At a Glance
A large zoned Bronx elementary where families are deeply engaged — and the school is rebuilding academically after the pandemic.
Best suited for
Families zoned for the school who want a large neighborhood elementary with strong parent-school partnership, and who are prepared to prioritize daily attendance and stay actively involved as their child progresses.
Overall Rating
Rating = average of NY State ELA + math proficiency, grades 3–8
Bands are Motley's thresholds on a 0–100 scale, not New York State performance levels.
How this is scored→What stands out
- 98% parent satisfaction and trust scores across the board, paired with a 94% family survey response rate — families here are unusually plugged in.
- A genuine academic rebound: 2025 proficiency in both ELA and math exceeds pre-pandemic 2019 levels after a steep pandemic-era drop.
- Zero suspensions for the 2023-24 school year, continuing a downward trend from the prior two years.
- 22% of students have IEPs, making this a meaningful option for families seeking integrated special education services in a zoned school.
Things to consider
- Test scores in both ELA (41.8%) and math (36%) sit well below district averages, even with the recent improvement.
- Half of students are chronically absent — the highest-profile challenge the school faces and one families should ask about directly.
- PTA fundraising totals just $4 per student, compared to a district average of about $24, signaling limited discretionary family resources for enrichment.
- The school is larger than many neighborhood alternatives at 662 students, which may feel less intimate for some families.
Based on 2024-25 data
School SummaryDistrict 11
Within District 11, P.S. 041 sits below the district average overall score and well behind the local charter school peers and P.S. 96 Richard Rodgers, which score in the mid-80s to mid-90s out of 100. It's a rebuilding school in a district where several higher-performing alternatives are nearby.
Academics
ELA proficiency at 41.8% and math at 36% both trail the district averages of roughly 57% and 56%. But the trajectory is genuinely encouraging: after a pandemic-era collapse to 17% ELA and 15% math in 2022, scores have climbed three years in a row and now sit at the highest point in this dataset, exceeding pre-pandemic 2019 results. Grade 4 leads the way at 43.9% ELA and 39.4% math, with grades 3 and 5 close behind — suggesting the rebound is broad, not concentrated in one cohort.
Culture
The standout feature here is family engagement: 98% parent satisfaction and 98% trust in both teachers and the principal, with 94% of families returning the survey — unusually high. Teachers are more measured, with 86% rating instruction quality positively and 81% trusting the principal. Attendance is the real concern: an 87.8% rate with 50.9% of students chronically absent, well above the district's 91.2% attendance figure. The discipline picture is clean — zero suspensions last year, down from one in each of the prior two years — so the climate inside the building reads as calm and orderly.
Community
The student body is 46% Black and 47% Hispanic, with small numbers of Asian, White, multiracial, and Native American students — a community that reflects the surrounding neighborhood closely. Twenty-two percent of students have IEPs, and the economic need index of 91.2 signals a high-poverty population. This is a school where most families are working-class and a significant share of children need extra academic and social-emotional support.
Neighborhood
Williamsbridge-Olinville is a working-class corner of the Bronx where median household income is around $55,600 and about one in four households lives below the poverty line. Roughly 14% of households include children, and about 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Homeownership sits at 31% — a renter-majority neighborhood where families tend to be rooted in multi-unit housing rather than buying. It's a community that depends on its public schools, and P.S. 041 is one of the anchors families are zoned into.
Two 2/5 line stations are each about a five-minute walk — Burke Avenue or Gun Hill Road — and Allerton Avenue on the 2/5 is about 13 minutes on foot.
Academic Performance
ELA Proficiency
Students scoring proficient or above on the NY State ELA exam.
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
Math Proficiency
Students scoring proficient or above on the NY State Math exam.
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
Historical Trends
The dashed line marks 2023, when New York changed its grades 3–8 state tests. Scores before and after it aren’t directly comparable.
2020–2021 data unavailable due to COVID-19
Source: NYC DOE School Quality Reports
Survey Results
NYC School Survey (2025) · 561 families responded (94% rate)
Racial & Ethnic Diversity
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
PTA Fundraising
Source: DOE Local Law 171 disclosure
Discipline
NYSED Student & Educator Database (2023-24)
Economic Need & Special Populations
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Kindergarten
P.S. 041 Gun Hill Road has an attendance zone. At elementary level, in-zone students get a guaranteed seat. Every family still applies on MySchools: the application confirms the zoned seat, and ranking other schools doesn't cost you it.
Kindergarten application
- Opens
- Wed, Dec 9
- Closes
- Fri, Jan 22
- Offers
- Tue, Mar 30
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- 1Check that your address is inside the zone — zones change, so confirm it before you sign a lease.
- 2Apply during the kindergarten application, even with a zoned seat.
- 3Rank this school along with any others you'd take, in true preference order.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is P.S. 041 Gun Hill Road a good school?
- On Motley, P.S. 041 Gun Hill Road earns an overall rating of 39/100 — the average of the school's New York State ELA and math proficiency, grades 3–8, shown out of 100. Its state test results run below the District 11 average.
- What grades does P.S. 041 Gun Hill Road serve?
- P.S. 041 Gun Hill Road serves grades K to 5.
- How do students get into P.S. 041 Gun Hill Road?
- P.S. 041 Gun Hill Road admits by zone — children who live in its attendance zone get a guaranteed seat.
- Is P.S. 041 Gun Hill Road public, charter, or private?
- P.S. 041 Gun Hill Road is a public school in NYC Community School District 11.
- What neighborhood is P.S. 041 Gun Hill Road in?
- P.S. 041 Gun Hill Road is in Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronx.