PS 204 Morris Heights

PS 204 Morris Heights is a public elementary school in the Bronx serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. It enrolls 550 students with a student-teacher ratio of 11.0 to 1 — a figure that keeps class sizes from running large at any grade level. The school earns a composite score of 9.1 out of 10, a rating MySchoolScout labels Exceptional.

It ranks #2 among 450 public schools in the Bronx and #40 out of 4,739 public schools statewide — outperforming 99% of New York schools by that measure. Slice the data by school type and the position holds: PS 204 places 33rd among 2,549 elementary schools across the state. The composite breaks down as 8.8 for academics and 9.5 for growth.

That growth mark is the stronger of the two — it captures how fast students are advancing relative to comparable peers, not simply where they score at a single point in time. A school can post solid academic numbers on the strength of its incoming population; a 9.5 growth score signals that students are gaining ground year over year regardless of where they start. For parents evaluating elementary options in the Bronx, PS 204 Morris Heights sits at the top of virtually every relevant comparison.