Enrollment
258
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6·NCES 360008305642
PAULA HEDBAVNY SCHOOL
3761 10TH AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10034 · (212) 521-2060 · New York County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL258 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of New York public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
8.5:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
201 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 7 | 3% |
| Grade 1 | 9 | 3% |
| Grade 2 | 14 | 5% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 59 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 41 | 16% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
55.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
57.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
50.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 PAULA HEDBAVNY SCHOOL
PAULA HEDBAVNY SCHOOL's state test result (50.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAULA HEDBAVNY SCHOOL this school | 258 | 77.9% | 50.6% |
| PROFESSOR JUAN BOSCH PUBLIC SCHOOL NEW YORK | 254 | 81.1% | 58.6% |
| IVAN LAFAYETTE EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS (THE) EAST ELMHURST | 222 | 82.9% | N/A |
| SUNSET PARK AVENUES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 337 | 80.1% | 38.3% |
| PS 151 LYNDON B JOHNSON BROOKLYN | 268 | 86.9% | 46.3% |
| MILTON FEIN SCHOOL BRONX | 363 | 80.7% | 64.5% |
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 PAULA HEDBAVNY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #1,141 of 2,335 | #87 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,166 of 2,342 ▼ 143 | #80 of 151 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,124 of 2,343 ▼ 57 | #89 of 151 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 258 | #2,202 of 2,585 | #116 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.5:1 | #110 of 2,338 | #12 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.5% | #1,847 of 2,388 | #113 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.9% | #835 of 2,534 | #89 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -53.8% | #24 of 1,757 | #4 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
258
-215 (-45%) vs 2020
-49% since 2010-11, when it was 509
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 258 | 30.4 | 8.5:1 | 78% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 290 | 35.1 | 8.3:1 | 71% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 339 | 35.2 | 9.6:1 | 71% (242) |
| 2020-21 | 473 | 41 | 11.5:1 | 67% (317) |
| 2017-18 | 558 | 33 | 16.9:1 | 67% (376) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 30 | 17.9:1 | 65% (349) |
| 2010-11 | 509 | 31 | 16.4:1 | 78% (397) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PAULA HEDBAVNY SCHOOL.
About PAULA HEDBAVNY SCHOOL
PAULA HEDBAVNY SCHOOL is one of the public schools in NEW YORK, New York. It is a small elementary school. It reports enrollment of 258 students in kindergarten through 8. Across elementary schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 443.
PAULA HEDBAVNY SCHOOL is part of a district of 45 schools: NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6, with 17,415 students.
PAULA HEDBAVNY SCHOOL is 82% Hispanic by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 11% White and 6% Black. In New York County overall, about 24% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 32%.
The school lists 30.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.5:1. The average for elementary schools in New York, 12.8:1, is higher. A total of 201 students, or 78%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New York public elementary schools, PAULA HEDBAVNY SCHOOL outscored 57%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 46.3%. PAULA HEDBAVNY SCHOOL scores 50.6%.
For the population of New York County, the median household earns about $103,931 a year, about 64% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. PAULA HEDBAVNY SCHOOL shares New York County with 357 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, PS 18 PARK TERRACE, is less than a tenth of a mile. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. PAULA HEDBAVNY SCHOOL places 3rd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
PAULA HEDBAVNY SCHOOL is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
The school counted 473 students in 2020-21 and 258 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.5:1 to 8.5:1 over the same years.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6
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Nearby schools
- PS 18 PARK TERRACE0.0 mi · 179
- PS 5 ELLEN LURIE0.2 mi · 425
- WASHINGTON HEIGHTS ACADEMY0.3 mi · 463
- INWOOD ACADEMY FOR LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 955
- PS 152 DYCKMAN VALLEY0.4 mi · 456
- PROFESSOR JUAN BOSCH PUBLIC SCHOOL0.4 mi · 254
Frequently asked questions
About PAULA HEDBAVNY SCHOOLHow large is PAULA HEDBAVNY SCHOOL?
PAULA HEDBAVNY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 258 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does PAULA HEDBAVNY SCHOOL serve?
PAULA HEDBAVNY SCHOOL serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PAULA HEDBAVNY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PAULA HEDBAVNY SCHOOL is approximately 8.5:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PAULA HEDBAVNY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PAULA HEDBAVNY SCHOOL are roughly 11% White, 82% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PAULA HEDBAVNY SCHOOL?
PAULA HEDBAVNY SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6 in New York County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.