Ps/ms 4 Crotona Park West, Bronx NY

Original Research by School Decision on Ps/ms 4 Crotona Park West

PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WEST serves grades pre-K through 8 in the South Bronx neighborhood of Crotona Park, part of New York City Geographic District 9. The school is a regular public school with strong recent academic performance in tested subjects and a student body that is almost entirely low-income, with the vast majority qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

The school's most recent test results show consistent proficiency across elementary and middle grades in math and English language arts. In math, grades 3 through 8 all achieved strong results, with proficiency rates holding at or near the top across most grades. English language arts proficiency was similarly solid, with grades 4, 5, and 6 showing perfect proficiency and grades 3, 7, and 8 all in the mid-to-high range. Science proficiency in grade 8 was universal, while grade 5 science showed a somewhat lower rate. State testing data for social studies dates to 2009 and is not current, so recent performance in that subject is not available. Overall, the school's proficiency index across tested subjects and grades places it at the top quartile when compared to other schools in Bronx County.

The school serves a small enrollment, roughly evenly split between grades K through 8. The student population is predominantly Hispanic and Black, with nearly universal participation in free or reduced-price lunch programs, reflecting the economic circumstances of the South Bronx neighborhood. Data on the proportion of students receiving special education services or classified as English learners was not available.

Under the NYC Reads literacy mandate that took effect districtwide in 2023-24, all District 9 elementary schools, including this one, now use one of three city-selected phonics-based reading curriculums rather than choosing their own approach. District 9 middle schools have also been assigned to a specific math curriculum as part of the NYC Solves initiative, with the school slated to use EL Education. These curricular mandates represent a shift from longstanding school-level autonomy and standardize instruction across the district.

District 9 has experienced declining enrollment over the past several years, with steeper declines at the elementary and middle school levels, though enrollment has stabilized more recently. This trend may affect school capacity and resource allocation across the district.

The neighborhood where the school sits is part of a broader growth phase in the Bronx, with substantial new affordable housing development underway and major public investment in transit infrastructure, including four new planned Metro-North stations. Crotona Park itself, a large green space in the South Bronx, is a civic anchor nearby. Housing values and rents in the 10457 zip code, where the school is located, sit above state benchmarks and have risen year-over-year.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

New York Regents Exams

1 course reported · 2024-25

End-of-course exams required for a New York Regents diploma. Each row shows the cohort size and the share of students scoring at the proficient level or higher.

Course	Students tested	% proficient
Math	8	75.0%

Math

Grade 3100%

School 100% · District 49% · ▲ 51 pts above district

▲ 41 pts above state median · ▲ 42 pts above county median

Grade 4100%

School 100% · District 38% · ▲ 62 pts above district

▲ 42 pts above state median · ▲ 47 pts above county median

Grade 595%

School 95% · District 36% · ▲ 60 pts above district

▲ 44 pts above state median · ▲ 49 pts above county median

Grade 696%

School 96% · District 28% · ▲ 68 pts above district

▲ 51 pts above state median · ▲ 56 pts above county median

Grade 789%

School 89% · District 42% · ▲ 47 pts above district

▲ 36 pts above state median · ▲ 40 pts above county median

Grade 8100%

School 100% · District 45% · ▲ 55 pts above district

▲ 63 pts above state median · ▲ 63 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 396%

School 96% · District 38% · ▲ 58 pts above district

▲ 44 pts above state median · ▲ 47 pts above county median

Grade 4100%

School 100% · District 37% · ▲ 63 pts above district

▲ 47 pts above state median · ▲ 50 pts above county median

Grade 5100%

School 100% · District 41% · ▲ 59 pts above district

▲ 46 pts above state median · ▲ 47 pts above county median

Grade 6100%

School 100% · District 32% · ▲ 68 pts above district

▲ 54 pts above state median · ▲ 59 pts above county median

Grade 796%

School 96% · District 39% · ▲ 58 pts above district

▲ 49 pts above state median · ▲ 49 pts above county median

Grade 895%

School 95% · District 41% · ▲ 54 pts above district

▲ 47 pts above state median · ▲ 46 pts above county median

Science

Grade 585%

School 85% · District 23% · ▲ 62 pts above district

▲ 43 pts above state median · ▲ 54 pts above county median

Grade 8100%

School 100% · District 38% · ▲ 62 pts above district

▲ 67 pts above state median · ▲ 72 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 571%

School 71% · district not reported

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 827%

School 27% · district not reported

▼ 51 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

This schoolNEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.