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Ps 95 Sheila Mencher

Public Grades K-8
1920th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools
Better than 21% of New York elementary schools
Summary

Ps 95 Sheila Mencher is an elementary school located in the Bronx, New York, serving grades K-8 with 857 students. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #10, which is ranked 708 out of 874 districts in New York and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Ps 95 Sheila Mencher has consistently ranked in the bottom 20-25% of New York elementary schools over the past 10 years, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Ps 95 Sheila Mencher consistently underperforms compared to its district and the state of New York in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Math proficiency across all grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's 3rd grade ELA proficiency was 38.2% compared to the district's 43.39% and the state's 54.15%. Similarly, the school's 8th grade Math proficiency was only 10.71% compared to the district's 38.3% and the state's 46.74%. The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as Hispanic and Low Socioeconomic Status students, who rank in the bottom 25-30% of their respective subgroups statewide.

Despite the school's high spending per student, at $34,401 in the 2023-2024 school year compared to the district average of $30,930 and the state average of $19,121, and its relatively low student-teacher ratio of 11:1, Ps 95 Sheila Mencher continues to struggle academically. When compared to nearby schools, such as Milton Fein School, which consistently outperforms Ps 95 Sheila Mencher in both ELA and Math proficiency, it becomes evident that the school is underperforming and may need to implement more effective strategies to improve student learning and achievement.

851
Students ?
10.8
Student/teacher ratio ?
$35,977
Per pupil spending ?
94.1%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 3961 Hillman Ave
       Bronx, NY  10463-3099

