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Ps 103 Hector Fontanez

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Ps 103 Hector Fontanez ranks 983 rd of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

983^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Better than 60% of New York elementary schools

Summary

PS 103 Hector Fontanez is an elementary school located in the Bronx, New York, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 801 students. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #11, which is ranked 627 out of 874 districts in New York and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

PS 103 Hector Fontanez has shown consistent improvement in its academic performance over the years, with its statewide ranking improving from 2,001 out of 2,352 New York elementary schools in 2014-2015 to 983 out of 2,445 in 2024-2025, earning a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math for grades 3-5 are generally higher than the district and state averages, particularly in 3rd-grade ELA (83.61% vs. 54.15% state) and 3rd-grade Math (84.29% vs. 59.7% state). Compared to the nearby PS 19 Judith K Weiss, which is the highest-ranked school in the immediate vicinity, PS 103 Hector Fontanez has significantly higher proficiency rates in 3rd-grade ELA (83.61% vs. 48.44%) and 3rd-grade Math (84.29% vs. 57.58%).

Despite serving a high-needs population, with over 94% of its students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, PS 103 Hector Fontanez has been able to achieve strong academic outcomes, particularly for its African American and Hispanic students, who rank in the top 25% and top 40% of New York elementary schools, respectively, in ELA and Math. However, the presence of a high-performing Bronx Charter School for Excellence 3 in the vicinity suggests that there may be opportunities for further improvement and innovation to ensure that all students at PS 103 Hector Fontanez reach their full potential.

774

Students ?

12.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$37,004

Per pupil spending ?

94.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

4125 Carpenter Ave
Bronx, NY 10466-2601

(718) 655-0261

District: New York City Geographic District #11

Students who attend Ps 103 Hector Fontanez usually attend:

Middle:	Leaders Of Tomorrow
	North Bronx School Of Empowerment

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

61.8%

African American:

29.6%

White:

3.7%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 15th percentile in 2015 → 60th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New York average (61% vs 55% meeting standards)

✓Ranking is trending up — up 45 percentile points since 2015

✓Above the New York median (60th percentile)

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school61%

District avg50%

New York avg55%

983^rd of 2,445

New York public elementary schools ?

Top 40%▲ up 45 pts since 2015

From bottom 15% (2015) to top 40% (2025)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

9^th of 31Elementary Schools in the New York City Geographic District #11

627^th of 874New York City Geographic District #11 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	58.2	983 of 2445	59.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	42.4	1372 of 2445	43.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	45.2	1304 of 2439	46.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	24.1	1931 of 2434	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	25.5	1731 of 2201	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.8	1888 of 2413	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.8	2072 of 2395	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	19.1	2028 of 2386	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	18.5	2031 of 2366	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	18.2	2001 of 2352	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	18.1	2006 of 2345	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	12.6	2171 of 2325	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	16.5	2032 of 2320	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	21.0	1912 of 2286	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	13.2	2067 of 2263	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	12.0	2104 of 2257	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	10.9	2073 of 2227	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	11.9	2028 of 2219	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	11.1	2051 of 2206	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	72.0	220 of 928	76.3%	★★★★☆
2024	60.3	291 of 927	68.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	63.0	262 of 857	69.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	48.7	431 of 936	54.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	48.7	193 of 427	54.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	55.6	311 of 891	65.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	46.2	458 of 948	51.7%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2019	11.1	513 of 548	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.8	564 of 601	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	63.2	253 of 1117	77.4%	★★★★☆
2024	48.9	405 of 1066	62.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	41.3	538 of 1001	46.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	24.6	898 of 1027	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.0	632 of 860	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.9	901 of 938	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	60.3	906 of 2409	62.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	46.5	1252 of 2413	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	47.4	1233 of 2403	48.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.0	1758 of 2401	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	32.7	1393 of 1955	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.1	1790 of 2357	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.1	2046 of 2338	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	70.2	361 of 1569	77.0%	★★★★☆
2024	50.6	661 of 1531	56.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	57.9	499 of 1429	65.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	32.1	1088 of 1503	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.3	730 of 818	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.6	1117 of 1315	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.3	1174 of 1392	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	72.3	147 of 792	81.4%	★★★★☆
2024	62.9	194 of 766	74.7%	★★★★☆
2022	45.9	299 of 622	51.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	39.1	42 of 70	40.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	39.8	359 of 570	37.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	39.4	452 of 730	38.1%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	70.8	458 of 2098	78.2%	★★★★☆
2024	53.1	824 of 2078	60.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	55.1	769 of 2041	62.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	32.2	1491 of 2099	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	31.5	1234 of 1678	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.5	1395 of 2032	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	24.6	1707 of 2045	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	55.2	1031 of 2407	57.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	38.5	1479 of 2411	38.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	42.1	1366 of 2400	43.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	20.2	2048 of 2400	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.5	1681 of 1961	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.0	1921 of 2358	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.9	1999 of 2340	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	68.4	465 of 2134	78.2%	★★★★☆
2024	53.9	709 of 2110	66.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	69.4	393 of 2016	80.5%	★★★★☆
2022	47.0	876 of 2031	56.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	31.7	752 of 1044	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.1	1437 of 1859	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.8	1416 of 1941	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2019	11.6	1250 of 1338	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Homeless (2025)81st percentile+22 vs school

