WALTON AVENUE SCHOOL (THE)

WALTON AVENUE SCHOOL (THE) operates as a compact elementary-level community in BRONX, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9. Current enrollment sits at 304 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so WALTON AVENUE SCHOOL (THE) sits 31% leaner than that benchmark.

WALTON AVENUE SCHOOL (THE) is one of 70 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9, a district that hosts 23,786 students overall.

On demographics, WALTON AVENUE SCHOOL (THE) shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 78% of enrollment; the rest consists of 17% Black, 2% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting WALTON AVENUE SCHOOL (THE) tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 97% of students at WALTON AVENUE SCHOOL (THE) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WALTON AVENUE SCHOOL (THE) sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.2%; this one delivers 35.8%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Bronx County put 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%. WALTON AVENUE SCHOOL (THE) is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

Nearest neighbor: LUCERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WALTON AVENUE SCHOOL (THE) ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 49.6%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 41%: 519 students in 2018 compared to 304 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.

On this page, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.