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PS 196 Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

1250 Ward Ave

Bronx NY, 10472, Bronx County

Phone: 718-328-7187

Ranking:

(2,472 out of 3,424, bottom 28%)*

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:	51		53		51		51		38		41		28
Total Students:	917		868		797		789		487		506		486
Prekindergarten:	36	3.9%	36	4.1%	36	4.5%	36	4.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	154	16.8%	143	16.5%	112	14.1%	105	13.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 1:	174	19.0%	130	15.0%	127	15.9%	129	16.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 2:	132	14.4%	135	15.6%	119	14.9%	151	19.1%	119	24.4%	118	23.3%	124	25.5%
Grade 3:	146	15.9%	125	14.4%	148	18.6%	127	16.1%	92	18.9%	109	21.5%	93	19.1%
Grade 4:	126	13.7%	150	17.3%	138	17.3%	119	15.1%	110	22.6%	104	20.6%	107	22.0%
Grade 5:	147	16.0%	147	16.9%	115	14.4%	120	15.2%	102	20.9%	105	20.8%	115	23.7%
Ungraded:	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	64	13.1%	70	13.8%	47	9.7%
Student By Gender:
Male:	457	49.8%	425	49.0%	391	49.1%	385	48.8%	231	47.4%	247	48.8%	258	53.1%
Female:	460	50.2%	443	51.0%	406	50.9%	404	51.2%	248	50.9%	251	49.6%	224	46.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	32	3.5%	24	2.8%	16	2.0%	5	0.6%	4	0.8%	5	1.0%	6	1.2%
Asian:	8	0.9%	5	0.6%	14	1.8%	24	3.0%	11	2.3%	10	2.0%	8	1.6%
Hispanic:	715	78.0%	657	75.7%	592	74.3%	577	73.1%	351	72.1%	371	73.3%	336	69.1%
Black:	157	17.1%	174	20.0%	165	20.7%	178	22.6%	118	24.2%	118	23.3%	129	26.5%
White:	5	0.5%	7	0.8%	9	1.1%	5	0.6%	3	0.6%	2	0.4%	7	1.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	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:	881	96.1%	780	89.9%	723	90.7%	717	90.9%	NA	NA	482	95.3%	0	0.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	5	0.6%	5	0.6%	5	0.6%	NA	NA	3	0.6%	0	0.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.98		16.38		15.62		15.62		12.99		12.30		17.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	56%	44%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	47%	41%	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	45%	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	55%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	49%	35%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	42%	31%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	43%	31%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	31.7%	12.6%	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	64%	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	74%	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	80%	90%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	84%	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	54%	41%	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	47%	36%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	57%	38%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	42.7%	14.4%	34.2%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	50%	42%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	49%	40%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	55%	44%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	74%	53%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	52%	27%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	52%	35%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	52%	33%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	15.8%	11.1%	30.3%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	72%	57%	78%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84%	61%	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83%	70%	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94%	76%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	59%	40%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	60%	45%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	59%	45%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	11.5%	13.4%	36.3%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84%	66%	86%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83%	63%	85%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83%	59%	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90%	69%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89%	70%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85%	72%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	87%	74%	89%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	54%	52%	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	76%	61%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	48%	31%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	37%	31%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	57%	33%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	16%	11.7%	30.2%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77%	65%	83%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91%	76%	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	50%	38%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	39%	44%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69%	45%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	6.9%	8.5%	29.9%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	77%	60%	85%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	82%	64%	86%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	81%	64%	86%

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* PS 196 Primary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.