(718) 796-9200

District: New York City Geographic District #10

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
74.9%
African American:
15.9%
Asian:
4.7%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 20th percentile in 2015 → 21st in 2025
Strengths
Small classes — about 11 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New York average (37% vs 55% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (21st percentile)
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school37%
District avg43%
New York avg55%
Elementary school
1,920th of 2,445
New York public elementary schools ?
Bottom 21%▲ up 1 pts since 2015
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
1,221st of 1,500
New York public middle schools ?
Bottom 19%▼ down 2 pts since 2015
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SchoolDigger rating ?
23rd of 39Elementary Schools in the New York City Geographic District #10
708th of 874New York City Geographic District #10 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)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202525.11920 of 244521.5%★☆☆☆☆
202423.81954 of 244520.1%★☆☆☆☆
202323.41943 of 243920.3%★☆☆☆☆
202222.31983 of 243418.5%★☆☆☆☆
202141.51318 of 220140.1%★★☆☆☆
201929.21752 of 241327.4%★☆☆☆☆
201827.51830 of 239523.6%★☆☆☆☆
201724.61888 of 238620.9%★☆☆☆☆
201626.51805 of 236623.7%★☆☆☆☆
201522.61874 of 235220.3%★☆☆☆☆
201427.71772 of 234524.4%★☆☆☆☆
201324.81861 of 232520.0%★☆☆☆☆
201229.11787 of 232023.0%★☆☆☆☆
201123.61859 of 228618.7%★☆☆☆☆
201028.91765 of 226322.0%★☆☆☆☆
200936.21699 of 225724.7%★☆☆☆☆
200831.81726 of 222722.5%★☆☆☆☆
200721.91833 of 221917.4%★☆☆☆☆
200625.31812 of 220617.9%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202543.2499 of 92846.2%★★☆☆☆
202442.9503 of 92745.7%★★☆☆☆
202339.9500 of 85741.7%★★☆☆☆
202239.6544 of 93641.9%★★☆☆☆
202160.4125 of 42770.7%★★★★☆
201960.2270 of 89169.7%★★★☆☆
201856.5345 of 94863.6%★★★☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
201935.2419 of 54823.5%★☆☆☆☆
201825.8504 of 60116.1%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202533.5777 of 111730.4%★★☆☆☆
202427.7901 of 106615.5%★☆☆☆☆
202341.4535 of 100146.6%★★☆☆☆
202237.9616 of 102740.0%★★☆☆☆
201943.3409 of 86052.4%★★★☆☆
201846.4439 of 93853.2%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202526.91882 of 240921.9%★☆☆☆☆
202425.31896 of 241321.4%★☆☆☆☆
202325.31879 of 240321.8%★☆☆☆☆
202223.41941 of 240119.2%★☆☆☆☆
202147.41023 of 195547.7%★★☆☆☆
201928.71746 of 235725.9%★☆☆☆☆
201827.01845 of 233821.1%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202530.31170 of 156925.4%★☆☆☆☆
202430.01128 of 153126.3%★☆☆☆☆
202329.21077 of 142924.6%★☆☆☆☆
202229.01153 of 150323.3%★☆☆☆☆
202139.4499 of 81839.0%★★☆☆☆
201934.4865 of 131534.2%★★☆☆☆
201836.0931 of 139233.1%★★☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202539.4472 of 79240.4%★★☆☆☆
202435.9498 of 76635.0%★★☆☆☆
202338.1385 of 63739.6%★★☆☆☆
202239.7364 of 62241.5%★★☆☆☆
201952.4226 of 57060.4%★★★☆☆
201844.5381 of 73047.8%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202517.41883 of 209810.2%★☆☆☆☆
202431.61458 of 207829.8%★☆☆☆☆
202328.91514 of 204125.8%★☆☆☆☆
202229.21579 of 209924.8%★☆☆☆☆
201939.41209 of 203240.5%★★☆☆☆
201835.81393 of 204531.9%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202524.51940 of 240719.4%★☆☆☆☆
202424.91906 of 241120.9%★☆☆☆☆
202323.01932 of 240019.5%★☆☆☆☆
202222.91964 of 240018.2%★☆☆☆☆
202136.21312 of 196133.1%★★☆☆☆
201932.31647 of 235830.2%★★☆☆☆
201830.01763 of 234024.7%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202536.91255 of 213441.2%★★☆☆☆
202439.41171 of 211044.5%★★☆☆☆
202341.41030 of 201648.9%★★☆☆☆
202237.91199 of 203141.0%★★☆☆☆
201949.0716 of 185961.5%★★★☆☆
201843.9927 of 194152.2%★★★☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
201935.5913 of 133831.8%★★☆☆☆
201817.01265 of 140810.2%★☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202525.41221 of 150018.6%★☆☆☆☆
202424.81219 of 150418.9%★☆☆☆☆
202327.81154 of 150023.1%★☆☆☆☆
202225.01179 of 147920.3%★☆☆☆☆
202139.0759 of 124238.9%★★☆☆☆
201930.11011 of 143929.7%★☆☆☆☆
201833.5978 of 143832.0%★★☆☆☆
201727.21098 of 145524.5%★☆☆☆☆
201622.91139 of 142920.3%★☆☆☆☆
201522.51117 of 140720.6%★☆☆☆☆
