PS 107 vs PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS

PS 204 Morris Heights holds a clear overall edge over PS 107, scoring 8.5 out of 10 compared to PS 107's 7.6 — a 0.9-point gap that translates into a dramatic difference in state standing. PS 204 Morris Heights ranks #273 of 4,742 schools in New York, placing it in roughly the top 6 percent statewide. PS 107 ranks #1064 of 4,742, a respectable upper-quartile position but well behind its Bronx counterpart. For families who treat state rank as a proxy for school quality, that 791-position gap is the headline number separating these two PK–05 schools, which sit just 3.3 miles apart.

Academically, the gap is concrete: PS 204 Morris Heights scores 8.8 out of 10 versus PS 107's 7.3 — a 1.5-point difference that reflects meaningfully stronger tested proficiency at Morris Heights. Growth tells a different story. PS 107 scores 9.9 out of 10 on growth, besting PS 204 Morris Heights's 9.5 — suggesting that PS 107 is exceptionally effective at accelerating students relative to their starting points, even if overall proficiency lags. Families weighing raw academic achievement against student-progress momentum will find a genuine trade-off here rather than a simple winner.

PS 204 Morris Heights enrolls 550 students versus PS 107's 420, making it a larger campus by 130 students. Both schools serve similar socioeconomic populations, though PS 107's free and reduced lunch rate of 99 percent runs 8 points above PS 204 Morris Heights's 91 percent — indicating PS 107 serves a somewhat higher-need community. On classroom density, PS 107 offers a student-teacher ratio of 11.7 to 1 against PS 204 Morris Heights's 11.0 to 1, a marginal difference that gives Morris Heights a slight edge in per-student adult attention.

Both schools cover identical grade bands — pre-K through fifth grade — so families will not find a structural program difference at the entry or exit level. The distinction instead lives entirely in performance metrics: PS 204 Morris Heights leads on overall rating, state rank, and academic score, while PS 107 counters with the higher growth score, a tighter enrollment, and a slightly elevated free and reduced lunch rate that underscores how strong that near-perfect growth figure truly is when measured against peer schools serving comparable populations.