Enrollment
327
Elementary
DISTRICT 436 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3·NCES 360007802640
LOCKE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND ENGINEERING (THE)
20 W 112TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10026 · (212) 534-7490 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL327 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
196 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 113 | 35% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 21 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 13% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
59.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +21.0pp since 2023
Math
44.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 21 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
42.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 LOCKE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND ENGINEERING (THE)
LOCKE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND ENGINEERING (THE)'s state test result (42.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOCKE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND ENGINEERING (THE) this school | 327 | 59.9% | 42.2% |
| VIOLET AVENUE SCHOOL POUGHKEEPSIE | 312 | 59.6% | 37.8% |
| PS 125 RALPH BUNCHE NEW YORK | 260 | 58.8% | 73.9% |
| HELENDALE ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 311 | 60.8% | N/A |
| BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH BABYLON | 375 | 52.8% | 37.4% |
| WILLIAM E DELUCA JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH BABYLON | 401 | 51.6% | 18.8% |
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 LOCKE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND ENGINEERING (THE) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #1,515 of 2,335 | #103 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,672 of 2,342 ▲ 107 | #108 of 151 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #960 of 2,343 ▲ 396 | #75 of 151 ▲ 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 327 | #1,821 of 2,585 | #94 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #1,699 of 2,338 | #81 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.5% | #119 of 2,388 | #12 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.9% | #1,161 of 2,534 | #108 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +33.5% | #72 of 606 | #7 of 28 |
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
327
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
+30% since 2010-11, when it was 251
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 327 | 24.7 | 13.3:1 | 60% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 290 | 22 | 13.2:1 | 68% (197) |
| 2022-23 | 273 | 33.1 | 8.3:1 | 72% (197) |
| 2020-21 | 324 | 28 | 11.6:1 | 80% (259) |
| 2017-18 | 245 | 22 | 11.1:1 | 84% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 244 | 19 | 12.8:1 | 87% (212) |
| 2010-11 | 251 | 21 | 11.9:1 | 69% (172) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LOCKE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND ENGINEERING (THE).
About LOCKE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND ENGINEERING (THE)
In NEW YORK, New York, part of New York County, LOCKE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND ENGINEERING (THE) is an elementary school. The school enrolls 327 students in pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in New York average about 443 students, which makes this school 26% below average.
LOCKE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND ENGINEERING (THE) is in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3, a district with 19,478 students across 44 schools.
Hispanic students account for 38% of enrollment at LOCKE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND ENGINEERING (THE), more than any other group. Smaller groups are 28% Black, 19% White, 12% multiracial, and 2% Asian. County-wide, 24% of New York County residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 73%.
A staff of 24.7 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 13.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is similar, at 12.8:1. By family income, 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in New York County is 10 points.
LOCKE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND ENGINEERING (THE) earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 34% of New York public elementary schools.
LOCKE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND ENGINEERING (THE) scores 42.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 53.0%.
New York County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. There are 358 public schools in the county, enrolling about 152,104, LOCKE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND ENGINEERING (THE) among them.
Measured in a straight line, HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from LOCKE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND ENGINEERING (THE). Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 44.8% proficiency; LOCKE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND ENGINEERING (THE) posts 42.2%.
NCES assigns LOCKE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND ENGINEERING (THE) the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 324 students in 2020-21 and 327 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. Students per teacher increased from 11.6 in 2020-21 to 13.3 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for LOCKE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND ENGINEERING (THE) is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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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Frequently asked questions
About LOCKE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND ENGINEERING (THE)How many students attend LOCKE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND ENGINEERING (THE)?
LOCKE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND ENGINEERING (THE) enrolls approximately 327 students in grades PK-05.
Is LOCKE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND ENGINEERING (THE) an elementary, middle, or high school?
LOCKE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND ENGINEERING (THE) is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at LOCKE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND ENGINEERING (THE)?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at LOCKE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND ENGINEERING (THE).
What is the racial breakdown of students at LOCKE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND ENGINEERING (THE)?
At LOCKE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND ENGINEERING (THE), the student body is approximately 19% White, 38% Hispanic, 28% Black, 2% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is LOCKE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND ENGINEERING (THE) in?
LOCKE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND ENGINEERING (THE) is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3.
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