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What's something PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,696
High
DISTRICT 1,567 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31·NCES 360010302850
PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL
85 ST JOSEPHS AVE, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10302 · (718) 420-2100 · Richmond County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,696 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of New York public high schools
- C-Test 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
154 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
1,401 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 369 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 411 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 457 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 454 | 27% |
| Ungraded | 5 | 0% |
Student demographics
64%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
72.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
25.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
40.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% 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 →
Schools most like PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL
PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (40.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,696 | 82.6% | 40.5% |
| HIGH SCHOOL OF FASHION INDUSTRIES (THE) NEW YORK | 1,455 | 81.3% | 62.0% |
| HERBERT H LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 1,087 | 81.2% | 48.7% |
| CURTIS HIGH SCHOOL STATEN ISLAND | 2,439 | 80.0% | 52.7% |
| DEWITT CLINTON HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 1,212 | 88.8% | 51.2% |
| GORTON HIGH SCHOOL YONKERS | 1,068 | 82.0% | 41.7% |
Matched among New York high 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 PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #930 of 1,135 | #10 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #952 of 1,109 ▼ 58 | #11 of 13 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #548 of 1,135 ▲ 277 | #8 of 13 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,696 | #71 of 1,216 | #5 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #519 of 1,058 | #4 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.5% | #207 of 1,070 | #7 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.6% | #399 of 1,167 | #5 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.1% | #144 of 339 | #3 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,696
+165 (+11%) vs 2020
-26% since 2010-11, when it was 2,278
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 1,696 | 154.1 | 11.0:1 | 83% (1,401) |
| 2023-24 | 1,746 | 147.4 | 11.8:1 | 80% (1,393) |
| 2022-23 | 1,693 | 137.3 | 12.3:1 | 78% (1,321) |
| 2020-21 | 1,531 | 109 | 14.1:1 | 80% (1,222) |
| 2017-18 | 1,541 | 94 | 16.4:1 | 74% (1,141) |
| 2015-16 | 1,482 | 81 | 18.3:1 | 69% (1,020) |
| 2010-11 | 2,278 | 96 | 23.7:1 | 60% (1,367) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL.
About PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL
PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL sits in STATEN ISLAND, New York, and is classified as a high school. School enrollment was 1,696 students in 2024-25, in grades 9 through 12. The average among high schools in New York is roughly 668 students; this school is 154% above that.
PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL is one of 74 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31, which enrolls 56,577 students in total.
Roughly 54% of students at PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL are Hispanic. Other groups make up 23% Black, 13% White, 7% Asian, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 20% of Richmond County residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 64%, meaning two students picked at random have a 64% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its teaching staff equals 154.1 full-time positions, a ratio of 11.0:1. That is close to the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 83%. Compared with the 67% average for public schools in Richmond County, the school's rate is higher.
The allk12 Grade for PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL is C-. Compared with New York public high schools, the school scored higher than 17% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 40.5%, compared with a predicted 44.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
According to the American Community Survey, in Richmond County, the median household income is $98,333, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. There are 88 public schools in Richmond County, enrolling about 62,254 students in all.
The next-closest public school is PS 21 MARGARET EMERY-ELM PARK, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL climbed 11% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 1,531 to 1,696 students. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.1:1 in 2020-21, and 11.0:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- IS 72 ROCCO LAURIEMiddle · 1,532 students
- IS 75 FRANK D PAULOMiddle · 1,514 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
- IS 72 ROCCO LAURIEMiddle · 1,532 students
- IS 75 FRANK D PAULOMiddle · 1,514 students
Nearby schools
- PS 21 MARGARET EMERY-ELM PARK0.3 mi · 380
- NEW WORLD PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.4 mi · 803
- PS 20 PORT RICHMOND0.5 mi · 277
- PORT RICHMOND SCHOOL FOR VISIONARY LEARNING0.7 mi · 377
- PS 44 THOMAS C BROWN0.8 mi · 521
- PS 22 GRANITEVILLE0.8 mi · 717
Frequently asked questions
About PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL?
PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,696 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL serve?
PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.0:1 students per teacher at PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 13% White, 54% Hispanic, 23% Black, 7% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL in?
PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.