P.S. 107

P.S. 107's proficiency rates of 40.5% in ELA and 41.3% in math still sit below the District 8 averages of roughly 46% and 48% — but the trajectory tells a different story. From a low of 18% ELA and 17% math in 2022, the school has clawed back to its highest scores on record, and grade-by-grade results (with 4th-graders reaching 45.5% ELA and 42.9% math) show the upper grades are pulling into the district's orbit. This is a school catching up quickly, not one stuck at the bottom.

The day-to-day feel here is defined by unusually strong relationships: 94% parent satisfaction (above the district's 93%), 97% parent-teacher trust, and 95% parent-principal trust suggest families feel heard. Teachers report 96% on safety — well above the district's 89% — and the school has logged zero suspensions for three consecutive years. The real headwind is attendance: an 88.8% rate is slightly below the district and chronic absenteeism at 55% means more than half of students miss significant school. Trust is high, but getting kids in the door every day is the unfinished work.

P.S. 107's 490 students are 65% Hispanic and 32% Black, with roughly 94% classified as economically needy and 26% receiving special education services — a body that reflects Soundview's working-class reality. The diversity index (43%) is modest, meaning the school community is fairly concentrated rather than mixed. Family engagement runs through the PTA and the survey pipeline: 335 families responded (an 85% response rate), suggesting parents are plugged in even if the PTA itself raises just $5 per student.

Soundview-Clason Point is a residential Bronx neighborhood where median household income is around $64,000 and 21.8% of residents live below the poverty line; only 13.6% of households have children at home, and just over a quarter of homes are owner-occupied, with a median value near $513,000. Most families here are renters in a stable, family-rooted area that doesn't have a lot of the bustle of denser Bronx neighborhoods. Getting around leans heavily on the 6 train and buses, and the subway stations are not on the school's doorstep.

The nearest subway is the 6 train at Morrison Av-Soundview, about a 16-minute walk away, with St Lawrence Av and Elder Av on the 6 each about 18 minutes on foot — far enough that most families will bus or drive rather than walk to the train.