EAST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-PS 267
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 92 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 95 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 89% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About EAST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-PS 267
EAST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-PS 267 operates as an intimate K-5 school in NEW YORK, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2. Current enrollment sits at 353 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 20% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.
EAST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-PS 267 is one of 119 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, a district that teaches 54,599 students overall.
On demographics, EAST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-PS 267 lists that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 19% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, EAST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-PS 267 has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
After controlling for student poverty, EAST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-PS 267 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.6%, the actual is 88.6%, a residual of +20.0 points.
Around the school, New York County reports that the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across New York County's 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), EAST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-PS 267 is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is ELLA BAKER SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, EAST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-PS 267 comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 74.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.
Five-year trend. EAST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-PS 267's enrollment has contracted 11% since 2018, when it stood at 397 (now 353). White enrollment moved from 75% to 58% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.
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