# PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS *Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-204-morris-heights-bronx/llm* Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-204-morris-heights-bronx --- ## Core identification - **NCES School ID**: `360008604808` - **School name**: PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS - **Location**: BRONX, NY 10453 - **Address**: 1780 DR M L KING JR BLVD - **District**: NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 (LEAID `3600086`) - **Sector**: Public - **School type**: Regular - **School level**: Primary - **Coordinates**: 40.85013, -73.91538 - **Phone**: (718)960-9520 ## Enrollment (2024) - **Students**: 576 - **Teachers (FTE)**: 49 - **Student-teacher ratio**: 11.8:1 - **Free/reduced lunch**: 92.7% ## State accountability rating - **System**: NY ESSA - **Year**: 2025 - **Overall rating**: Local Support and Improvement - **Indicators**: - EM ELP: 3 - EM Attendance: 2 - EM Weight Performance: 4 - EM Core Performance: 4 - EM Growth: 4 - overall_status: Local Support and Improvement ## Academic performance (state assessments) ### 2025 - **Overall (NY ESSA)**: 62.0% proficient - **Overall Status (NY ESSA)**: 62.0% proficient ## Attendance - **2020**: chronic absence 22.1% (137 students) [source: crdc_2020] - **2020**: chronic absence 6.4% (35 students) [source: crdc] - **2017**: chronic absence 9.8% (54 students) [source: crdc] - **2015**: chronic absence 28.7% (158 students) [source: crdc] ## Discipline (latest CRDC year) - **Year**: 2020 - **In-school suspensions**: 0 - **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0 - **Expulsions**: 0 - **Restraint incidents**: 0 - **Seclusion incidents**: 0 - **Referrals to law enforcement**: 0 - **Bullying allegations**: 0 ## Demographics (2023) - **White**: 0.2% - **Hispanic/Latino**: 71.8% - **Black/African American**: 1.0% - **Asian**: 25.4% - **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 1.0% - **Pacific Islander**: 0.0% - **Two or more races**: 0.6% - **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 91.3% ## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2017) - **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 24.2% — 133 students - **English Learners**: 13.4% — 74 students ## Disability category breakdown (CRDC) - **Specific Learning Disability**: 33 students - **Speech/Language Impairment**: 30 students - **Other Health Impairment**: 12 students - **Autism**: 5 students - **Emotional Disturbance**: 4 students - **Orthopedic Impairment**: 3 students - **Intellectual Disability**: 1 students - **Visual Impairment**: 1 students ## Finance ### School-level (ESSA 2024-2025) - **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $33,241 - **Federal share**: $5,123 - **State + local share**: $28,118 - **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 550 ### District F-33 (2020) - **District per-pupil revenue**: $1,000 - **Federal share**: 100.0% - **State share**: 100.0% - **Local share**: 100.0% - **Instructional spending per pupil**: $1,000 ## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023) - **Poverty rate**: 37.4% - **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 16.4% - **Unemployment**: 15.1% - **Median gross rent**: $1,308 - **Foreign-born residents**: 46.9% - **Single-parent households**: 55.4% ## Environmental context - **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 5.0 miles (QUANTA RESOURCES) - **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 1 - **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 51 - **Nearest brownfield**: 0.13 miles (1793 MONTGOMERY AVE) ### Water safety - **Public water system**: KINGSTON CENTER AN0 - **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 11 - **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0 - **Most recent violation**: 2023-10-29 ### Air quality - **PM2.5 annual average**: 6.43167 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9) - **Nearest monitor**: 2.3 miles ## Nearby schools performing better ### chronic absence - **IS 303 LEADERSHIP & COMMUNITY SERVICE** — 0.1 mi away, 4.87% (this school: 6.36%) - **BRONX SCHOOL OF YOUNG LEADERS (THE)** — 0.3 mi away, 5.38% (this school: 6.36%) - **PS 236 LANGSTON HUGHES** — 0.3 mi away, 5.52% (this school: 6.36%) - **CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR LAW AND SOCIAL JUSTICE** — 0.3 mi away, 3.19% (this school: 6.36%) - **IS 229 ROLAND PATTERSON** — 0.3 mi away, 6.11% (this school: 6.36%) ### ela proficiency - **ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL 1** — 0.9 mi away, 81% (this school: 56%) - **PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WEST** — 1.1 mi away, 83% (this school: 56%) - **ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL 6** — 1.1 mi away, 87% (this school: 56%) - **WASHINGTON HEIGHTS ACADEMY** — 1.1 mi away, 76% (this school: 56%) - **PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS** — 1.2 mi away, 80% (this school: 56%) ### math proficiency - **ZETA CHARTER SCHOOL - BRONX MOUNT EDEN** — 0.6 mi away, 89% (this school: 75%) - **KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL** — 0.8 mi away, 76.2% (this school: 75%) - **ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL 1** — 0.9 mi away, 94% (this school: 75%) - **PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WEST** — 1.1 mi away, 97.5% (this school: 75%) - **ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL 6** — 1.1 mi away, 94.5% (this school: 75%) ## Related data feeds - **Profile (human)**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-204-morris-heights-bronx - **Performance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-204-morris-heights-bronx/performance - **Finance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-204-morris-heights-bronx/finance - **Demographics**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-204-morris-heights-bronx/demographics - **Inclusion**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-204-morris-heights-bronx/inclusion - **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-204-morris-heights-bronx/context - **Attendance**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-204-morris-heights-bronx/attendance - **Discipline**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-204-morris-heights-bronx/discipline - **Outcomes**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-204-morris-heights-bronx/outcomes - **Workforce**: https://us.ny.whatschool.ai/en/ny/school/ps-204-morris-heights-bronx/workforce --- *Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). 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