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Enrollment
836
Middle
DISTRICT 954 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31·NCES 360010302130
IS 27 ANNING S PRALL
11 CLOVE LAKE PL, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10310 · (718) 981-8800 · Richmond County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL836 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 54% of New York public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
73 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
654 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 259 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 284 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 291 | 35% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
70%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
52.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
50.6%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 50.6% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 42.8% |
% 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
50.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 IS 27 ANNING S PRALL
IS 27 ANNING S PRALL's state test result (50.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IS 27 ANNING S PRALL this school | 836 | 78.2% | 50.2% |
| IS 51 EDWIN MARKHAM STATEN ISLAND | 1,072 | 77.9% | 53.3% |
| ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 657 | 79.5% | 33.5% |
| JHS 88 PETER ROUGET BROOKLYN | 843 | 63.9% | 56.4% |
| JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL UTICA | 687 | 78.5% | 52.6% |
| JHS 278 MARINE PARK BROOKLYN | 841 | 79.9% | 52.1% |
Matched among New York middle 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 IS 27 ANNING S PRALL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #422 of 766 | #9 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #493 of 768 ▲ 81 | #10 of 13 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #307 of 768 ▼ 49 | #7 of 13 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 836 | #140 of 796 | #9 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #492 of 683 | #6 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.1% | #57 of 688 | #4 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.2% | #241 of 773 | #4 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #188 of 524 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
836
-211 (-20%) vs 2020
-24% since 2010-11, when it was 1,093
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 836 | 73.3 | 11.4:1 | 78% (654) |
| 2023-24 | 869 | 76.5 | 11.4:1 | 77% (669) |
| 2022-23 | 952 | 81.6 | 11.7:1 | 76% (722) |
| 2020-21 | 1,047 | 73 | 14.3:1 | 77% (802) |
| 2017-18 | 1,001 | 62.5 | 16.0:1 | 73% (731) |
| 2015-16 | 1,044 | 66 | 15.8:1 | 67% (699) |
| 2010-11 | 1,093 | 78 | 14.0:1 | 67% (736) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IS 27 ANNING S PRALL.
About IS 27 ANNING S PRALL
IS 27 ANNING S PRALL is a large middle school found in STATEN ISLAND, New York. Enrollment is 836 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 8. Against the 531-student average for middle schools in New York, enrollment here is 57% higher.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 has 56,577 students spread across 74 schools.
Hispanic students are the largest group at IS 27 ANNING S PRALL, with 46% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 19% Black, 18% White, 14% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Richmond County as a whole is about 20% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, IS 27 ANNING S PRALL comes in at 70%.
IS 27 ANNING S PRALL counts 73.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 11.4 students for each one. Among middle schools in New York, the typical ratio is 10.3:1. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 67% average for public schools in Richmond County, the school's rate is higher.
Measured against New York public middle schools, IS 27 ANNING S PRALL receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, IS 27 ANNING S PRALL is 4.0 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 50.2% actual, 46.2% 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, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. A total of 88 public schools operate in Richmond County, serving about 62,254 students.
The shortest distance from IS 27 ANNING S PRALL to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to PS 19 CURTIS SCHOOL (THE). The five-mile area around IS 27 ANNING S PRALL holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 42.6% proficiency; IS 27 ANNING S PRALL posts 50.2%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Federal counts put enrollment at 1,047 in 2020-21 and 836 in 2024-25, a 20% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.3:1 to 11.4:1.
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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
- PS 19 CURTIS SCHOOL (THE)0.5 mi · 464
- PS 45 JOHN TYLER0.5 mi · 751
- PS 18 JOHN G WHITTIER0.6 mi · 315
- PS 20 PORT RICHMOND1.0 mi · 277
- PS 29 BARDWELL1.0 mi · 579
- PS 30 WESTERLEIGH1.0 mi · 689
Frequently asked questions
About IS 27 ANNING S PRALLHow large is IS 27 ANNING S PRALL?
IS 27 ANNING S PRALL enrolls approximately 836 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does IS 27 ANNING S PRALL serve?
IS 27 ANNING S PRALL serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does IS 27 ANNING S PRALL have?
IS 27 ANNING S PRALL employs 73 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the student diversity at IS 27 ANNING S PRALL?
Student demographics at IS 27 ANNING S PRALL are roughly 18% White, 46% Hispanic, 19% Black, 14% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is IS 27 ANNING S PRALL in?
IS 27 ANNING S PRALL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.