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Enrollment
540
High
DISTRICT 1,567 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31·NCES 360010306024
GAYNOR MCCOWN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL
100 ESSEX DR, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10314 · (718) 370-6950 · Richmond County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL540 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of New York public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
302 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 139 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 141 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 131 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 128 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
69%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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
94.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
53.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 94.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 98.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
69.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 GAYNOR MCCOWN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL
GAYNOR MCCOWN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL's state test result (69.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAYNOR MCCOWN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL this school | 540 | 55.9% | 69.5% |
| NYC MUSEUM SCHOOL NEW YORK | 481 | 55.9% | 64.8% |
| WORLD JOURNALISM PREPARATORY: A COLLEGE BOARD SCHOOL FLUSHING | 613 | 59.4% | 68.9% |
| SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 709 | 50.6% | 73.8% |
| ELEANOR ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 538 | 54.3% | 89.2% |
| BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE NEW YORK | 569 | 51.5% | 78.8% |
Matched among New York high 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 GAYNOR MCCOWN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #358 of 1,135 | #3 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #541 of 1,109 ▲ 50 | #3 of 13 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #91 of 1,135 ▼ 56 | #3 of 13 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 540 | #494 of 1,216 | #8 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #1,002 of 1,058 | #8 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.8% | #113 of 1,070 | #5 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.9% | #634 of 1,167 | #14 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.0% | #65 of 339 | #1 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high 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
540
+107 (+25%) vs 2020
+79% since 2010-11, when it was 302
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 540 | 35.4 | 15.2:1 | 56% (302) |
| 2023-24 | 534 | 35.2 | 15.2:1 | 57% (303) |
| 2022-23 | 478 | 33.4 | 14.3:1 | 57% (272) |
| 2020-21 | 433 | 32 | 13.5:1 | 51% (222) |
| 2017-18 | 439 | 35 | 12.5:1 | 46% (200) |
| 2015-16 | 467 | 32 | 14.6:1 | 46% (216) |
| 2010-11 | 302 | 21 | 14.4:1 | 50% (151) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GAYNOR MCCOWN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL.
About GAYNOR MCCOWN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL
GAYNOR MCCOWN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL is a low-enrollment high school in STATEN ISLAND, New York, (ZIP code 10314). The school counts 540 students across grades 9 through 12.
The NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 system has 74 schools and 56,577 students.
Enrollment at GAYNOR MCCOWN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL is mixed, with White students the largest group at 45%. After that, the student body is 28% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 5% Black. Census figures show Richmond County is about 60% White. GAYNOR MCCOWN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL has a diversity index of 69%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
GAYNOR MCCOWN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL counts 35.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.2 students for each one. Among high schools in New York, the typical ratio is 11.0:1. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Richmond County, the average eligibility rate is 67%.
GAYNOR MCCOWN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 72% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, GAYNOR MCCOWN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL is 15.1 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 69.5% actual, 54.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
Census Bureau estimates for Richmond County show that median household income is about $98,333, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. GAYNOR MCCOWN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL is one of 88 public schools in Richmond County, which together enroll about 62,254 students.
The closest other public school is CSI HIGH SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, less than a tenth of a mile away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, GAYNOR MCCOWN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 433 in 2020-21 and 540 in 2024-25, a 25% gain. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.5:1 in 2020-21 to 15.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Richmond County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
494,956
Census ACS
Median income
$98,333
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
62,254 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31
- TOTTENVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,750 students
- NEW DORP HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,055 students
- SUSAN E WAGNER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,743 students
- CURTIS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,439 students
- PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,696 students
- IS 72 ROCCO LAURIEMiddle · 1,532 students
Other schools in STATEN ISLAND
- TOTTENVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,750 students
- NEW DORP HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,055 students
- SUSAN E WAGNER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,743 students
- CURTIS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,439 students
- PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,696 students
- IS 72 ROCCO LAURIEMiddle · 1,532 students
Nearby schools
- CSI HIGH SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES0.0 mi · 519
- MARSH AVENUE SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING0.0 mi · 406
- SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA SCHOOL0.1 mi · 720
- PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS0.6 mi · 674
- IS 72 ROCCO LAURIE0.7 mi · 1,532
- DAVID MARQUIS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS (THE)1.3 mi · 556
Frequently asked questions
About GAYNOR MCCOWN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at GAYNOR MCCOWN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL?
GAYNOR MCCOWN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL enrolls approximately 540 students in grades 09-12.
Is GAYNOR MCCOWN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
GAYNOR MCCOWN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does GAYNOR MCCOWN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL have?
GAYNOR MCCOWN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
How diverse is GAYNOR MCCOWN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL?
GAYNOR MCCOWN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL reports a student body of 45% White, 28% Hispanic, 5% Black, 15% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees GAYNOR MCCOWN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL?
GAYNOR MCCOWN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 in Richmond County.
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