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE) serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE)?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE) is approximately 10.4:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE)?
Student demographics at PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE) are roughly 2% White, 63% Hispanic, 30% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE) in?
PS/MS 31 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (THE) is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7.
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