Enrollment
200
Elementary
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2·NCES 360007702042
PS 1 ALFRED E SMITH
8 HENRY ST, NEW YORK, NY 10038 · (212) 267-4133 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL200 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% 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.
- BBeats 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
9.5:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
181 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 43 | 22% |
| Kindergarten | 22 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (22) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (25).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
44.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
51.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 46.0% |
% 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
41.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 PS 1 ALFRED E SMITH
PS 1 ALFRED E SMITH's state test result (41.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 1 ALFRED E SMITH this school | 200 | 90.5% | 41.4% |
| PS 536 BRONX | 265 | 94.7% | 41.9% |
| PS 51 RICHMOND HILL | 202 | 84.7% | N/A |
| LINDEN TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRONX | 300 | 91.7% | 34.5% |
| STEAM BRIDGE SCHOOL (THE) BRONX | 271 | 80.4% | 77.2% |
| PS 46 ALBERT V MANISCALCO STATEN ISLAND | 171 | 89.5% | 32.7% |
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 PS 1 ALFRED E SMITH ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #1,549 of 2,335 | #105 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,393 of 2,342 ▲ 47 | #90 of 151 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,581 of 2,343 ▼ 213 | #111 of 151 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 200 | #2,386 of 2,585 | #133 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #290 of 2,338 | #23 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.5% | #392 of 2,388 | #31 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.5% | #390 of 2,534 | #52 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.1% | #159 of 1,757 | #30 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
200
-35 (-15%) vs 2020
-63% since 2010-11, when it was 544
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 200 | 21.1 | 9.5:1 | 91% (181) |
| 2023-24 | 217 | 19.4 | 11.2:1 | 87% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 192 | 18.9 | 10.2:1 | 78% (149) |
| 2020-21 | 235 | 22 | 10.7:1 | 77% (182) |
| 2017-18 | 318 | 33 | 9.6:1 | 79% (251) |
| 2015-16 | 403 | 38 | 10.6:1 | 61% (247) |
| 2010-11 | 544 | 39 | 13.9:1 | 65% (356) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 1 ALFRED E SMITH.
About PS 1 ALFRED E SMITH
PS 1 ALFRED E SMITH is an elementary school located in NEW YORK, New York, in New York County. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 200 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in New York enroll around 443, and this school is 55% below that mark.
The NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 system has 119 schools and 54,599 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at PS 1 ALFRED E SMITH is Hispanic, with 49% of students. Other groups make up 25% Asian, 20% Black, 3% White, and 3% multiracial. New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
With 21.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 9.5:1. Elementary schools in New York have an average ratio of 12.8:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at PS 1 ALFRED E SMITH, 91% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in New York County average 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, PS 1 ALFRED E SMITH lands at C+, ahead of 44% of New York public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, PS 1 ALFRED E SMITH is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 41.4%. Predicted: 41.7%.
For the population of New York County, 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. New York County's 358 public schools enroll about 152,104 students and include PS 1 ALFRED E SMITH.
PS 126 JACOB AUGUST RIIS is the nearest public school to PS 1 ALFRED E SMITH, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of PS 1 ALFRED E SMITH, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, PS 1 ALFRED E SMITH is 8th of 9 on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, PS 1 ALFRED E SMITH enrolled 235 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 200. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 10.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 9.5:1.
On allk12, people connected to PS 1 ALFRED E SMITH can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 PS 1 ALFRED E SMITHHow many students attend PS 1 ALFRED E SMITH?
PS 1 ALFRED E SMITH enrolls approximately 200 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 1 ALFRED E SMITH serve?
PS 1 ALFRED E SMITH serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 1 ALFRED E SMITH?
Approximately 9.5:1 students per teacher at PS 1 ALFRED E SMITH.
What is the student diversity at PS 1 ALFRED E SMITH?
Student demographics at PS 1 ALFRED E SMITH are roughly 3% White, 49% Hispanic, 20% Black, 25% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is PS 1 ALFRED E SMITH public or private?
PS 1 ALFRED E SMITH is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.