Enrollment
282
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31·NCES 360010302075
PS 11 THOMAS DONGAN SCHOOL
85 GARRETSON AVE, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10304 · (718) 979-1030 · Richmond County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL282 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% 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.
- 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
11.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
228 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 | 55 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
72%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
52.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +28.0pp since 2023
Math
49.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 28 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
37.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% 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 PS 11 THOMAS DONGAN SCHOOL
PS 11 THOMAS DONGAN SCHOOL's state test result (37.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 11 THOMAS DONGAN SCHOOL this school | 282 | 80.9% | 37.3% |
| PS 121 NELSON A ROCKEFELLER BROOKLYN | 295 | 80.3% | 62.1% |
| STEAM BRIDGE SCHOOL (THE) BRONX | 271 | 80.4% | 77.2% |
| VAN CORLAER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 311 | 83.9% | 26.8% |
| PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL STATEN ISLAND | 354 | 78.8% | 46.1% |
| YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 327 | 83.2% | 33.3% |
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 PS 11 THOMAS DONGAN SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #1,745 of 2,335 | #41 of 53 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,480 of 2,342 ▲ 148 | #39 of 53 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,245 of 2,343 ▲ 778 | #39 of 53 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 282 | #2,092 of 2,585 | #46 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #972 of 2,338 | #19 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.4% | #124 of 2,388 | #3 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.9% | #746 of 2,534 | #20 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #1,100 of 1,757 | #20 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
282
-23 (-8%) vs 2020
-4% since 2010-11, when it was 295
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 282 | 25 | 11.3:1 | 81% (228) |
| 2023-24 | 292 | 25 | 11.7:1 | 80% (234) |
| 2022-23 | 327 | 25.6 | 12.8:1 | 77% (252) |
| 2020-21 | 305 | 23 | 13.3:1 | 81% (247) |
| 2017-18 | 316 | 28 | 11.3:1 | 74% (233) |
| 2015-16 | 277 | 24 | 11.5:1 | 76% (211) |
| 2010-11 | 295 | 23 | 12.8:1 | 74% (218) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 11 THOMAS DONGAN SCHOOL.
About PS 11 THOMAS DONGAN SCHOOL
PS 11 THOMAS DONGAN SCHOOL sits in STATEN ISLAND, New York, and is classified as an elementary school. It educates 282 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 36% smaller than the 443 average for elementary schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 is responsible for 74 schools, PS 11 THOMAS DONGAN SCHOOL included, with 56,577 students in all.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at PS 11 THOMAS DONGAN SCHOOL is White (37%). The remaining students are 30% Hispanic, 20% Asian, and 11% Black. Census figures show Richmond County is about 60% White. By the diversity index, PS 11 THOMAS DONGAN SCHOOL comes in at 72%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1 at PS 11 THOMAS DONGAN SCHOOL, with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in New York, the typical ratio is 12.8:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 81% of enrollment. Compared with the 67% average for public schools in Richmond County, the school's rate is higher.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, PS 11 THOMAS DONGAN SCHOOL receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 45.3% for PS 11 THOMAS DONGAN SCHOOL. The school posts 37.3%, 8.0 points below the prediction.
Richmond County has these Census figures: median household income is about $98,333, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. The public schools of Richmond County number 88 and enroll about 62,254.
The closest public school, PS 52 JOHN C THOMPSON, is about 0.8 miles from PS 11 THOMAS DONGAN SCHOOL. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, PS 11 THOMAS DONGAN SCHOOL ranks 7th 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.
PS 11 THOMAS DONGAN SCHOOL had 305 students in 2020-21 and 282 in 2024-25, an 8% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.3:1 to 11.3:1.
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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
- PS 52 JOHN C THOMPSON0.8 mi · 627
- NAPLES STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 311
- PS 48 WILLIAM G WILCOX0.9 mi · 964
- PS 46 ALBERT V MANISCALCO0.9 mi · 171
- IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT0.9 mi · 980
- PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL1.1 mi · 354
Frequently asked questions
About PS 11 THOMAS DONGAN SCHOOLHow many students attend PS 11 THOMAS DONGAN SCHOOL?
PS 11 THOMAS DONGAN SCHOOL enrolls approximately 282 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 11 THOMAS DONGAN SCHOOL serve?
PS 11 THOMAS DONGAN SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 11 THOMAS DONGAN SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at PS 11 THOMAS DONGAN SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 11 THOMAS DONGAN SCHOOL?
At PS 11 THOMAS DONGAN SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 37% White, 30% Hispanic, 11% Black, 20% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 11 THOMAS DONGAN SCHOOL?
PS 11 THOMAS DONGAN SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 in Richmond County.
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