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Enrollment
1,177
Middle
DISTRICT 954 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31·NCES 360010301966
IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN
1270 HUGUENOT AVE, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10312 · (718) 697-8488 · Richmond County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,177 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% 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.
- 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
82 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
570 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 | 367 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 396 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 413 | 35% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
50%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
78.7%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
100.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +13.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 100 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.7% | 100.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.3% | 86.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
81.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 25 points, placing it in New York's top 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 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN
IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN's state test result (81.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN this school | 1,177 | 48.4% | 81.7% |
| IS 75 FRANK D PAULO STATEN ISLAND | 1,514 | 50.0% | 79.6% |
| IS 24 MYRA S BARNES STATEN ISLAND | 1,314 | 54.9% | 72.9% |
| IS 34 TOTTENVILLE STATEN ISLAND | 1,230 | 44.1% | 78.0% |
| SAND CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL ALBANY | 873 | 47.4% | 54.8% |
| HENRY V BURGER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WEST HENRIETTA | 694 | 45.0% | 62.3% |
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 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.7% | #42 of 766 | #1 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 100% | #3 of 768 ▲ 131 | #1 of 13 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #54 of 768 ▲ 9 | #2 of 13 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,177 | #46 of 796 | #5 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #654 of 683 | #11 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.1% | #340 of 688 | #11 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.4% | #431 of 773 | #12 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.9% | #156 of 168 | #5 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
1,177
-15 (-1%) vs 2020
0% since 2010-11, when it was 1,173
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 1,177 | 82.1 | 14.3:1 | 48% (570) |
| 2023-24 | 1,197 | 78 | 15.3:1 | 47% (567) |
| 2022-23 | 1,193 | 74 | 16.1:1 | 43% (515) |
| 2020-21 | 1,192 | 78 | 15.3:1 | 40% (482) |
| 2017-18 | 1,166 | 72.2 | 16.1:1 | 37% (429) |
| 2015-16 | 1,192 | 71 | 16.8:1 | 34% (411) |
| 2010-11 | 1,173 | 63 | 18.6:1 | 30% (350) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN.
About IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN
IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN is a middle school with a street address in STATEN ISLAND, New York. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 1,177 students. That puts enrollment 122% above the 531-student average for middle schools in New York.
Besides IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 runs 73 other schools. The district enrolls 56,577 students.
About 67% of the student body at IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN is White. Smaller groups are 19% Asian, 11% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 50%.
Classroom staffing at IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN totals 82.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.3:1. The average for middle schools in New York, 10.3:1, is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN is about 48%. It compares with 67% for public schools in Richmond County.
Among New York public middle schools, IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN outscored 97%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN is in the top 10% of New York schools: 81.7% actual against 57.2% predicted.
In Richmond County, the median household earns about $98,333 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Across Richmond County, 88 public schools serve about 62,254 students.
TOTTENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.4 miles from IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN ranks 2nd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN enrolled 1,192; in 2024-25, 1,177.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- TOTTENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 3,750
- PS 5 HUGUENOT0.5 mi · 317
- PS 3 MARGARET GIOIOSA SCHOOL (THE)1.3 mi · 668
- PS 36 J C DRUMGOOLE1.4 mi · 866
- PS 55 HENRY M BOEHM1.5 mi · 512
- IS 75 FRANK D PAULO1.6 mi · 1,514
Frequently asked questions
About IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEINHow many students attend IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN?
IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN enrolls approximately 1,177 students in grades 06-08.
Is IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN an elementary, middle, or high school?
IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN?
The student-to-teacher ratio at IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN is approximately 14.3:1 (82 FTE teachers).
How diverse is IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN?
IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN reports a student body of 67% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 19% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN?
IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN 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.