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How has PS 1 TOTTENVILLE changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
461
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31·NCES 360010302044
PS 1 TOTTENVILLE
58 SUMMIT ST, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10307 · (718) 984-0960 · Richmond County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL461 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of New York public elementary schools
- A-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
13.2:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
174 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 | 32 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
48%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
78.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
71.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 72.0% |
% 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
67.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 TOTTENVILLE
PS 1 TOTTENVILLE's state test result (67.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 1 TOTTENVILLE this school | 461 | 37.7% | 67.6% |
| JOSEPH A EDGAR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ROCKY POINT | 542 | 34.5% | 36.8% |
| MATTITUCK-CUTCHOGUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CUTCHOGUE | 457 | 36.8% | 58.8% |
| NOKOMIS SCHOOL HOLBROOK | 496 | 35.5% | 39.6% |
| EAST ROCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EAST ROCHESTER | 432 | 37.5% | 46.1% |
| CAYUGA SCHOOL LAKE GROVE | 539 | 33.4% | 50.8% |
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 PS 1 TOTTENVILLE ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #465 of 2,335 | #20 of 53 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #652 of 2,342 ▼ 147 | #23 of 53 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #293 of 2,343 ▲ 43 | #14 of 53 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 461 | #1,018 of 2,585 | #32 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #1,673 of 2,338 | #34 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.9% | #1,329 of 2,388 | #46 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.7% | #1,755 of 2,534 | #53 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.9% | #1,721 of 1,757 | #33 of 34 |
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
461
+65 (+16%) vs 2020
-17% since 2010-11, when it was 555
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 461 | 35 | 13.2:1 | 38% (174) |
| 2023-24 | 442 | 34 | 13.0:1 | 37% (162) |
| 2022-23 | 431 | 28 | 15.4:1 | 37% (159) |
| 2020-21 | 396 | 32 | 12.4:1 | 37% (145) |
| 2017-18 | 465 | 41 | 11.3:1 | 38% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 490 | 42 | 11.7:1 | 36% (177) |
| 2010-11 | 555 | 34 | 16.3:1 | 31% (174) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 1 TOTTENVILLE.
About PS 1 TOTTENVILLE
PS 1 TOTTENVILLE is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in STATEN ISLAND, New York. The student body numbers 461 students, from pre-K through 5.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 (74 schools, 56,577 students) runs PS 1 TOTTENVILLE.
White students account for 68% of enrollment at PS 1 TOTTENVILLE. Smaller groups are 23% Hispanic and 6% Asian. For comparison, the population of Richmond County is roughly 60% White. PS 1 TOTTENVILLE has a diversity index of 48%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
PS 1 TOTTENVILLE employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.2:1. Elementary schools in New York average about 12.8:1, a similar figure. PS 1 TOTTENVILLE's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 38%. The rate at public schools in Richmond County averages 67%, higher than here.
allk12 grades PS 1 TOTTENVILLE an A-. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 61.1% for PS 1 TOTTENVILLE. The school posts 67.6%, 6.5 points above the prediction.
Richmond County has these Census figures: median household income is about $98,333, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. PS 1 TOTTENVILLE is among the 88 public schools in Richmond County.
The nearest other public school, IS 34 TOTTENVILLE, is less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of PS 1 TOTTENVILLE. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, PS 1 TOTTENVILLE is 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 396 to 461.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 34 TOTTENVILLE0.1 mi · 1,230
- PS 6 CORPORAL ALLAN F KIVLEHAN SCHOOL0.7 mi · 540
- Perth Amboy Magnet School1.0 mi · 269
- SOUTH RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL IS/PS 251.2 mi · 572
- Anthony V. Ceres Elementary School1.2 mi · 559
- William C. McGinnis Middle School1.3 mi · 984
Frequently asked questions
About PS 1 TOTTENVILLEHow large is PS 1 TOTTENVILLE?
PS 1 TOTTENVILLE enrolls approximately 461 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 1 TOTTENVILLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 1 TOTTENVILLE is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 1 TOTTENVILLE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 1 TOTTENVILLE is approximately 13.2:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PS 1 TOTTENVILLE?
PS 1 TOTTENVILLE reports a student body of 68% White, 23% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PS 1 TOTTENVILLE in?
PS 1 TOTTENVILLE 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.