Is Ps 48 Joseph R Drake a good school?

Ps 48 Joseph R Drake ranks in the bottom 11.5% of New York elementary schools.

How many students attend Ps 48 Joseph R Drake?

In the 2022-23 school year, 475 students attended Ps 48 Joseph R Drake.

What is the racial makeup of Ps 48 Joseph R Drake?

Students at Ps 48 Joseph R Drake are 77% Hispanic, 21% African American, 1% White.

What schools do graduates of Ps 48 Joseph R Drake attend?

Students who attend Ps 48 Joseph R Drake usually go on to attend: Middle : Bronx Academy For Multi-Media

Ps 48 Joseph R Drake

Summary:

PS 48 Joseph R Drake is an elementary school located in the Bronx, New York, serving 475 students from pre-kindergarten to 5th grade. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #8, which is ranked 742 out of 866 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite the school's higher per-student spending ($27,736 in 2022-2023) and lower student-to-teacher ratio (13.5) compared to nearby schools, PS 48 Joseph R Drake consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of New York elementary schools, with a ranking between 1,216 and 2,389 out of 2,201 to 2,439 schools over the past several years. The school's performance on state assessments is significantly below the district and state averages, with proficiency rates ranging from 13.04% in 3rd grade English Language Arts (ELA) to 37.68% in 5th grade ELA, compared to the district's 31.13% to 34.7% and the state's 44.89% to 45.09%. The school's performance is particularly low for female, male, and Hispanic students, with rankings in the bottom quartile of New York elementary schools.

While the school's English Language Learner (ELL) and Special Education students perform better relative to their peers in the state, the school's performance for Low Socioeconomic Status (SES) and Homeless students is in the bottom quartile of New York elementary schools. Interestingly, the nearby schools, including both district-run and charter schools like Bronx Charter School For The Arts, South Bronx Classical Charter School, and Bold Charter School, generally outperform PS 48 Joseph R Drake on state assessments, despite serving similar student populations, suggesting that factors beyond just resource allocation may be contributing to the differences in academic performance.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

1290 Spofford Ave
Bronx, NY 10474-6594

(718) 589-4312

District: New York City Geographic District # 8

SchoolDigger Rank:
2159^th of 2,439 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $27,736

Students who attend Ps 48 Joseph R Drake usually attend:

Middle:

Bronx Academy For Multi-Media

Student/teacher ratio: 13.5

Number of students: 475

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

76.6%

African American:

20.8%

White:

1.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 91.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Ps 48 Joseph R Drake ranks worse than 88.5% of elementary schools in New York. It also ranks 19^th among 22 ranked elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District # 8. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 15.53. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (76.6%), African American (20.8%), White (1.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 91.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ps 48 Joseph R Drake is 13.5. 12 elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District # 8 have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Ps 48 Joseph R Drake employs 34.9 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ps 48 Joseph R Drake is $27,736, which is the highest among 22 elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District # 8!

Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Ps 48 Joseph R Drake:

SchoolDigger ranks Ps 48 Joseph R Drake 2159^th of 2439 New York public elementary schools. (See Ps 48 Joseph R Drake in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Homeless students:

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Male students:

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New York City Geographic District # 8:

SchoolDigger ranks New York City Geographic District # 8 742^nd of 866 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Ps 48 Joseph R Drake

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Rank History for all students at Ps 48 Joseph R Drake

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	29.99	1727^th	2206	21.7%
2007	18.49	1895^th	2219	14.6%
2008	31.19	1738^th	2227	22.0%
2009	38.12	1667^th	2257	26.1%
2010	22.61	1888^th	2263	16.6%
2011	18.59	1954^th	2286	14.5%
2012	21.84	1936^th	2320	16.6%
2013	16.83	2056^th	2325	11.6%
2014	8.92	2259^th	2345	3.7%
2015	8.48	2269^th	2352	3.5%
2016	11.08	2213^th	2366	6.5%
2017	7.05	2326^th	2386	2.5%
2018	10.84	2240^th	2395	6.5%
2019	10.25	2284^th	2413	5.3%
2021	44.99	1216^th	2201	44.8%
2022	6.52	2389^th	2434	1.8%
2023	15.53	2159^th	2439	11.5%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Ps 48 Joseph R Drake

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	28.06	778^th	938	17.1%
2019	26.23	751^st	860	12.7%
2022	27.39	852^nd	1027	17.0%
2023	35.42	655^th	1001	34.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Ps 48 Joseph R Drake

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	30.49	1471^st	1941	24.2%
2019	31.41	1292^nd	1859	30.5%
2022	22.68	1838^th	2031	9.5%
2023	40.36	1068^th	2016	47.0%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ps 48 Joseph R Drake

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	17.99	1870^th	2045	8.6%
2022	10.54	2040^th	2099	2.8%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Ps 48 Joseph R Drake

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	36.05	505^th	730	30.8%
2019	28.32	467^th	570	18.1%
2022	24.83	530^th	622	14.8%
2023	25.45	519^th	637	18.5%

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Rank History for Female students at Ps 48 Joseph R Drake

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	9.32	2243^rd	2338	4.1%
2019	12.76	2198^th	2357	6.7%
2022	6.87	2361^st	2401	1.7%
2023	17.34	2121^st	2403	11.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Ps 48 Joseph R Drake

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	15.57	2119^th	2340	9.4%
2019	9.92	2258^th	2358	4.2%
2022	8.12	2331^st	2400	2.9%
2023	16.39	2137^th	2400	11.0%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Ps 48 Joseph R Drake

