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PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS

440 W 53RD ST, NEW YORK, NY 10019 · (212) 582-7420 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL398 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% of New York public elementary schools
  • B-Test 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

Enrollment
398
Elementary
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
306 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K5013%
Kindergarten6917%
Grade 15514%
Grade 26115%
Grade 35013%
Grade 45213%
Grade 56015%
Ungraded10%

This year's kindergarten class (69) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (60).

Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
5313%
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
22557%
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
6817%
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
359%
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
133%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
41%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
21855%
Female
18045%

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
57.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
49.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 57 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2557.0%49.0%
2023-2447.0%47.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 111 ADOLPH S OCHS

PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS's state test result (48.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS this school39876.9%48.2%
PS 51 ELIAS HOWE
NEW YORK
45176.7%50.1%
PORT RICHMOND SCHOOL FOR VISIONARY LEARNING
STATEN ISLAND
37782.2%34.4%
CENTRAL PARK EAST II
NEW YORK
40778.1%39.5%
PS 65 ACADEMY OF INNOVATIVE LEARNING (THE)
STATEN ISLAND
34075.0%62.0%
BRONX DELTA SCHOOL
BRONX
39980.5%48.3%
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 111 ADOLPH S OCHS ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn New York County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
48.2%#1,241 of 2,335#93 of 154
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
49.0%#1,471 of 2,342
▼ 60
#96 of 151
▲ 1
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
57.0%#1,050 of 2,343
▼ 68
#83 of 151
▼ 2
Enrollment
ranked largest first
398#1,368 of 2,585#68 of 158
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
10.0:1#434 of 2,338#37 of 122
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
62.5%#585 of 2,388#43 of 133
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
76.9%#856 of 2,534#91 of 155
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+2.1%#496 of 606#24 of 28
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 2024-25
Enrollment
398
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-35% since 2010-11, when it was 612
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 12.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2539839.810.0:177% (306)
2023-2439535.211.2:174% (294)
2022-2338331.712.1:167% (257)
2020-213993312.1:161% (242)
2017-183903411.5:161% (239)
2015-163913212.2:149% (192)
2010-116125511.1:186% (526)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS.

About PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS

PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in NEW YORK, New York. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 398 students enrolled.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 is the local district for PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS. It runs 119 schools with 54,599 students.

Of every 100 students at PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS, about 57 are Hispanic. It is also 17% Black, 13% White, 9% Asian, and 3% multiracial. New York County's residents are about 24% Hispanic, 32 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 62%.

PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS has 39.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.0:1. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 2.8 students per teacher. At PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS, 77% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.

Among New York public elementary schools, PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS outscored 53%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.

Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS's results are 1.4 points above predicted: 48.2% against 46.7%.

New York County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $103,931, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 64%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. New York County's 358 public schools enroll about 152,104 students and include PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS.

CITY KNOLL MIDDLE SCHOOL sits less than a tenth of a mile from PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS comes in 5th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.

Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.

In 2020-21, PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS enrolled 399; in 2024-25, 398. The number of students per teacher dropped from 12.1 to 10.0 over 4 years.

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New York County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS
District
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2
Address
440 W 53RD ST, NEW YORK, NY 10019
Phone
(212) 582-7420
County
New York County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
398
Teachers (FTE)
40
Student–teacher ratio
10.0:1
Free and reduced lunch
306 (77%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
360007702414
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS
How large is PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS?
PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS enrolls approximately 398 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS serve?
PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS is approximately 10.0:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS?
Student demographics at PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS are roughly 13% White, 57% Hispanic, 17% Black, 9% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS public or private?
PS 111 ADOLPH S OCHS is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2.
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