Is Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan a good school?

Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan ranks 1632 nd of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan?

In the 2023-24 school year, 470 students attended Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan.

What is the racial makeup of Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan?

Students at Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan are 47% African American, 41% Hispanic, 3% White, 3% Pacific Islander, 3% Two or more races, 2% Asian, 1% American Indian.

What schools do graduates of Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan attend?

Students who attend Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan usually go on to attend: Middle : Leaders Of Tomorrow Middle : North Bronx School Of Empowerment

Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan

Summary:

Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan is an elementary school located in the Bronx, New York, serving 478 students from kindergarten to 5th grade. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #11, which is ranked 646 out of 865 districts in New York and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan has consistently ranked in the bottom quartile of New York elementary schools, with a statewide ranking between 1,632 and 2,301 out of 2,445 schools in the 2023-2024 school year. The school's performance on state assessments is significantly below the district and state averages, particularly in 5th-grade English Language Arts, where only 14.52% of students were proficient or better, compared to 33.23% in the district and 43.68% statewide. The school's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with English Language Learner students performing relatively well, but Special Education students and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds performing poorly.

Despite the relatively high per-student spending and low student-to-teacher ratio at Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan, the school is still performing poorly on state assessments, suggesting challenges in effectively allocating resources to support student learning. When compared to nearby schools, such as Bronx Charter School For Excellence 3, which significantly outperforms the traditional public school, the challenges faced by Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan appear to be systemic to the broader New York City Geographic District #11.

Detail:

Public K-5

715 E 225th St
Bronx, NY 10466-4299

(718) 652-3903

District: New York City Geographic District #11

SchoolDigger Rank:
1632^nd of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $20,724

Students who attend Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan usually attend:

Middle:	Leaders Of Tomorrow
	North Bronx School Of Empowerment

Student/teacher ratio: 14.6

Number of students: 470

Racial breakdown:

African American:

46.8%

Hispanic:

40.9%

White:

3.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 94%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan ranks worse than 66.7% of elementary schools in New York. It also ranks 18^th among 31 ranked elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #11. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 33.56. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (46.8%), Hispanic (40.9%), Pacific Islander (3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 94% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan is 14.6. 27 elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #11 have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan employs 32 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan is $20,724, which is the 14^th highest among 31 elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #11.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan:

SchoolDigger ranks Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan 1632^nd of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan in the ranking list.)

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New York City Geographic District #11:

SchoolDigger ranks New York City Geographic District #11 646^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan

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Rank History for all students at Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	15.61	1953^rd	2206	11.5%
2007	15.47	1950^th	2219	12.1%
2008	17.88	1955^th	2227	12.2%
2009	11.48	2117^th	2257	6.2%
2010	11.02	2100^th	2263	7.2%
2011	12.54	2084^th	2286	8.8%
2012	12.35	2120^th	2320	8.6%
2013	15.02	2093^rd	2325	10.0%
2014	17.66	2015^th	2345	14.1%
2015	19.45	1962^nd	2352	16.6%
2016	16.93	2070^th	2366	12.5%
2017	12.20	2214^th	2386	7.2%
2018	15.57	2129^th	2395	11.1%
2019	14.52	2168^th	2413	10.2%
2021	18.18	1889^th	2201	14.2%
2022	14.86	2195^th	2434	9.8%
2023	11.06	2301^st	2439	5.7%
2024	33.56	1632^nd	2445	33.3%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	29.04	756^th	938	19.4%
2019	56.28	244^th	860	71.6%
2022	19.67	974^th	1027	5.2%
2023	33.38	704^th	1001	29.7%
2024	64.50	207^th	1066	80.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	33.49	1351^st	1941	30.4%
2019	35.06	1145^th	1859	38.4%
2022	24.61	1767^th	2031	13.0%
2023	25.29	1653^rd	2016	18.0%
2024	49.25	842^nd	2110	60.1%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	23.08	1756^th	2045	14.1%
2019	21.03	1762^nd	2032	13.3%
2022	21.21	1833^rd	2099	12.7%
2023	19.17	1806^th	2041	11.5%
2024	25.47	1657^th	2078	20.3%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	33.99	530^th	730	27.4%
2019	30.66	450^th	570	21.1%
2022	36.04	411^th	622	33.9%
2023	23.06	547^th	637	14.1%
2024	57.67	234^th	766	69.5%

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Rank History for Female students at Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	20.06	2014^th	2338	13.9%
2019	20.15	2001^st	2357	15.1%
2021	25.10	1571^st	1955	19.6%
2022	17.18	2118^th	2401	11.8%
2023	15.26	2174^th	2403	9.5%
2024	33.27	1644^th	2413	31.9%

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Rank History for Male students at Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	14.70	2143^rd	2340	8.4%
2019	11.81	2213^th	2358	6.1%
2021	18.15	1708^th	1961	12.9%
2022	14.79	2183^rd	2400	9.0%
2023	9.26	2309^th	2400	3.8%
2024	34.82	1602^nd	2411	33.6%

