Ps 105 Senator Abraham Bernstein, Bronx NY

Original Research by School Decision on Ps 105 Senator Abraham Bernstein

PS 105 Senator Abraham Bernstein serves students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in the Pelham Parkway area of the East Bronx. The school enrolls a student body that is heavily Hispanic, with substantial Asian and white populations as well, and serves a neighborhood with very high economic need; more than nine in ten students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school sits in the Bronx as the borough experiences significant growth in affordable housing, with new residential projects reshaping neighborhoods and families increasingly choosing to stay and raise children in the borough rather than leave for other areas.

On state assessments in math and English language arts, the school's results show uneven performance. In third grade, math proficiency stands notably below half, and English proficiency falls to about one in five students. Fourth grade shows improvement: math proficiency moves above half, and ELA proficiency reaches roughly half. Fifth grade holds steady, with math proficiency around half and ELA approaching that mark. Science proficiency in fifth grade, however, lags at roughly one in three. Participation rates across these tests sit in the range of roughly half to just above three-fifths, a factor parents may want to understand more fully with the school. Overall, across all tested grades and subjects, the school's proficiency performance places it in the top quartile among Bronx County districts, a meaningful position though proficiency rates remain moderate across the board.

The school's grade composition is relatively balanced, with the largest grades in the upper elementary and a solid foundation in pre-K and kindergarten. This enrollment pattern supports typical elementary progression, though parents considering the school should be aware that the school serves only through fifth grade; students do not continue here into middle school.

New York City schools have undergone significant curriculum shifts that affect how elementary students are taught. All schools now use one of three mandated, phonics-based reading programs under the NYC Reads initiative, a change that reshapes how reading instruction works in the classroom. Additionally, all schools must now employ city-approved intervention programs to support struggling readers starting in the 2025-26 school year, a standardization meant to help students with conditions such as dyslexia.

PS 105 operates as a regular public school with no special designation. The school sits on Brady Avenue in a densely built neighborhood with strong transit access and commercial corridors. The housing market in the surrounding Bronx area shows modest growth in value and rent, consistent with broader borough trends of increasing investment and new residential construction.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 337%

School 37% · District 57% · ▼ 21 pts below district

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

Grade 454%

School 54% · District 54%

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 549%

School 49% · District 49% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 322%

School 22% · District 50% · ▼ 28 pts below district

▼ 30 pts below state median · ▼ 27 pts below county median

Grade 448%

School 48% · District 50% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 552%

School 52% · District 55% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · even with county median

Science

Grade 531%

School 31% · District 34% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · even with county median

Social studies

Grade 583%

School 83% · district not reported

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

This schoolNEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #11, 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.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 5Lower-income52%Higher-income60%9 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income49%Higher-income40%9 pp gap