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How has IS 34 TOTTENVILLE changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
1,230
Middle
DISTRICT 954 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31·NCES 360010301970
IS 34 TOTTENVILLE
528 ACADEMY AVE, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10307 · (718) 477-4500 · Richmond County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,230 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of New York public middle 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
93 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
542 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 | 418 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 409 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 387 | 31% |
| Ungraded | 16 | 1% |
Student demographics
49%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
75.2%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.9pp since 2023
Math
87.3%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.2% | 87.3% |
| 2023-24 | 73.3% | 79.4% |
% 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
78.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 34 TOTTENVILLE
IS 34 TOTTENVILLE's state test result (78.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IS 34 TOTTENVILLE this school | 1,230 | 44.1% | 78.0% |
| IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN STATEN ISLAND | 1,177 | 48.4% | 81.7% |
| SAMOSET MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKE RONKONKOMA | 847 | 39.4% | 56.8% |
| HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL BUFFALO | 772 | 46.2% | 49.0% |
| CARTHAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL CARTHAGE | 925 | 47.6% | 48.5% |
| LINDENHURST MIDDLE SCHOOL LINDENHURST | 1,260 | 46.2% | 46.6% |
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 34 TOTTENVILLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #68 of 766 | #3 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.3% | #129 of 768 ▲ 55 | #4 of 13 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.2% | #72 of 768 ▼ 4 | #3 of 13 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,230 | #36 of 796 | #4 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #619 of 683 | #9 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.3% | #356 of 688 | #12 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.1% | #489 of 773 | #13 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.8% | #48 of 168 | #1 of 6 |
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
1,230
+226 (+23%) vs 2020
+8% since 2010-11, when it was 1,140
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 1,230 | 92.9 | 13.2:1 | 44% (542) |
| 2023-24 | 1,108 | 81.2 | 13.7:1 | 42% (460) |
| 2022-23 | 1,041 | 74.2 | 14.0:1 | 41% (424) |
| 2020-21 | 1,004 | 82 | 12.2:1 | 38% (377) |
| 2017-18 | 1,090 | 73.1 | 14.9:1 | 34% (373) |
| 2015-16 | 1,173 | 80 | 14.7:1 | 33% (385) |
| 2010-11 | 1,140 | 69 | 16.5:1 | 33% (377) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IS 34 TOTTENVILLE.
About IS 34 TOTTENVILLE
In STATEN ISLAND, New York, part of Richmond County, IS 34 TOTTENVILLE is a middle school. The school had 1,230 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (middle schools in New York) has about 531 students.
IS 34 TOTTENVILLE is one school in a 74-school district, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31, which enrolls 56,577 students.
By race and ethnicity, IS 34 TOTTENVILLE is 68% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 17% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 2% multiracial. In Richmond County overall, about 60% of residents are White. By the diversity index, IS 34 TOTTENVILLE comes in at 49%.
Federal data list 92.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at IS 34 TOTTENVILLE in 2024-25, for a ratio of 13.2:1. The average ratio among middle schools in New York is 10.3:1, lower than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 44%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Richmond County is 67%.
IS 34 TOTTENVILLE is graded A by allk12, scoring above 94% of New York public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, IS 34 TOTTENVILLE would score about 58.8%. It scores 78.0%, 19.2 points above that figure.
Richmond County census figures show that median household income is about $98,333, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. A total of 88 public schools operate in Richmond County, serving about 62,254 students.
PS 1 TOTTENVILLE is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 78.0% is above the 39.2% average for nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, IS 34 TOTTENVILLE is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 1,004 to 1,230. Federal data show the ratio rising from 12.2:1 to 13.2:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 1 TOTTENVILLE0.1 mi · 461
- PS 6 CORPORAL ALLAN F KIVLEHAN SCHOOL0.7 mi · 540
- Perth Amboy Magnet School1.1 mi · 269
- SOUTH RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL IS/PS 251.1 mi · 572
- Anthony V. Ceres Elementary School1.3 mi · 559
- William C. McGinnis Middle School1.3 mi · 984
Frequently asked questions
About IS 34 TOTTENVILLEHow many students attend IS 34 TOTTENVILLE?
IS 34 TOTTENVILLE enrolls approximately 1,230 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does IS 34 TOTTENVILLE serve?
IS 34 TOTTENVILLE serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at IS 34 TOTTENVILLE?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at IS 34 TOTTENVILLE.
How diverse is IS 34 TOTTENVILLE?
IS 34 TOTTENVILLE reports a student body of 68% White, 17% Hispanic, 2% Black, 10% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees IS 34 TOTTENVILLE?
IS 34 TOTTENVILLE is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 in Richmond County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.