1
If you had an hour of school board time for IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN, what would you bring up?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,177
+11 (+1%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 16.1:1
% White
67%
was 83%
% Hispanic
11%
was 9%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
19%
was 5%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN
IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN, a roomy 6-8 campus in STATEN ISLAND, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31, instructs 1,177 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 122% bigger than typical.
Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31, which oversees 74 schools and 56,577 students, IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN is one campus in the system.
On demographics, IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN lists that 67% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 19% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.
On the income-and-resources front, IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN reports 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. Roughly 48% of students at IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Richmond County's rate of about 67%.
After controlling for student poverty, IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 57.2%; IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN posts 81.7%, +24.6 points above that line.
In the broader community, census data for Richmond County shows median household income runs about $98,333, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Richmond County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,254 students), IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is TOTTENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN. On composite proficiency, IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 72.4%.
IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN operates from a high-density location.
Looking at the recent track record. IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 1,166 (now 1,177). White enrollment moved from 83% to 67% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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.