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Enrollment
1,514
Middle
DISTRICT 954 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31·NCES 360010304526
IS 75 FRANK D PAULO
455 HUGUENOT AVE, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10312 · (718) 701-6343 · Richmond County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,514 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% 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
11.3:1
134 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
757 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 | 452 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 527 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 522 | 34% |
| Ungraded | 13 | 1% |
Student demographics
58%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
80.4%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.8pp since 2023
Math
87.5%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.4% | 87.5% |
| 2023-24 | 70.6% | 83.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
79.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% 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 23 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 75 FRANK D PAULO
IS 75 FRANK D PAULO's state test result (79.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IS 75 FRANK D PAULO this school | 1,514 | 50.0% | 79.6% |
| IS 24 MYRA S BARNES STATEN ISLAND | 1,314 | 54.9% | 72.9% |
| IS 7 ELIAS BERNSTEIN STATEN ISLAND | 1,177 | 48.4% | 81.7% |
| JHS 157 STEPHEN A HALSEY REGO PARK | 1,611 | 52.2% | 73.7% |
| SAND CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL ALBANY | 873 | 47.4% | 54.8% |
| IS 34 TOTTENVILLE STATEN ISLAND | 1,230 | 44.1% | 78.0% |
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 75 FRANK D PAULO ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.6% | #58 of 766 | #2 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.5% | #128 of 768 ▲ 21 | #3 of 13 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.4% | #40 of 768 ▲ 40 | #1 of 13 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,514 | #14 of 796 | #2 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #478 of 683 | #5 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.4% | #213 of 688 | #10 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.0% | #417 of 773 | #11 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.7% | #59 of 168 | #2 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
1,514
+70 (+5%) vs 2020
+20% since 2010-11, when it was 1,266
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 1,514 | 134.1 | 11.3:1 | 50% (757) |
| 2023-24 | 1,503 | 119.2 | 12.6:1 | 49% (740) |
| 2022-23 | 1,452 | 113.8 | 12.8:1 | 46% (672) |
| 2020-21 | 1,444 | 114 | 12.7:1 | 34% (497) |
| 2017-18 | 1,368 | 108.4 | 12.6:1 | 39% (527) |
| 2015-16 | 1,382 | 100 | 13.8:1 | 35% (481) |
| 2010-11 | 1,266 | 77 | 16.4:1 | 41% (518) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IS 75 FRANK D PAULO.
About IS 75 FRANK D PAULO
IS 75 FRANK D PAULO is a public middle school in STATEN ISLAND, New York. A total of 1,514 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in New York is about 531 students, so this school is 185% larger than average.
The 74 schools of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31, including IS 75 FRANK D PAULO, enroll 56,577 students.
By race and ethnicity, IS 75 FRANK D PAULO is 58% White. It is also 23% Asian, 16% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. For comparison, Richmond County is about 60% White. IS 75 FRANK D PAULO has a diversity index of 58%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 134.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at IS 75 FRANK D PAULO in 2024-25, for a ratio of 11.3:1. Among middle schools in New York, the typical ratio is 10.3:1. The lunch program counts 50% of students at IS 75 FRANK D PAULO as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Richmond County report 67%.
The allk12 Grade for IS 75 FRANK D PAULO is A+. Compared with New York public middle schools, the school scored higher than 95% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school in New York with IS 75 FRANK D PAULO's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 56.6%. IS 75 FRANK D PAULO scores 79.6%.
Across Richmond County, median household income is about $98,333, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The public schools of Richmond County number 88 and enroll about 62,254.
The closest public school, PS 4 MAURICE WOLLIN, is about 0.5 miles from IS 75 FRANK D PAULO. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. IS 75 FRANK D PAULO is 3rd of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 5%, from 1,444 to 1,514. The number of students per teacher fell from 12.7 to 11.3 over 4 years.
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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 4 MAURICE WOLLIN0.5 mi · 862
- PS 36 J C DRUMGOOLE0.8 mi · 866
- PS 56 LOUIS DESARIO SCHOOL (THE)0.9 mi · 644
- PS 5 HUGUENOT1.1 mi · 317
- KATHLEEN GRIMM SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP1.2 mi · 452
- TOTTENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 3,750
Frequently asked questions
About IS 75 FRANK D PAULOWhat is the total enrollment at IS 75 FRANK D PAULO?
IS 75 FRANK D PAULO enrolls approximately 1,514 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does IS 75 FRANK D PAULO serve?
IS 75 FRANK D PAULO serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at IS 75 FRANK D PAULO?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at IS 75 FRANK D PAULO.
What is the racial breakdown of students at IS 75 FRANK D PAULO?
At IS 75 FRANK D PAULO, the student body is approximately 58% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 23% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees IS 75 FRANK D PAULO?
IS 75 FRANK D PAULO 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.