201431.0987 of 140129.6%★☆☆☆☆
201338.1850 of 137338.1%★★☆☆☆
201232.7971 of 133727.4%★☆☆☆☆
201130.6949 of 129526.7%★☆☆☆☆
201038.2850 of 124331.6%★★☆☆☆
200939.2883 of 122427.9%★☆☆☆☆
200834.0881 of 118525.7%★☆☆☆☆
200731.3834 of 112325.7%★☆☆☆☆
200632.2803 of 109526.7%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202552.1290 of 67657.1%★★★☆☆
202435.8466 of 70533.9%★★☆☆☆
202344.5379 of 69645.5%★★☆☆☆
202237.0446 of 70636.8%★★☆☆☆
202175.434 of 25386.6%★★★★☆
201952.1246 of 65362.3%★★★☆☆
201847.2315 of 66352.5%★★★☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
201918.8327 of 36911.4%★☆☆☆☆
201841.6254 of 37432.1%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202533.6461 of 64628.6%★☆☆☆☆
202444.8276 of 61555.1%★★★☆☆
202335.6388 of 59134.3%★★☆☆☆
202228.3490 of 58115.7%★☆☆☆☆
201934.8316 of 47333.2%★★☆☆☆
201839.0279 of 50344.5%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202524.51207 of 145717.2%★☆☆☆☆
202423.71221 of 146516.7%★☆☆☆☆
202324.11199 of 146318.0%★☆☆☆☆
202222.31215 of 145416.4%★☆☆☆☆
202142.1608 of 106643.0%★★☆☆☆
201927.81032 of 137024.7%★☆☆☆☆
201834.9930 of 135331.3%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202528.2761 of 96521.1%★☆☆☆☆
202432.0675 of 95329.2%★☆☆☆☆
202334.7621 of 94334.1%★★☆☆☆
202231.7659 of 91427.9%★☆☆☆☆
202142.3243 of 44945.9%★★☆☆☆
201935.4524 of 82636.6%★★☆☆☆
201841.5479 of 81040.9%★★☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202536.1408 of 60332.3%★★☆☆☆
202434.1419 of 59429.5%★☆☆☆☆
202344.1290 of 54346.6%★★☆☆☆
202236.9314 of 48735.5%★★☆☆☆
201950.2158 of 39259.7%★★★☆☆
201851.1179 of 45760.8%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202534.1884 of 128331.1%★★☆☆☆
202431.7927 of 129628.5%★☆☆☆☆
202334.4911 of 128829.3%★☆☆☆☆
202231.2956 of 130626.8%★☆☆☆☆
202158.9293 of 93568.7%★★★☆☆
201935.4792 of 124136.2%★★☆☆☆
201841.5707 of 124543.2%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202527.71145 of 145521.3%★☆☆☆☆
202428.01130 of 146422.8%★☆☆☆☆
202332.61022 of 146430.2%★★☆☆☆
202228.81087 of 145525.3%★☆☆☆☆
202144.0578 of 107146.0%★★☆☆☆
201931.8927 of 136632.1%★★☆☆☆
201833.5922 of 135231.8%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202538.9751 of 129842.1%★★☆☆☆
202452.6454 of 130365.2%★★★☆☆
202347.4568 of 130756.5%★★★☆☆
202234.7865 of 128332.6%★★☆☆☆
201941.9569 of 113950.0%★★★☆☆
201847.7483 of 117058.7%★★★☆☆
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)
Elementary school
African American (2025)46th percentile+25 vs school
Special Education (2025)41st percentile+20 vs school
Homeless (2025)40th percentile+19 vs school
White (2019)32nd percentile+4 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)30th percentile+9 vs school
Hispanic (2025)25th percentile+4 vs school
Asian (2019)24th percentile-4 vs school
Female (2025)22nd percentile~ school
Male (2025)19th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)10th percentile-11 vs school
Middle school
African American (2025)57th percentile+39 vs school
Special Education (2025)42nd percentile+24 vs school
Homeless (2025)32nd percentile+14 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)31st percentile+12 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)29th percentile+10 vs school
Male (2025)21st percentile+3 vs school
Hispanic (2025)21st percentile+3 vs school
Female (2025)17th percentile~ school
Asian (2019)11th percentile-18 vs school
By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?
Algebra I60%+4 vs state
English Language Arts40%-13 vs state
Math39%-16 vs state
Earth and Space Sciences29%-27 vs state
U.S. History and Government26%-49 vs state
Science14%-31 vs state

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Open Quote When I looked at the output of the school and its teachers of the past, this school is quite good. If you perform a who's who of previous students; I think you will get my point. Close Quote





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Students at Ps 95 Sheila Mencher are 75% Hispanic, 16% African American, 5% Asian, 2% White, 1% Two or more races.

In the 2024-25 school year, 851 students attended Ps 95 Sheila Mencher.

Ps 95 Sheila Mencher ranks in the bottom 21.5% of New York elementary schools.


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