Enrollment
277
Elementary
DISTRICT 288 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1·NCES 360007605617
CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE)
610 E 12TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10009 · (212) 614-9531 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL277 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
11.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
143 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 42 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (37).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
73.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
65.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +18.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 47.0% |
% 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
56.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE)
CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE)'s state test result (56.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE) this school | 277 | 51.6% | 56.5% |
| CHAMBERS SCHOOL KINGSTON | 306 | 53.6% | 31.7% |
| PS 175 CITY ISLAND BRONX | 259 | 57.9% | 58.5% |
| ELLA BAKER SCHOOL NEW YORK | 337 | 50.7% | 67.4% |
| STAGECOACH SCHOOL SELDEN | 351 | 52.7% | 38.1% |
| PS 212 MIDTOWN WEST NEW YORK | 308 | 50.6% | 59.1% |
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 CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #908 of 2,335 | #74 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #872 of 2,342 ▲ 526 | #65 of 151 ▲ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #417 of 2,343 ▲ 143 | #52 of 151 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 277 | #2,116 of 2,585 | #112 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #938 of 2,338 | #53 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.7% | #190 of 2,388 | #20 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.6% | #1,356 of 2,534 | #118 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #965 of 1,757 | #91 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
277
-31 (-10%) vs 2020
+10% since 2010-11, when it was 252
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 277 | 24.7 | 11.2:1 | 52% (143) |
| 2023-24 | 319 | 25.3 | 12.6:1 | 56% (178) |
| 2022-23 | 268 | 21.2 | 12.7:1 | 46% (122) |
| 2020-21 | 308 | 26 | 11.8:1 | 52% (161) |
| 2017-18 | 318 | 19 | 16.7:1 | 45% (144) |
| 2015-16 | 263 | 21 | 12.5:1 | 47% (124) |
| 2010-11 | 252 | 22 | 11.4:1 | 42% (106) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE).
About CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE)
A small elementary school in NEW YORK, New York, CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE) is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1. It enrolled 277 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 37% lower than the average for elementary schools in New York, which is about 443.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1 (26 schools, 9,363 students) runs CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE).
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE), at 37%. Other groups make up 36% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 9% Black, and 7% Asian. County-wide, 48% of New York County residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE) is 24.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 11.2:1. This ratio sits 1.6 below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 52%. That rate is below the 70% average among public schools in New York County.
CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE) is graded B by allk12, scoring above 61% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 56.0% for a school in New York with CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE)'s free or reduced-price lunch share. CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE) posts 56.5%.
New York County has about 1,629,477 residents, and the median household income is $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE), New York County has 357 other public schools.
The closest public school to CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE) is PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT, about 0.2 miles away. CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE) is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE) ranks 3rd on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE) is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE)'s enrollment dropped from 308 in 2020-21 to 277 in 2024-25.
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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 CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE)How many students attend CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE)?
CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE) enrolls approximately 277 students in grades PK-05.
Is CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE) an elementary, middle, or high school?
CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE) is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE)?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE) is approximately 11.2:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE)?
At CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE), the student body is approximately 37% White, 36% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE) public or private?
CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE) is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1.
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