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PS 161 Ponce De Leon Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

628 Tinton Ave

Bronx NY, 10455, Bronx County

Phone: 718-292-5478

Ranking:

(3,212 out of 3,424, bottom 6%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	41		45		55		60		58		60		53
Total Students:	528		544		595		631		599		550		496
Prekindergarten:	31	5.9%	34	6.3%	30	5.0%	32	5.1%	35	5.8%	30	5.5%	36	7.3%
Kindergarten:	78	14.8%	75	13.8%	72	12.1%	105	16.6%	85	14.2%	78	14.2%	47	9.5%
Grade 1:	79	15.0%	77	14.2%	109	18.3%	100	15.8%	86	14.4%	59	10.7%	84	16.9%
Grade 2:	71	13.4%	98	18.0%	98	16.5%	105	16.6%	73	12.2%	91	16.5%	71	14.3%
Grade 3:	98	18.6%	87	16.0%	106	17.8%	85	13.5%	83	13.9%	66	12.0%	63	12.7%
Grade 4:	83	15.7%	94	17.3%	90	15.1%	97	15.4%	70	11.7%	71	12.9%	63	12.7%
Grade 5:	86	16.3%	77	14.2%	89	15.0%	94	14.9%	73	12.2%	65	11.8%	59	11.9%
Ungraded:	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	13	2.1%	94	15.7%	90	16.4%	73	14.7%
Student By Gender:
Male:	300	56.8%	302	55.5%	311	52.3%	344	54.5%	304	50.8%	290	52.7%	253	51.0%
Female:	228	43.2%	242	44.5%	284	47.7%	287	45.5%	287	47.9%	252	45.8%	239	48.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	1	0.2%	3	0.5%	1	0.2%
Asian:	4	0.8%	2	0.4%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%
Hispanic:	399	75.6%	398	73.2%	414	69.6%	445	70.5%	438	73.1%	407	74.0%	371	74.8%
Black:	115	21.8%	128	23.5%	170	28.6%	177	28.1%	156	26.0%	134	24.4%	118	23.8%
White:	8	1.5%	12	2.2%	7	1.2%	5	0.8%	2	0.3%	4	0.7%	5	1.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	467	88.4%	502	92.3%	551	92.6%	576	91.3%	NA	NA	468	85.1%	423	85.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	16	3.0%	22	4.0%	24	4.0%	34	5.4%	NA	NA	32	5.8%	29	5.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.87		12.13		10.82		10.49		10.33		9.20		9.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	36%	40%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	41%	37%	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	35%	38%	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	51%	53%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	32%	31%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	37%	29%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	22%	27%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	11%	10.3%	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	60%	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	71%	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	78%	90%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	84%	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	29%	36%	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	23%	34%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	22%	36%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	11.1%	11.8%	34.2%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	50%	35%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	47%	34%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	56%	38%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	44%	50%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	22%	27%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	38%	33%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	32%	28%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	9%	9%	30.3%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	62%	53%	78%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	64%	54%	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70%	63%	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78%	73%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	27%	36%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	42%	41%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	32%	43%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	3.8%	12.3%	36.3%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	77%	53%	86%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	67%	53%	85%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	73%	62%	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	73%	67%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	58%	71%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	79%	69%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	60%	68%	89%
2006	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	34%	32%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	53%	36%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	66%	51%	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	66%	58%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	34%	26%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	26%	29%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	34%	33%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	0%	9.6%	30.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	47%	39%	68%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61%	51%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81%	60%	83%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84%	71%	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	48%	40%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	26%	40%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	38%	45%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	5.6%	9.7%	29.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	62%	42%	82%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	50%	34%	78%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	77%	55%	85%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	83%	58%	86%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	74%	61%	86%

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* PS 161 Ponce De Leon Primary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.