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Enrollment
377
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31·NCES 360010306590
PORT RICHMOND SCHOOL FOR VISIONARY LEARNING
1625 FOREST AVE, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10302 · (718) 816-3377 · Richmond County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL377 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of New York public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
310 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 | 48 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
68%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
43.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
27.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 43 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 down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 34.0% |
% 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 →
Schools most like PORT RICHMOND SCHOOL FOR VISIONARY LEARNING
PORT RICHMOND SCHOOL FOR VISIONARY LEARNING's state test result (34.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PORT RICHMOND SCHOOL FOR VISIONARY LEARNING this school | 377 | 82.2% | 34.4% |
| PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS NEW YORK | 398 | 76.9% | 48.2% |
| PS 171 PETER G VAN ALST LONG ISLAND CITY | 410 | 90.5% | 37.9% |
| PS 20 ANNA SILVER NEW YORK | 313 | 84.0% | 32.3% |
| PS 151 MARY D CARTER WOODSIDE | 334 | 90.4% | 49.7% |
| PS 76 WILLIAM HALLET LONG ISLAND CITY | 397 | 89.9% | 42.3% |
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 PORT RICHMOND SCHOOL FOR VISIONARY LEARNING ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #1,867 of 2,335 | #44 of 53 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #2,150 of 2,342 ▼ 264 | #49 of 53 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,644 of 2,343 ▼ 567 | #44 of 53 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 377 | #1,504 of 2,585 | #38 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #1,627 of 2,338 | #33 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #332 of 2,388 | #18 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.2% | #699 of 2,534 | #18 of 55 |
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
377
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 377 | 29 | 13.0:1 | 82% (310) |
| 2023-24 | 376 | 28.9 | 13.0:1 | 85% (319) |
| 2022-23 | 403 | 27.6 | 14.6:1 | 78% (314) |
| 2020-21 | 368 | 25 | 14.7:1 | 79% (290) |
| 2017-18 | 153 | 11 | 13.9:1 | 79% (121) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PORT RICHMOND SCHOOL FOR VISIONARY LEARNING.
About PORT RICHMOND SCHOOL FOR VISIONARY LEARNING
PORT RICHMOND SCHOOL FOR VISIONARY LEARNING is a mid-sized elementary school in New York, with an address in STATEN ISLAND. It had 377 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
District-wide, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 has 74 schools and 56,577 students.
Of every 100 students at PORT RICHMOND SCHOOL FOR VISIONARY LEARNING, about 50 are Hispanic, the largest group. The remaining students are 21% Black, 14% White, 11% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Richmond County is about 20% Hispanic. A diversity index of 68% means there is a 68% chance two randomly chosen students at PORT RICHMOND SCHOOL FOR VISIONARY LEARNING are from different groups.
There are 29 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.0:1. That is in line with the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. On the income side, 82% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 15 points above the 67% average for public schools in Richmond County.
PORT RICHMOND SCHOOL FOR VISIONARY LEARNING 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 24% of New York public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, PORT RICHMOND SCHOOL FOR VISIONARY LEARNING falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 34.4% actual against 44.8% predicted.
The school's county is Richmond County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $98,333, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. There are 88 public schools in the county, enrolling about 62,254, PORT RICHMOND SCHOOL FOR VISIONARY LEARNING among them.
Of the public schools around it, PORT RICHMOND SCHOOL FOR VISIONARY LEARNING is closest to IS 51 EDWIN MARKHAM, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, PORT RICHMOND SCHOOL FOR VISIONARY LEARNING ranks 8th of 9 on average proficiency.
PORT RICHMOND SCHOOL FOR VISIONARY LEARNING falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, PORT RICHMOND SCHOOL FOR VISIONARY LEARNING enrolled 368; in 2024-25, 377. The school's ratio dropped from 14.7:1 to 13.0:1 between 2020-21 and 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
- PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,696 students
- IS 72 ROCCO LAURIEMiddle · 1,532 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
- PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,696 students
- IS 72 ROCCO LAURIEMiddle · 1,532 students
Nearby schools
- IS 51 EDWIN MARKHAM0.2 mi · 1,072
- NEW WORLD PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.4 mi · 803
- PS 22 GRANITEVILLE0.4 mi · 717
- PS 21 MARGARET EMERY-ELM PARK0.4 mi · 380
- PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,696
- PS 30 WESTERLEIGH0.7 mi · 689
Frequently asked questions
About PORT RICHMOND SCHOOL FOR VISIONARY LEARNINGHow large is PORT RICHMOND SCHOOL FOR VISIONARY LEARNING?
PORT RICHMOND SCHOOL FOR VISIONARY LEARNING enrolls approximately 377 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PORT RICHMOND SCHOOL FOR VISIONARY LEARNING serve?
PORT RICHMOND SCHOOL FOR VISIONARY LEARNING serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does PORT RICHMOND SCHOOL FOR VISIONARY LEARNING have?
PORT RICHMOND SCHOOL FOR VISIONARY LEARNING employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
How diverse is PORT RICHMOND SCHOOL FOR VISIONARY LEARNING?
PORT RICHMOND SCHOOL FOR VISIONARY LEARNING reports a student body of 14% White, 50% Hispanic, 21% Black, 11% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees PORT RICHMOND SCHOOL FOR VISIONARY LEARNING?
PORT RICHMOND SCHOOL FOR VISIONARY LEARNING is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 in Richmond County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.