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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) this year?
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Enrollment
662
Elementary
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2·NCES 360007702076
PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE)
320 W 21ST ST, NEW YORK, NY 10011 · (212) 929-1743 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL662 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
15.1:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
229 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 18 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 124 | 19% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (124).
Student demographics
71%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
85.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
84.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.0% | 84.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 84.0% |
% 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
79.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE)
PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE)'s state test result (79.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) this school | 662 | 34.6% | 79.7% |
| POLK STREET SCHOOL FRANKLIN SQUARE | 594 | 29.0% | 57.7% |
| PS 30 WESTERLEIGH STATEN ISLAND | 689 | 41.1% | 75.6% |
| PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK HOWARD BEACH | 668 | 37.6% | 63.7% |
| OTSEGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DIX HILLS | 574 | 33.1% | 59.9% |
| PS 198 ISADOR E IDA STRAUS NEW YORK | 516 | 39.5% | 76.8% |
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 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.7% | #178 of 2,335 | #35 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #240 of 2,342 ▼ 35 | #40 of 151 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #140 of 2,343 ▼ 26 | #34 of 151 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 662 | #333 of 2,585 | #15 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #2,043 of 2,338 | #100 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.2% | #163 of 2,388 | #16 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.6% | #1,852 of 2,534 | #127 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.0% | #337 of 1,757 | #55 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
662
-141 (-18%) vs 2020
+5% since 2010-11, when it was 633
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 662 | 44 | 15.1:1 | 35% (229) |
| 2023-24 | 739 | 51 | 14.5:1 | 36% (268) |
| 2022-23 | 688 | 49 | 14.0:1 | 31% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 803 | 53 | 15.2:1 | 32% (260) |
| 2017-18 | 920 | 58 | 15.9:1 | 29% (271) |
| 2015-16 | 920 | 63 | 14.6:1 | 28% (256) |
| 2010-11 | 633 | 53 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE).
About PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE)
PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) is a mid-sized elementary school in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, located in NEW YORK, New York. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 662 students enrolled. By comparison, elementary schools in New York enroll about 443 students on average.
PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) is in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, a district with 54,599 students across 119 schools.
No group is above 50% at PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE); the largest is White, at 42%. Beyond that, enrollment is 26% Hispanic, 18% Asian, 7% Black, and 6% multiracial. The diversity index for PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) is 71%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 44 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.1:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1. The school reported 35% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in New York County averages 70%, higher than here.
PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 93% of New York public elementary schools.
The model predicts 62.3% for a school in New York with PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE)'s free or reduced-price lunch share. PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) posts 79.7%.
The county, New York County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $103,931 a year, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's public schools total 358, with about 152,104 students.
PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE)'s nearest public school is HUMANITIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY (about 0.1 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE). PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) places 4th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES assigns PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 662, from 803 in 2020-21.
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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
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- JAMES BALDWIN SCHOOL-A SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LRNING0.1 mi · 138
- MANHATTAN BUSINESS ACADEMY0.1 mi · 441
Frequently asked questions
About PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE)What is the total enrollment at PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE)?
PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) enrolls approximately 662 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) serve?
PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE)?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) is approximately 15.1:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE)?
Student demographics at PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) are roughly 42% White, 26% Hispanic, 7% Black, 18% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) in?
PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2.
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