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Ps 70 Max Schoenfeld

Public, Magnet Grades PK, KG-5

1955^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Better than 20% of New York elementary schools

Summary

Ps 70 Max Schoenfeld is an elementary public magnet school located in the Bronx, New York, serving students from pre-kindergarten to 5th grade with a total enrollment of 768 students. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #9, which is ranked 750 out of 874 districts in New York and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Ps 70 Max Schoenfeld consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of New York elementary schools, with rankings ranging from 1955 to 2252 out of around 2,400 schools over the past several years. Its performance on state assessments is also significantly below the district and state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. The school's performance on state assessments varies greatly across different student subgroups, with African American and English Language Learner students performing relatively better, ranking in the middle third of schools, while Hispanic, Special Education, and Low Socioeconomic Status students perform in the bottom quartile.

Ps 70 Max Schoenfeld has an extremely high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 96.51% to 98.31% over the past few years, indicating a very high concentration of students from low-income families. The school's spending per student has increased significantly over the past few years, from $19,563 in 2020-2021 to $37,954 in 2023-2024, which is well above the district and state averages. Additionally, Ps 70 Max Schoenfeld has a relatively low student-teacher ratio, ranging from 10.4 to 11.9 over the past few years, lower than the nearby schools, which have ratios between 12.3 and 13.5.

729

Students ?

9.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$41,432

Per pupil spending ?

99%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1691 Weeks Ave
Bronx, NY 10457

(718) 583-6000

District: New York City Geographic District # 9

Students who attend Ps 70 Max Schoenfeld usually attend:

Middle:	Is 313 School Of Leadership Development
	Is 339

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

79.3%

African American:

18.4%

American Indian:

1.1%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 6th percentile in 2015 → 20th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 14 percentile points since 2015

✓Small classes — about 9 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New York average (38% vs 55% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (20th percentile)

!English Language Arts scores 25 pts below the New York average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school38%

District avg37%

New York avg55%

1,955^th of 2,445

New York public elementary schools ?

Bottom 20%▲ up 14 pts since 2015

From bottom 6% (2015) to bottom 20% (2025)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

16^th of 29Elementary Schools in the New York City Geographic District # 9

750^th of 874New York City Geographic District # 9 among New York districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	24.1	1955 of 2445	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.8	2189 of 2445	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.6	2252 of 2439	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.4	2235 of 2434	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	13.8	1984 of 2201	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	20.0	1996 of 2413	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	14.5	2156 of 2395	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	9.5	2274 of 2386	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	9.6	2245 of 2366	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	10.8	2214 of 2352	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	11.5	2187 of 2345	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	8.8	2257 of 2325	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	8.1	2202 of 2320	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	7.3	2189 of 2286	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	4.3	2223 of 2263	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	6.7	2184 of 2257	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	8.2	2115 of 2227	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	6.9	2116 of 2219	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	10.2	2072 of 2206	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2024	58.8	307 of 927	66.9%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	49.9	443 of 1117	60.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	38.9	616 of 1066	42.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	45.9	448 of 1001	55.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	32.0	728 of 1027	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	44.9	387 of 860	55.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	46.6	432 of 938	53.9%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	23.8	1956 of 2409	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.3	2181 of 2413	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.5	2197 of 2403	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.9	2129 of 2401	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	10.0	1845 of 1955	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	24.2	1874 of 2357	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.4	2101 of 2338	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	34.5	1078 of 1569	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	24.0	1266 of 1531	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.1	1227 of 1429	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.6	1270 of 1503	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.4	885 of 1315	32.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	30.7	1038 of 1392	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	49.1	340 of 792	57.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	38.3	470 of 766	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.6	396 of 637	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.8	471 of 622	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.7	421 of 570	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	35.9	509 of 730	30.3%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	32.0	1455 of 2098	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	20.3	1778 of 2041	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.6	1515 of 2032	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.8	1760 of 2045	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	26.6	1865 of 2407	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.3	2118 of 2411	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.2	2223 of 2400	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.0	2235 of 2400	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	20.2	1665 of 1961	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.2	2063 of 2358	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.0	2134 of 2340	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	42.9	1071 of 2134	49.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.1	1288 of 2110	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.8	1581 of 2016	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.8	1866 of 2031	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	40.1	965 of 1859	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	33.0	1368 of 1941	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

African American (2024)67th percentile+56 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)60th percentile+40 vs school

Homeless (2025)57th percentile+37 vs school

Special Education (2025)50th percentile+30 vs school

Hispanic (2025)31st percentile+11 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)31st percentile+11 vs school

Male (2025)23rd percentile~ school

Female (2025)19th percentile~ school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

