Enrollment
224
Elementary
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9·NCES 360008605191
PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WEST
1701 FULTON AVE, BRONX, NY 10457 · (718) 583-6655 · Bronx County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL224 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of New York public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
10.7:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
220 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 | 23 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 16 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 14 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 12 | 5% |
| Grade 3 | 25 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 34 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 27 | 12% |
| Ungraded | 7 | 3% |
This year's kindergarten class (16) is 41% smaller than its 8th grade class (27).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
98.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
94.9%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 98 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 95 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 98.0% | 94.9% |
| 2023-24 | 83.0% | 96.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
91.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+53.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 92% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 39% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 53 points, placing it in New York's top 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 4 CROTONA PARK WEST
PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WEST's state test result (91.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WEST this school | 224 | 98.2% | 91.9% |
| PS 30 HERNANDEZ/HUGHES NEW YORK | 218 | 98.6% | 42.2% |
| PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY NEW YORK | 229 | 97.4% | 32.8% |
| PS 154 JONATHAN D HYATT BRONX | 211 | 97.6% | 58.9% |
| MOSAIC PREPARATORY ACADEMY NEW YORK | 206 | 96.1% | 20.8% |
| PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON BROOKLYN | 196 | 94.9% | 57.9% |
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 4 CROTONA PARK WEST ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Bronx County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 91.9% | #24 of 2,335 | #7 of 212 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 94.9% | #70 of 2,342 ▼ 18 | #18 of 212 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 98.0% | #10 of 2,343 ▲ 61 | #4 of 212 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 224 | #2,306 of 2,585 | #199 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #673 of 2,338 | #46 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.8% | #1,237 of 2,388 | #87 of 205 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.2% | #39 of 2,534 | #20 of 220 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -61.2% | #6 of 1,757 | #2 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
224
-192 (-46%) vs 2020
-49% since 2010-11, when it was 435
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 224 | 21 | 10.7:1 | 98% (220) |
| 2023-24 | 278 | 26.5 | 10.5:1 | 98% (273) |
| 2022-23 | 343 | 28 | 12.3:1 | 97% (334) |
| 2020-21 | 416 | 38 | 10.9:1 | 98% (409) |
| 2017-18 | 577 | 47 | 12.3:1 | 93% (537) |
| 2015-16 | 600 | 46 | 13.0:1 | 95% (571) |
| 2010-11 | 435 | 43 | 10.1:1 | 91% (397) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WEST.
About PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WEST
PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WEST is a small elementary school with an address in BRONX, New York. It has an enrollment of 224 students in pre-K through 8. On average, elementary schools in New York enroll around 443, and this school is 49% below that mark.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 runs 70 schools with a combined 23,786 students. PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WEST is one of them.
More than half of the students at PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WEST are Hispanic (58%). The remaining shares are 41% Black. That is in line with Bronx County, where about 55% of residents are Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WEST scores 50%.
For every teacher at PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WEST, there are about 10.7 students; the school has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 98%.
On the allk12 Grade, PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WEST lands at A+, ahead of 99% of New York public elementary schools.
In New York, PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WEST is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 91.9% compared with a predicted 38.9%.
Bronx County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $48,676, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. There are 472 public schools in the county, enrolling about 202,028, PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WEST among them.
ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL 6 sits less than a tenth of a mile from PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WEST. PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WEST has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 91.9% average proficiency ranks 1st among 9 nearby schools.
The federal government classifies PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WEST's location as City: Large.
Federal data put enrollment at 416 in 2020-21 and 224 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years.
The allk12 page for PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WEST lets the school community talk about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WESTHow many students attend PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WEST?
PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WEST enrolls approximately 224 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WEST serve?
PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WEST serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WEST?
Approximately 10.7:1 students per teacher at PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WEST.
How diverse is PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WEST?
PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WEST reports a student body of 1% White, 58% Hispanic, 41% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WEST public or private?
PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WEST is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.