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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at BATTERY PARK CITY SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
797
Elementary
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2·NCES 360007706158
BATTERY PARK CITY SCHOOL
55 BATTERY PL, NEW YORK, NY 10011 · (212) 266-5800 · New York County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL797 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
180 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 32 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 92 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 91 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 96 | 12% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 20% smaller than its 8th grade class (96).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
82.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
86.5%
NY avg 57.4% . -0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 86.5% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | 86.5% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
82.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BATTERY PARK CITY SCHOOL
BATTERY PARK CITY SCHOOL's state test result (82.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATTERY PARK CITY SCHOOL this school | 797 | 22.6% | 82.7% |
| JOHN LEWIS CHILDS SCHOOL FLORAL PARK | 674 | 24.9% | 75.0% |
| BOWLING GREEN SCHOOL WESTBURY | 895 | 23.9% | 73.0% |
| VANDERBILT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DIX HILLS | 708 | 24.9% | 78.0% |
| PS/IS 78 LONG ISLAND CITY | 799 | 23.2% | 80.2% |
| WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL FRANKLIN SQUARE | 782 | 23.0% | 53.4% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BATTERY PARK CITY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.7% | #131 of 2,335 | #30 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.5% | #206 of 2,342 ▼ 38 | #35 of 151 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #192 of 2,343 ▼ 65 | #39 of 151 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 797 | #152 of 2,585 | #5 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #1,986 of 2,338 | #92 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.1% | #134 of 2,388 | #14 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.6% | #2,160 of 2,534 | #139 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.0% | #1,601 of 1,757 | #109 of 114 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
797
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+141% since 2010-11, when it was 331
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 14.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 797 | 54.4 | 14.7:1 | 23% (180) |
| 2023-24 | 803 | 61.9 | 13.0:1 | 21% (171) |
| 2022-23 | 710 | 55.9 | 12.7:1 | 16% (112) |
| 2020-21 | 796 | 57 | 14.0:1 | 15% (121) |
| 2017-18 | 822 | 61 | 13.5:1 | 13% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 872 | 56 | 15.6:1 | 7% (62) |
| 2010-11 | 331 | 20 | 16.6:1 | 9% (30) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BATTERY PARK CITY SCHOOL.
About BATTERY PARK CITY SCHOOL
BATTERY PARK CITY SCHOOL is a high-enrollment elementary school in NEW YORK, New York. The school serves pre-K through 8. Enrollment is 797 students. Elementary schools in New York have about 443 students on average; enrollment here is 80% higher.
The NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 system has 119 schools and 54,599 students.
White students account for 39% of enrollment at BATTERY PARK CITY SCHOOL, more than any other group. Other groups make up 24% Hispanic, 23% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 4% Black. County-wide, 48% of New York County residents are White. The diversity index for BATTERY PARK CITY SCHOOL is 72%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
BATTERY PARK CITY SCHOOL reports a ratio of 14.7 students per teacher, from 54.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 14.7:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for elementary schools in New York. Lunch program data show 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is below the 70% average among public schools in New York County.
Among New York public elementary schools, BATTERY PARK CITY SCHOOL outscored 94%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for BATTERY PARK CITY SCHOOL is +16.1 points: 82.7% actual, 66.7% predicted.
For New York County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $103,931 a year, roughly 64% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting BATTERY PARK CITY SCHOOL, New York County has 358 public schools.
BATTERY PARK CITY SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is PS 94, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around BATTERY PARK CITY SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. BATTERY PARK CITY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 82.7% compares with 62.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at BATTERY PARK CITY SCHOOL was 796 in 2020-21 and 797 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
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New York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,629,477
Census ACS
Median income
$103,931
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
64%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
358
152,104 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About BATTERY PARK CITY SCHOOLHow large is BATTERY PARK CITY SCHOOL?
BATTERY PARK CITY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 797 students in grades PK-08.
Is BATTERY PARK CITY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BATTERY PARK CITY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does BATTERY PARK CITY SCHOOL have?
BATTERY PARK CITY SCHOOL employs 54 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
What is the student diversity at BATTERY PARK CITY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BATTERY PARK CITY SCHOOL are roughly 39% White, 24% Hispanic, 4% Black, 23% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is BATTERY PARK CITY SCHOOL in?
BATTERY PARK CITY SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2.
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