Math50%-7 vs state

English Language Arts30%-25 vs state

Science24%-21 vs state

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Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Regents Algebra I End of Course	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 4th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 5th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 6th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 7th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 8th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 3rd Grade	NY State Assessments Math 4th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 5th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 6th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 7th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 8th Grade	NY State Assessments Science 5th Grade	NY State Assessments Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Ps 70 Max Schoenfeld	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	1691 Weeks Ave	Bronx	10457	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 9	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 583-6000	729	78	9.3	99.0%	2 (0.3%)	134 (18.4%)	578 (79.3%)	6 (0.8%)	8 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	24.1	1955^th of 2445 public elementary schools	20.0%		15.8	2189^th of 2445 public elementary schools	10.5%	234		25.8	28.2	35.9				62.5	36.0	52.3				23.9		$41,432	$4,050	$37,383
Ps 170	Public	PK, KG-2	1598 Townsend Ave	Bronx	10452	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 9	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 583-0662	147	13	11.3	92.5%	2 (1.4%)	24 (16.3%)	114 (77.6%)	2 (1.4%)	4 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)								(n/a)																$42,332	$3,373	$38,959
Ps 236 Langston Hughes	Public	PK, KG-5	1871 Walton Ave	Bronx	10453	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 9	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 299-6128	303	24	12.6	98.3%	3 (1.0%)	92 (30.4%)	206 (68.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	26.2	1889^th of 2445 public elementary schools	22.7%		30.8	1719^th of 2445 public elementary schools	29.7%	170		40.9	33.3	56.5				45.5	31.0	39.1				31.8		$37,848	$3,099	$34,749
Ps 28 Mount Hope	Public	PK, KG-5	1861 Anthony Ave	Bronx	10457	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 9	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 583-6444	556	48	11.6	95.3%	2 (0.4%)	95 (17.1%)	449 (80.8%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.9%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	33.6	1667^th of 2445 public elementary schools	31.8%		18.4	2110^th of 2445 public elementary schools	13.7%	443		48.2	45.1	43.1				63.7	38.0	44.7				28.8		$42,692	$3,785	$38,908
Icahn Charter School 1	Public, Charter	K-8	1525 Brook Ave	Bronx	10457	Bronx County	Icahn Charter School 1	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 716-8105	340	16	20.8	89.1%	1 (0.3%)	197 (57.9%)	128 (37.6%)	5 (1.5%)	4 (1.2%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.2%)	96	54^th of 2445 public elementary schools	97.8%		89	228^th of 2445 public elementary schools	90.7%	174	94.7	100.0	100.0	100.0	97.1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	97.1	100.0	100.0	60.0	85.7	$19,961	$1,262	$18,699
Mount Eden Children's Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	1501 Jerome Ave	Bronx	10452	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 9	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 294-8155	396	25	15.8	95.5%	2 (0.5%)	74 (18.7%)	315 (79.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	52.1	1154^th of 2445 public elementary schools	52.8%		39.9	1453^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	40.6%	299		62.1	57.4	54.0				69.5	70.4	45.2				33.9		$31,873	$3,166	$28,707
Ps 42 Claremont	Public	PK, KG-5	1537 Washington Ave	Bronx	10457	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 9	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 583-7366	311	37	8.4	99.7%	4 (1.3%)	89 (28.6%)	215 (69.1%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	17.5	2144^th of 2445 public elementary schools	12.3%		22.6	1983^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	18.9%	161		21.3	25.0	47.6				42.6	40.0	37.8				18.2		$50,337	$4,046	$46,291
Ps 58	Public	PK, KG-5	459 E 176th St	Bronx	10457	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 9	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 583-6866	256	23	11.2	97.7%	4 (1.6%)	70 (27.3%)	178 (69.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	17	2151^st of 2445 public elementary schools	12.0%		18	2117^th of 2445 public elementary schools	13.4%	34		17.9	29.4	40.5				26.7	51.2	34.2				19.5		$46,505	$5,035	$41,470
Walton Avenue School (The)	Public	K-5	1425 Walton Ave	Bronx	10452	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 9	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 293-5970	304	30	10.0	97.4%	7 (2.3%)	52 (17.1%)	237 (78.0%)	4 (1.3%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	28.6	1813^th of 2445 public elementary schools	25.8%		22.9	1974^th of 2445 public elementary schools	19.3%	161		46.3	37.0	37.1				51.9	54.2	46.1				25.7		$39,277	$4,196	$35,081
Lucero Elementary School	Public	K-5	1425 Walton Ave	Bronx	10452	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 9	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 681-8701	284	25	11.3	96.8%	1 (0.4%)	28 (9.9%)	251 (88.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	6.6	2368^th of 2445 public elementary schools	3.1%		7.2	2381^st of 2445 public elementary schools	2.6%	13		16.3	16.1	41.5				23.9	16.7	20.5				12.2		$37,517	$3,917	$33,600

Frequently Asked Questions about Ps 70 Max Schoenfeld

How many students attend Ps 70 Max Schoenfeld?

In the 2024-25 school year, 729 students attended Ps 70 Max Schoenfeld.

What is the racial makeup of Ps 70 Max Schoenfeld?

Students at Ps 70 Max Schoenfeld are 79% Hispanic, 18% African American, 1% American Indian.

What schools do graduates of Ps 70 Max Schoenfeld attend?

Students who attend Ps 70 Max Schoenfeld usually go on to attend:

Middle : Is 313 School Of Leadership Development
Middle : Is 339

Is Ps 70 Max Schoenfeld a good school?

Ps 70 Max Schoenfeld ranks in the bottom 20.0% of New York elementary schools.

What district is Ps 70 Max Schoenfeld in?

New York City Geographic District # 9

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