Elementary · New York

PS 42 Claremont

Free meals for all

PS 42 Claremont, a public elementary school in Bronx, New York: grades pre-k–5, 311 students, 8.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of New York City Geographic District # 9.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 311
Teachers (FTE): 36.7
Students per teacher: 8.5
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 93% of elementary schools in New York

Median 11.6 · 2,508 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 97% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 75% of elementary schools in New York

Median 415 · 2,566 schools compared

Smaller than 71% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large city
Run by: New York City Geographic District # 9

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with New York City Geographic District # 9.

Location

Address: 1537 Washington Ave, Bronx, NY 10457
Phone: (718)583-7366
City or town: New York
County: Bronx County

Quality of life in New York Schools in New York

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Icahn Charter School 1CharterFree meals for all	K–8	340	20.9	0.1 mi
PS 55 Benjamin FranklinFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	495	12.2	0.2 mi
Success Academy Charter School-Bronx 2Charter	K–8	904	—	0.2 mi
PS 110 Theodore SchoenfeldFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	274	12.0	0.3 mi
PS/MS 4 Crotona Park WestFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	224	10.7	0.3 mi
Icahn Charter School 6Charter	K–8	299	—	0.3 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.

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