P.S. 068 Bronx

Test scores have climbed dramatically — ELA proficiency jumped from 31% in 2016 to 72% in 2025, and math rose from 24% to nearly 80%, with the steepest single-year gains happening between 2024 and 2025. Both subjects now sit meaningfully above the district averages of roughly 57% ELA and 56% math. Third graders in particular are thriving (89% ELA, 97% math), while grades 4 and 5 show more typical performance. The overall quality score of 3.03/4 is well above the district average of 2.25/4.

The day-to-day feel here is unusually warm: 100% of teachers report strong relationships with families, parent-principal trust hits 98%, and not a single suspension was issued across three consecutive school years. Instruction quality ratings (96%) and teacher-principal trust (94%) both run a few points above district norms. The honest caveat is the attendance picture — the 90.6% attendance rate is just a hair below the district average, and 63.6% of students are chronically absent, meaning more than two-thirds miss enough school to count as a concern. That's a real headwind against the academic gains happening inside the building.

The student body is 73% Black and 21% Hispanic, with small slices of White, Asian, multiracial, and Native American students, and a diversity index of 45%. Twenty-seven percent of students have IEPs, which is on the higher side and means classrooms are designed to support significant learning needs. The economic need index of 73 means most students come from lower-income households, even though the surrounding neighborhood skews more middle-class — a reminder that the school's zoned catchment pulls from renters as well as owners in Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester.

Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester is a working- and middle-class corner of the East Bronx where about 42% of households own their homes and the median home value sits in the low-$540,000s. Median household income is roughly $70,700 and the poverty rate is under 18%, modest by city standards, and about 16% of households include children. Just over a quarter of adults here hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The feel is residential and commuter-oriented rather than walkable to nightlife or major commercial strips.

The 5 train at Eastchester-Dyre Avenue is about a 10-minute walk and Baychester Avenue is around 18 minutes on foot, so most families arrive by car, bus, or on foot from the surrounding blocks.