Special Education (2025)78th percentile+18 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)78th percentile+18 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)77th percentile+18 vs school

Hispanic (2025)77th percentile+17 vs school

African American (2025)76th percentile+16 vs school

Female (2025)62nd percentile+3 vs school

Male (2025)57th percentile-3 vs school

White (2019)7th percentile-15 vs school

Asian (2019)6th percentile-15 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

Math66%+9 vs state

English Language Arts61%+6 vs state

Science37%-8 vs state

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Ps 103 Hector Fontanez	Public	PK, KG-5	4125 Carpenter Ave	Bronx	10466	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 655-0261	774	62	12.3	94.1%	29 (3.7%)	229 (29.6%)	478 (61.8%)	7 (0.9%)	22 (2.8%)	2 (0.3%)	7 (0.9%)	58.2	983^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	59.8%		42.4	1372^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	43.9%	389					83.6	51.6	50.7				84.3	58.8	54.4				36.6		$37,004	$4,320	$32,684
Bronx Charter School For Excellence 3	Public, Charter	K-8	3956 Carpenter Ave	Bronx	10466	Bronx County	Bronx Charter School For Excellence 3	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 882-0231	512	26	19.6	81.8%	3 (0.6%)	370 (72.3%)	125 (24.4%)	8 (1.6%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	85.7	290^th of 2445 public elementary schools	88.1%		85.3	310^th of 2445 public elementary schools	87.3%	20	66.7		100.0		79.6	81.0	73.8	80.4	84.9	81.3	89.1	96.6	72.1	76.5	83.0	81.3	52.5	56.3	$19,402	$1,299	$18,103
Ps 21 Philip H Sheridan	Public	K-5	715 E 225th St	Bronx	10466	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 652-3903	406	34	12.0	94.3%	14 (3.4%)	208 (51.2%)	151 (37.2%)	14 (3.4%)	6 (1.5%)	9 (2.2%)	4 (1.0%)	58.8	957^th of 2445 public elementary schools	60.9%		33.6	1632^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	33.3%	675					65.0	39.4	81.1				68.0	54.6	90.0				24.1		$38,171	$4,080	$34,091
Ps 19 Judith K Weiss	Public	PK, KG-8	311 E 237th St	Bronx	10470	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	No	(718) 324-1924	679	45	15.0	62.6%	319 (47.0%)	54 (8.0%)	240 (35.3%)	25 (3.7%)	14 (2.1%)	2 (0.3%)	25 (3.7%)	64.8	827^th of 2445 public elementary schools	66.2%		72.3	588^th of 2445 public elementary schools	76.0%	239		75.3	100.0	36.0	48.4	72.9	78.9	53.0	67.8	58.8	57.6	85.7	67.3	56.0	69.2	55.7	51.9		$26,790	$1,838	$24,952
Matilda Avenue School (The)	Public	K-5	4520 Matilda Ave	Bronx	10470	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 325-4360	222	20	10.9	94.1%	10 (4.5%)	107 (48.2%)	87 (39.2%)	9 (4.1%)	7 (3.2%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	28.8	1811^th of 2445 public elementary schools	25.9%		26.4	1862^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	23.8%	51					44.4	38.5	52.8				46.0	39.5	48.7				26.3		$31,283	$3,646	$27,636
Ps 16 Wakefield	Public	PK, KG-5	4550 Carpenter Ave	Bronx	10470	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 324-1262	343	23	14.7	93.6%	7 (2.0%)	105 (30.6%)	196 (57.1%)	17 (5.0%)	14 (4.1%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	14.3	2212^th of 2445 public elementary schools	9.5%		11	2315^th of 2445 public elementary schools	5.3%	103					33.9	27.9	34.6				44.6	29.6	29.8				17.5		$35,158	$4,019	$31,140
Ps 87	Public	K-5	1935 Bussing Ave	Bronx	10466	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 324-5188	307	21	14.6	87.9%	5 (1.6%)	159 (51.8%)	109 (35.5%)	10 (3.3%)	17 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.3%)	39.7	1482^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	39.4%		26.4	1861^st of 2445 public elementary schools	23.9%	379					48.2	48.9	72.4				47.4	43.5	50.0				40.0		$35,337	$3,699	$31,638
Ps 112 Bronxwood	Public	PK, KG-5	1925 Scheiffelin Ave	Bronx	10466	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 654-6377	370	34	10.9	93.2%	7 (1.9%)	137 (37.0%)	213 (57.6%)	3 (0.8%)	7 (1.9%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	22.3	2006^th of 2445 public elementary schools	18.0%		14.5	2231^st of 2445 public elementary schools	8.8%	225					36.4	44.2	36.2				29.6	60.0	35.6				19.1		$40,477	$3,426	$37,051
Ps 94 Kings College School	Public	K-5	3530 Kings College Pl	Bronx	10467	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #10	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 405-6345	748	71	10.5	95.9%	11 (1.5%)	94 (12.6%)	544 (72.7%)	81 (10.8%)	10 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (0.9%)	8	2342^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	4.2%		7.2	2382^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	2.6%	40					26.5	22.9	29.0				22.5	27.4	18.6				21.8		$38,898	$4,354	$34,545
Ps 78 Anne Hutchinson	Public	PK, KG-5	1400 Needham Ave	Bronx	10469	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 652-1244	613	47	13.1	90.5%	18 (2.9%)	346 (56.4%)	225 (36.7%)	11 (1.8%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.1%)	15.4	2186^th of 2445 public elementary schools	10.6%		16.6	2163^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	11.5%	23					29.0	39.6	33.0				24.7	42.2	26.9				23.8		$34,061	$3,062	$30,998

Frequently Asked Questions about Ps 103 Hector Fontanez

What is the racial makeup of Ps 103 Hector Fontanez?

Students at Ps 103 Hector Fontanez are 62% Hispanic, 30% African American, 4% White, 3% American Indian.

What schools do graduates of Ps 103 Hector Fontanez attend?

Students who attend Ps 103 Hector Fontanez usually go on to attend:

Middle : Leaders Of Tomorrow
Middle : North Bronx School Of Empowerment

Is Ps 103 Hector Fontanez a good school?

Ps 103 Hector Fontanez ranks 983^rd of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What district is Ps 103 Hector Fontanez in?

New York City Geographic District #11

How many students attend Ps 103 Hector Fontanez?

In the 2024-25 school year, 774 students attended Ps 103 Hector Fontanez.

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