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Enrollment
884
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360099606147
JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL
1 CORPORATE COMMONS-1 TELEPORT DR, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10311 · (347) 855-2238 · Richmond County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL884 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of New York public K-12 schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
,
Teacher data unavailable
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
725 students
STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 62 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 81 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 105 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 113 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 47 | 5% |
| Grade 10 | 33 | 4% |
| Grade 11 | 29 | 3% |
| Grade 12 | 55 | 6% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 45% smaller than its 8th grade class (113).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
38.7%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
32.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.7% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.6% | 30.0% |
% 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
34.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
884
+89 (+11%) vs 2020
+565% since 2010-11, when it was 133
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 | 884 | N/A | N/A | 82% (725) |
| 2023-24 | 905 | 109.3 | 8.3:1 | 78% (709) |
| 2022-23 | 858 | 102.1 | 8.4:1 | 81% (694) |
| 2020-21 | 795 | 70 | 11.4:1 | 66% (521) |
| 2017-18 | 697 | 77.8 | 9.0:1 | 70% (489) |
| 2015-16 | 495 | 53 | 9.3:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 133 | 11 | 12.1:1 | 71% (94) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL.
About JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL
JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL is a large combined-grade school found in STATEN ISLAND, New York. Students in kindergarten through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 884 students. For comparison, combined schools in New York average about 544 students.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
By race and ethnicity, JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL is 50% Black. The school is also 37% Hispanic, 6% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That is higher than the 10% Black share among all Richmond County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 61%.
Eligible students account for 82% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. The 67% average for public schools in Richmond County is 15 points lower.
Measured against New York public K-12 schools, JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL's results are 10.4 points below predicted: 34.4% against 44.8%.
In Richmond County (population about 494,956), median household income is about $98,333, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 88 public schools in Richmond County, which together enroll about 62,254 students.
Nearby, RICHMOND PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 55.7%; JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL's is 34.4%, ranking 9th of 9.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. As a charter school, JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL is publicly funded and operates under a charter.
The number of students grew from 795 to 884 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
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- PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,696 students
- IS 72 ROCCO LAURIEMiddle · 1,532 students
Nearby schools
- RICHMOND PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.0 mi · 365
- NEW VENTURES CHARTER SCHOOL0.0 mi · 134
- EARLY COLLEGE CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 192
- HELLENIC CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL - STATEN ISLAND1.0 mi · 474
- PS 60 ALICE AUSTEN1.0 mi · 599
- PS 26 CARTERET SCHOOL (THE)1.1 mi · 272
Frequently asked questions
About JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOLHow many students attend JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL?
JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 884 students in grades KG-12.
What age range does JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 12.
What is the student diversity at JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL?
Student demographics at JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL are roughly 6% White, 37% Hispanic, 50% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL public or private?
JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL.
What city is JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL in?
JOHN W LAVELLE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL is located in STATEN ISLAND, NY.
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