P.S. 081 Robert J. Christen

5550 RIVERDALE AVENUE, BRONX, NY 10471 · Bronx · Elementary

DBN: 10X081

Elementary

Zoned: Elementary

SchoolDigger: 151 (of 2445)

Niche: 432 (of 2817)

Zones into these middle schools

Riverdale / Kingsbridge Academy (Middle School / High School 141)

Academic quality

ELA = English Language Arts (reading and writing). Math and Science are self-explanatory.
NY State tests ELA and Math every year in grades 3-8, and Science once, in grade 8 -- a school's numbers below only reflect whichever of those grades it actually serves (no social studies/history state test exists at this level).
"Avg. rating" is DOE's average student score on a 1.0-4.5 scale (higher is better) -- shown here as "value / 4.5" alongside the citywide average for the same metric as a benchmark for what's typical.

Attendance: 92.5%

75.9% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

87.8%(citywide avg: 74.7%)

ELA avg. rating

3.70 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.45 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

88.9%(citywide avg: 74.3%)

Math avg. rating

3.66 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.43 / 4.5)

By grade

Grade 3 ELA

86.5%

Grade 3 Math

92.2%

Grade 4 ELA

94.1%

Grade 4 Math

89.3%

Grade 5 ELA

82.6%

Grade 5 Math

85.9%

By student group

English Language Learners -- Math

89.5%(citywide avg: 70%)

Small sample (19 students) -- treat as directional.

Students with disabilities -- ELA

61.5%

Students with disabilities -- Math

83.9%

Asian students -- ELA

86.7%(citywide avg: 79.7%)

Small sample (15 students) -- treat as directional.

Asian students -- Math

87.5%(citywide avg: 82.2%)

Small sample (16 students) -- treat as directional.

Black students -- ELA

73.7%(citywide avg: 60.3%)

Small sample (19 students) -- treat as directional.

Black students -- Math

78.9%(citywide avg: 63%)

Small sample (19 students) -- treat as directional.

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

83.3%(citywide avg: 68.7%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

83.8%(citywide avg: 67.1%)

White students -- ELA

94.3%(citywide avg: 84.8%)

White students -- Math

95.7%(citywide avg: 85.6%)

Multiracial students -- ELA

94.1%(citywide avg: 88.8%)

Small sample (17 students) -- treat as directional.

Multiracial students -- Math

100%(citywide avg: 89.9%)

Small sample (17 students) -- treat as directional.

"% proficient" is the share of students scoring Level 3 or 4 on the state test. Citywide comparisons are the average across schools of the same type. Grades and groups with very few tested students are flagged since a handful of kids can swing the percentage a lot; groups too small to report are omitted by DOE for student privacy -- that's also why Science, tested only once, shows up far less often than ELA/Math.Source: NYC Open Data: School Quality Reports Data (2023-24 school year)

See full grade-by-grade test results (ELA, Math, Science) →

Demographics

686 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 38.3%

Race & ethnicity

Asian

Black

6.3%

Hispanic or Latino

51.2%

White

30.9%

Multiracial

4.5%

Native American

0.7%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

17.3%

English Language Learners

Living in poverty

37.2%

Female

46.6%

Male

53.4%

Economic Need Index is DOE's estimate of the share of students facing economic hardship, based on eligibility for public assistance, temporary housing status, and household income relative to the poverty line. Some very high values are reported by DOE only as "Above 95%" for student privacy and are shown here as 95%.Source: NYC Open Data: Demographic Snapshot (2021-22 school year)

Kindergarten admissions priority breakdown

Admissions cycle

Zoned

125 seats

Priority groups, in the order NYC DOE offers seats. Tap a group for NYC DOE's exact wording.

1. Students who live in the zone and have a sibling at the school.

~100% admitted

There were about 25 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~20% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

2. Other students who live in the zone.

~100% admitted

There were about 100 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~80% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

3. Students who live in the district and have a sibling at the school.

~0% admitted

There were fewer than 5 applicants in this group and none received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~0% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

4. Students who live outside the district and have a sibling at the school.

No applicants

There were no applicants in this group.This group's offers alone accounted for ~0% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

5. Other students who live in the district.

~0% admitted

There were about 35 applicants in this group and none received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~0% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

6. Other students who live outside the district.

~0% admitted

There were about 15 applicants in this group and none received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~0% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

Estimates derived from NYC DOE's own wording, which rounds and fuzzes small numbers for privacy. Each group's applicant count is independent of the others -- schools are usually oversubscribed, so applicant counts across groups often add up to more than the total seats. That's expected, not an error.Source: NYC DOE MySchools Admissions Data (2025-26 admissions cycle)