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Rank History for African American students at Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	38.69	581^st	948	38.7%
2019	33.73	585^th	891	34.3%
2021	58.23	140^th	427	67.2%
2022	32.82	641^st	936	31.5%
2023	28.07	629^th	857	26.6%
2024	56.16	339^th	927	63.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	20.75	1212^th	1392	12.9%
2019	20.85	1142^nd	1315	13.2%
2022	24.06	1254^th	1503	16.6%
2023	16.97	1300^th	1429	9.0%
2024	35.17	1008^th	1531	34.2%

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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

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Enrollment information for Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	4	590	1	71	0	n/a	n/a	666
1990	2	561	2	46	0	n/a	n/a	611
1991	6	573	1	60	1	n/a	n/a	641
1992	1	472	4	63	0	n/a	n/a	540
1993	5	489	12	53	1	n/a	n/a	560
1994	5	513	4	66	2	n/a	n/a	590
1995	8	588	9	127	5	n/a	n/a	737
1996	8	588	9	127	5	n/a	n/a	737
1997	9	717	13	124	16	n/a	n/a	879
1998	5	679	11	140	14	n/a	n/a	849
1999	5	697	15	137	10	n/a	n/a	864
2000	11	702	16	152	9	n/a	n/a	890
2001	14	731	14	149	14	n/a	n/a	922
2002	8	743	19	134	9	n/a	n/a	913
2003	8	743	19	134	9	n/a	n/a	913
2004	3	731	17	159	12	n/a	n/a	922
2005	3	643	14	158	12	n/a	n/a	830
2006	6	658	11	171	8	n/a	n/a	854
2007	7	601	9	176	9	n/a	n/a	802
2008	7	606	8	189	7	n/a	n/a	817
2009	7	632	10	200	7	n/a	n/a	856
2010	7	675	11	227	8	n/a	n/a	928
2011	4	649	7	235	6	0	0	901
2012	5	615	11	199	4	7	1	842
2013	4	572	9	207	5	9	1	807
2014	5	488	13	175	6	0	1	688
2015	4	506	16	170	10	0	5	711
2016	8	491	10	174	14	0	9	706
2017	8	444	5	187	12	4	13	673
2018	11	453	12	195	11	5	14	701
2019	10	395	11	196	11	10	11	644
2020	8	352	11	201	10	9	12	603
2021	10	295	8	176	11	12	10	522
2022	14	260	10	182	4	10	5	485
2023	12	253	7	181	7	12	6	478
2024	14	220	11	192	7	14	12	470

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 21 Philip H Sheridan

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	666	38.9	17.1	n/a
1990	611	38.9	15.7	n/a
1991	641	39.9	16.0	n/a
1992	540	26.9	20.0	n/a
1993	560	30.0	18.7	n/a
1994	590	35.0	16.9	n/a
1995	737	40.3	18.3	n/a
1996	737	40.3	18.3	n/a
1997	879	45.1	19.5	86.1
1998	849	49.3	17.2	90.9
1999	864	52.5	16.5	86.7
2000	890	55.2	16.1	93.3
2001	922	59.0	15.6	95
2002	913	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	913	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	922	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	830	53.8	15.4	0
2006	854	55.0	15.5	84.7
2007	802	53.0	15.1	86.5
2008	817	58.0	14.1	84.7
2009	856	62.0	13.8	87.4
2010	928	57.0	16.2	n/a
2011	901	53.5	16.8	72.6
2012	842	58.0	14.5	72.6
2013	807	49.0	16.4	87.1
2014	688	41.2	16.6	88.7
2015	711	40.0	17.7	85.4
2016	706	39.0	18.1	85.8
2017	673	42.9	15.6	83.1
2018	701	43.0	16.2	91.6
2019	644	43.0	14.9	90.5
2020	603	41.0	14.7	91.5
2021	522	45.5	11.4	90.6
2022	485	37.0	13.1	88.7
2023	478	35.0	13.6	93.3
2024	470	32.0	14.6	94

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 21 Philip H Sheridan

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	666	38.9	17.1	n/a
1990	611	38.9	15.7	n/a
1991	641	39.9	16.0	n/a
1992	540	26.9	20.0	n/a
1993	560	30.0	18.7	n/a
1994	590	35.0	16.9	n/a
1995	737	40.3	18.3	n/a
1996	737	40.3	18.3	n/a
1997	879	45.1	19.5	86.1
1998	849	49.3	17.2	90.9
1999	864	52.5	16.5	86.7
2000	890	55.2	16.1	93.3
2001	922	59.0	15.6	95
2002	913	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	913	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	922	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	830	53.8	15.4	0
2006	854	55.0	15.5	84.7
2007	802	53.0	15.1	86.5
2008	817	58.0	14.1	84.7
2009	856	62.0	13.8	87.4
2010	928	57.0	16.2	n/a
2011	901	53.5	16.8	72.6
2012	842	58.0	14.5	72.6
2013	807	49.0	16.4	87.1
2014	688	41.2	16.6	88.7
2015	711	40.0	17.7	85.4
2016	706	39.0	18.1	85.8
2017	673	42.9	15.6	83.1
2018	701	43.0	16.2	91.6
2019	644	43.0	14.9	90.5
2020	603	41.0	14.7	91.5
2021	522	45.5	11.4	90.6
2022	485	37.0	13.1	88.7
2023	478	35.0	13.6	93.3
2024	470	32.0	14.6	94

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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