07X161BronxDistrict 07DOE_PUBLICESZoned🌐 Dual language

P.S. 161 Juan Ponce De Leon School

628 TINTON AVENUE

Comparison group
40 peer schools — same grade band, similar student-population mix (2024-25, source: DERIVED)
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Climate

MetricYearValuevs. peersvs. citywideSource
Chronic absenteeism rate2024-2541.9%NYCDOE — Attendance / Chronic Absenteeism
Bullying (teacher-reported)composite2023-2469.0%NYC School Survey (teacher)
Parent satisfactioncomposite2023-2491.5%NYC School Survey (family)
Teachers would recommend schoolcomposite2023-2458.0%NYC School Survey (teacher)
Teacher-reported student safetycomposite2023-2475.8%NYC School Survey (teacher)
Teacher trustcomposite2023-2475.5%NYC School Survey (teacher)

Performance

MetricYearValuevs. peersvs. citywideSource
Elementary academic compositecomposite2024-2552.8%nyc-edu-data (derived)
Teacher voice compositecomposite2023-2466.8%nyc-edu-data (derived)
ELA mean scale score (all tested grades)2024-25442.5NYCDOE — Test Results
ELA proficiency (all tested grades)2024-2540.4%NYCDOE — Test Results
3rd grade ELA mean scale score2024-25448.6NYCDOE — Test Results
3rd grade ELA proficiency2024-2552.8%NYCDOE — Test Results
4th grade ELA mean scale score2024-25436.6NYCDOE — Test Results
4th grade ELA proficiency2024-2525.0%NYCDOE — Test Results
5th grade ELA mean scale score2024-25441.1NYCDOE — Test Results
5th grade ELA proficiency2024-2540.0%NYCDOE — Test Results
MATH mean scale score (all tested grades)2024-25439.2NYCDOE — Test Results
MATH proficiency (all tested grades)2024-2532.3%NYCDOE — Test Results
3rd grade MATH mean scale score2024-25448.3NYCDOE — Test Results
3rd grade MATH proficiency2024-2552.8%NYCDOE — Test Results
4th grade MATH mean scale score2024-25430.8NYCDOE — Test Results
4th grade MATH proficiency2024-2514.3%NYCDOE — Test Results
5th grade MATH mean scale score2024-25436.5NYCDOE — Test Results
5th grade MATH proficiency2024-2525.7%NYCDOE — Test Results