P.S. 094 Kings College School

Proficiency is the weak point. ELA at 25.1% and math at 22.5% sit roughly 20 percentage points below the District 10 averages of 45% and 44% respectively, and the school's overall rating of 0.95/4 is well under the district's 1.77. Looking at the longer arc from 2016 through 2025, scores bounce rather than climb — ELA has swung from 18% to 25% to 13% back to 25% — so there's no clean upward trend, just volatility around a level that's been stuck in the teens-to-mid-twenties for a decade. Grade-by-grade, results are roughly even across 3, 4, and 5, which suggests the issue is systemic rather than tied to a single cohort.

The adults here clearly like where they work. Teacher trust in the principal sits at 94%, instruction quality is rated 97%, collegial trust is 94%, and teachers report feeling safe at 94% — all well above District 10 averages. Parents echo it: 95% trust the teachers, 95% trust the principal, 92% are satisfied. The discipline picture is essentially a non-issue, with zero suspensions in 2023-24 and only one in the previous year. But underneath that strong culture is a serious attendance problem: 59% of students are chronically absent, and overall attendance at 89.9% sits just below the district's 90.8%. That absenteeism rate is almost certainly the single biggest factor dragging down the academic outcomes.

P.S. 94 serves a predominantly Hispanic student body (74%), with Black students making up 13%, Asian 8%, and smaller White, Native American, and multiracial shares. The economic need index of 91 is very high — meaning most families are coming from low-income households — and 23% of students have IEPs, a notably inclusive share. The school reflects its Norwood surroundings: a working-class, largely renter community where about a quarter of households are below the poverty line, household incomes hover around $47,000, and only 5% own their homes. It's a school whose families look a lot like the blocks around it.

Norwood is a dense, working-class stretch of the central Bronx where homeownership is rare and most families rent. Median household income sits just under $47,000 with a poverty rate near 27%, and only about a fifth of adult residents hold a bachelor's degree. Despite the modest incomes, the neighborhood is well-served by transit — three subway stations sit within a ten-minute walk of the school, including the 4 train at Woodlawn and Mosholu Parkway and the D train at Norwood-205th Street, making it one of the easier Bronx commutes for families without a car.

The school is about a 9-minute walk from the Woodlawn (4) and Norwood-205 St (D) stations, and roughly 10 minutes from Mosholu Pkwy (4) — solid transit access by Bronx standards.