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Enrollment
516
Elementary
DISTRICT 339 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4·NCES 360007902246
JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOL
176 E 115TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10029 · (212) 876-5522 · New York County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL516 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
493 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 42 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 72 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 49% smaller than its 8th grade class (72).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
38.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
27.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +14.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOL
JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOL's state test result (28.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOL this school | 516 | 95.5% | 28.6% |
| PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS NEW YORK | 527 | 95.1% | 36.4% |
| PS 32 BELMONT BRONX | 527 | 96.4% | 23.9% |
| PS 28 MOUNT HOPE BRONX | 556 | 95.3% | 35.5% |
| PS 9 RYER AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRONX | 472 | 95.1% | 32.7% |
| PS 205 FIORELLO LAGUARDIA BRONX | 496 | 96.0% | 35.1% |
Matched among New York elementary 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 JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #2,062 of 2,335 | #143 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #2,144 of 2,342 ▲ 149 | #141 of 151 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,867 of 2,343 ▼ 166 | #128 of 151 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 516 | #749 of 2,585 | #35 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #917 of 2,338 | #52 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.6% | #1,743 of 2,388 | #109 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.5% | #169 of 2,534 | #24 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.7% | #175 of 1,757 | #33 of 114 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
516
-102 (-17%) vs 2020
-33% since 2010-11, when it was 768
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 516 | 46.2 | 11.2:1 | 96% (493) |
| 2023-24 | 579 | 48.4 | 12.0:1 | 93% (539) |
| 2022-23 | 526 | 51.3 | 10.3:1 | 91% (479) |
| 2020-21 | 618 | 54 | 11.4:1 | 92% (571) |
| 2017-18 | 803 | 65 | 12.3:1 | 89% (713) |
| 2015-16 | 852 | 68 | 12.5:1 | 82% (702) |
| 2010-11 | 768 | 60 | 12.8:1 | 85% (650) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOL.
About JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOL
JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school found in NEW YORK, New York. Enrolled students number 516 students, in pre-K through 8.
JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOL is in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4, a district with 11,316 students across 30 schools.
At 78%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOL combined. It is also 18% Black. New York County's residents are about 24% Hispanic, 54 points below the school's share. By the diversity index, JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOL comes in at 36%.
Teachers at JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOL total 46.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.2:1. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is higher than this school's figure. The school counts 493 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 96%. That is 26 points above the 70% average for public schools in New York County.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOL receives a C-. 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 BeatsExpectations, JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOL is 11.2 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
New York County has about 1,629,477 residents, and median household income is about $103,931, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 64% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Federal data list 358 public schools in New York County, with a combined enrollment of about 152,104.
Nearest public school: MOSAIC PREPARATORY ACADEMY, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOL is 5th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
In the federal locale system, JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOL is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 618 in 2020-21 and 516 in 2024-25, a decrease of 102 students.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOL covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
New York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,629,477
Census ACS
Median income
$103,931
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
64%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
358
152,104 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- MOSAIC PREPARATORY ACADEMY0.2 mi · 206
- HARBOR SCIENCE AND ARTS CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 244
- PS 102 JACQUES CARTIER0.2 mi · 221
- PS 7 SAMUEL STERN0.3 mi · 348
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Frequently asked questions
About JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOLHow large is JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOL?
JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOL enrolls approximately 516 students in grades PK-08.
Is JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOL have?
JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOL employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOL?
At JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 78% Hispanic, 18% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOL?
JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4 in New York County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.