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PS 54 Fordham Bedford Academy Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

2703 Webster Ave

Bronx NY, 10458, Bronx County

Phone: 718-584-4203

Ranking:

(3,259 out of 3,424, bottom 5%)*

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:	33		35		35		34		38		37		40
Total Students:	476		467		505		512		494		513		488
Prekindergarten:	18	3.8%	17	3.6%	19	3.8%	18	3.5%	18	3.6%	18	3.5%	18	3.7%
Kindergarten:	87	18.3%	80	17.1%	89	17.6%	101	19.7%	98	19.8%	113	22.0%	76	15.6%
Grade 1:	83	17.4%	83	17.8%	98	19.4%	89	17.4%	85	17.2%	79	15.4%	109	22.3%
Grade 2:	73	15.3%	78	16.7%	69	13.7%	93	18.2%	66	13.4%	90	17.5%	73	15.0%
Grade 3:	86	18.1%	70	15.0%	82	16.2%	79	15.4%	68	13.8%	72	14.0%	56	11.5%
Grade 4:	62	13.0%	65	13.9%	73	14.5%	70	13.7%	54	10.9%	53	10.3%	49	10.0%
Grade 5:	66	13.9%	72	15.4%	71	14.1%	59	11.5%	47	9.5%	40	7.8%	62	12.7%
Ungraded:	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	4	0.8%	3	0.6%	58	11.7%	48	9.4%	45	9.2%
Student By Gender:
Male:	235	49.4%	226	48.4%	244	48.3%	234	45.7%	237	48.0%	264	51.5%	246	50.4%
Female:	241	50.6%	241	51.6%	261	51.7%	278	54.3%	249	50.4%	241	47.0%	238	48.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.8%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	3	0.6%
Asian:	11	2.3%	9	1.9%	10	2.0%	11	2.1%	12	2.4%	15	2.9%	13	2.7%
Hispanic:	337	70.8%	329	70.4%	343	67.9%	348	68.0%	342	69.2%	363	70.8%	351	71.9%
Black:	119	25.0%	123	26.3%	142	28.1%	143	27.9%	124	25.1%	121	23.6%	114	23.4%
White:	4	0.8%	2	0.4%	7	1.4%	7	1.4%	14	2.8%	11	2.1%	7	1.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	425	89.3%	434	92.9%	435	86.1%	466	91.0%	NA	NA	398	77.6%	438	89.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	14	2.9%	14	3.0%	19	3.8%	15	2.9%	NA	NA	26	5.1%	28	5.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.42		13.34		14.64		15.26		13.17		13.90		12.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	40%	52%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	30%	47%	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	40%	48%	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	42%	60%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	29%	39%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	27%	38%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	10%	38%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	7.8%	18.4%	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	59%	67%	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	77%	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	83%	90%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	91%	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	37%	48%	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	36%	45%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	21%	47%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	3%	21.1%	34.2%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	27%	51%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	50%	49%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	39%	49%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	73%	59%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	29%	36%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	18%	41%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	28%	39%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	10.3%	17.5%	30.3%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	37%	61%	78%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65%	66%	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	69%	73%	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85%	81%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	35%	49%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	28%	52%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	44%	57%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	3%	25%	36.3%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	60%	64%	86%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	30%	65%	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	53%	75%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	53%	77%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	45%	77%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	62%	78%	89%
2006	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	33%	48%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	30%	44%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	55%	60%	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	63%	66%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	39%	37%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	27%	35%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	35%	39%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	6.3%	17%	30.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	27%	48%	68%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	32%	62%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67%	73%	83%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79%	81%	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	39%	51%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	45%	54%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	45%	55%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	4.3%	17.8%	29.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	40%	56%	82%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	25%	47%	78%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	61%	65%	85%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	64%	67%	86%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	74%	69%	86%

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* PS 54 Fordham Bedford Academy 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.