Ps 106 Parkchester, Bronx NY - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Ps 106 Parkchester

PS 106 Parkchester is a public elementary school in the Bronx serving prekindergarten through fifth grade, located in the Parkchester neighborhood on Olmstead Avenue. The school enrolls a student body of mixed race and ethnicity, with a plurality of Asian students, followed by Hispanic, Black, and smaller numbers of other groups. A substantial majority of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the neighborhood's economic profile.

The Bronx where this school sits is a borough of distinct neighborhoods, shifting from apartment-lined commercial corridors to quiet residential pockets with single-family homes, wooded areas, and waterfront edges. The landscape varies by district: dense urban hubs like Fordham and Melrose with apartments and high-rises, lower-density residential areas like Throgs Neck with detached homes, and leafy enclaves like Fieldston. The borough is generally walkable, with activity concentrated along commercial spines such as White Plains Road and at transit hubs. The Bronx is in strong growth, with substantial new affordable housing development and infrastructure investment, including planned new Metro-North stations coming to the Parkchester area. The housing market in the zip code shows moderate values with recent modest appreciation, and rental costs rising.

The school district, New York City Geographic District 11, operates under citywide literacy and math mandates: all elementary schools must use one of three city-approved phonics-based reading curriculums as part of the NYC Reads initiative, a change in how reading is taught. The city also mandates city-approved reading intervention programs for struggling readers starting in the current school year.

PS 106's state test results from the most recent year show proficiency patterns that run below the midpoint in the county. In third grade, math proficiency sits in the low majority range, with English language arts proficiency somewhat lower. By fourth grade, math proficiency drops to just above one-half of students tested, and English language arts falls to just below one-half. Fifth grade shows math proficiency at roughly one-half of students, English language arts at roughly one-half, and science proficiency substantially lower, at roughly one-third. Participation rates are high, with most grades showing test participation in the low-to-mid nineties. When comparing across the county's districts, PS 106's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile, a strength that reflects solid performance in context.

The school carries no designation as a charter, magnet, or Title I school in the data available. Information on special education enrollment, English learner population, school discipline, attendance rates, or staff composition was not available. A prior year's social studies assessment showed strong performance, though that subject is not currently tested at the elementary grades.

For families considering this school, the profile reflects a neighborhood school in a growing borough with substantial demographic diversity and economic need, where nearly all students qualify for lunch assistance. Academic results show students working at mixed proficiency levels in foundational subjects, with stronger showing in math in the lower elementary grades and declining proficiency in math and English language arts as grades advance into the upper elementary band. Science proficiency is notably lower than reading and math. The school operates under district-wide curriculum mandates focused on phonics and structured literacy, which shapes how reading is taught. A parent may want to look into the school further regarding special education and English learner supports, as those data were not available.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 364%

School 64% · District 57% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 453%

School 53% · District 54% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 5 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 547%

School 47% · District 49% · ▼ 2 pts below district

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

English language arts

Grade 355%

School 55% · District 50% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 448%

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

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

Grade 553%

School 53% · District 55% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · even with county median

Science

Grade 534%

School 34% · District 34%

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

Social studies

Grade 581%

School 81% · district not reported

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▲ 5 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 3Lower-income50%Higher-income86%36 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income47%Higher-income56%9 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income52%Higher-income53%1 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income62%Higher-income71%8 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income52%Higher-income59%7 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income48%Higher-income41%7 pp gap