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	19.13	1243^rd	1392	10.7%
2019	18.04	1191^st	1315	9.4%
2022	11.62	1447^th	1503	3.7%
2023	21.10	1226^th	1429	14.2%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: NY State Education Department

Review counts

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Reviews:

by a parent
Tuesday, September 3, 2013

I can't belive there's no parents that care or take the time to put up a few sentence to worn other parents that this school is no good.. look up channel 12 bronx news and put ps48. small childern get bully by older kids.. check for urself.... The teacher are never around when kids get hurt.. lunch is a night mare for the kids the are bully and rush to eat. Theres kids with allergies and they don't care for those kids which is crazy to me because that's what they get pay for.. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Ps 48 Joseph R Drake

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	5	176	1	886	0	n/a	n/a	1068
1990	2	192	0	835	0	n/a	n/a	1029
1991	37	184	0	846	0	n/a	n/a	1067
1992	5	223	0	925	0	n/a	n/a	1153
1993	6	270	4	896	0	n/a	n/a	1176
1994	3	292	5	915	0	n/a	n/a	1215
1995	6	294	4	850	3	n/a	n/a	1157
1996	6	294	4	850	3	n/a	n/a	1157
1997	5	310	6	814	4	n/a	n/a	1139
1998	5	252	3	818	8	n/a	n/a	1086
1999	4	230	5	870	4	n/a	n/a	1113
2000	6	260	4	905	4	n/a	n/a	1179
2001	5	271	4	893	4	n/a	n/a	1177
2002	11	315	3	895	5	n/a	n/a	1229
2003	11	315	3	895	5	n/a	n/a	1229
2004	11	320	2	784	8	n/a	n/a	1125
2005	7	298	1	734	11	n/a	n/a	1051
2006	10	290	1	678	9	n/a	n/a	988
2007	7	301	2	770	5	n/a	n/a	1085
2008	4	240	0	710	5	n/a	n/a	959
2009	5	231	2	660	4	n/a	n/a	902
2010	0	257	1	655	0	n/a	n/a	913
2011	1	257	2	620	1	0	0	881
2012	6	220	2	639	3	0	0	870
2013	5	219	1	598	5	0	0	828
2014	10	219	1	605	6	0	0	841
2015	9	223	5	643	6	0	2	888
2016	9	211	8	586	4	0	0	818
2017	9	214	6	578	5	1	2	815
2018	8	175	8	502	2	1	0	696
2019	7	148	3	503	1	0	0	662
2020	6	145	1	480	1	0	1	634
2021	5	131	0	402	1	0	4	543
2022	6	121	1	366	2	0	4	500
2023	5	99	2	364	1	1	3	475

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Ps 48 Joseph R Drake

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	1068	68.0	15.7	n/a
1990	1029	64.0	16.0	n/a
1991	1067	62.0	17.2	n/a
1992	1153	67.0	17.2	n/a
1993	1176	63.0	18.7	n/a
1994	1215	66.0	18.4	n/a
1995	1157	60.2	19.2	n/a
1996	1157	60.2	19.2	n/a
1997	1139	65.2	17.5	95
1998	1086	71.0	15.3	94.9
1999	1113	73.0	15.2	94.5
2000	1179	77.0	15.3	95.1
2001	1177	90.0	13.1	96
2002	1229	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	1229	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	1125	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1051	88.0	11.9	0
2006	988	83.0	11.9	89
2007	1085	80.0	13.6	84.3
2008	959	86.0	11.2	82.5
2009	902	81.0	11.1	83.5
2010	913	72.0	12.6	n/a
2011	881	72.4	12.1	83.7
2012	870	65.8	13.2	83.6
2013	828	56.0	14.7	83.6
2014	841	61.0	13.7	89.4
2015	888	67.0	13.2	85.1
2016	818	71.0	11.5	83.5
2017	815	56.6	14.3	83.9
2018	696	58.0	11.9	93
2019	662	50.0	13.2	94
2020	634	49.0	12.9	92.6
2021	543	46.0	11.8	91.9
2022	500	42.8	11.6	89
2023	475	34.9	13.5	91.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Ps 48 Joseph R Drake

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	1068	68.0	15.7	n/a
1990	1029	64.0	16.0	n/a
1991	1067	62.0	17.2	n/a
1992	1153	67.0	17.2	n/a
1993	1176	63.0	18.7	n/a
1994	1215	66.0	18.4	n/a
1995	1157	60.2	19.2	n/a
1996	1157	60.2	19.2	n/a
1997	1139	65.2	17.5	95
1998	1086	71.0	15.3	94.9
1999	1113	73.0	15.2	94.5
2000	1179	77.0	15.3	95.1
2001	1177	90.0	13.1	96
2002	1229	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	1229	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	1125	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1051	88.0	11.9	0
2006	988	83.0	11.9	89
2007	1085	80.0	13.6	84.3
2008	959	86.0	11.2	82.5
2009	902	81.0	11.1	83.5
2010	913	72.0	12.6	n/a
2011	881	72.4	12.1	83.7
2012	870	65.8	13.2	83.6
2013	828	56.0	14.7	83.6
2014	841	61.0	13.7	89.4
2015	888	67.0	13.2	85.1
2016	818	71.0	11.5	83.5
2017	815	56.6	14.3	83.9
2018	696	58.0	11.9	93
2019	662	50.0	13.2	94
2020	634	49.0	12.9	92.6
2021	543	46.0	11.8	91.9
2022	500	42.8	11.6	89
2023	475	34.9	13.5	91.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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