Enrollment
350
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6·NCES 360008302431
PS 115 ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT
586 W 177TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10033 · (212) 927-9233 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL350 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% 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
9.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
346 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 22 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
39.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
55.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +16.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
37.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 115 ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT
PS 115 ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT's state test result (37.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 115 ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT this school | 350 | 98.9% | 37.6% |
| PS 86 IRVINGTON (THE) BROOKLYN | 347 | 98.3% | 33.0% |
| PS 291 BRONX | 311 | 99.0% | 47.4% |
| PS 25 BILINGUAL SCHOOL BRONX | 409 | 96.3% | 40.3% |
| PS 8 LUIS BELLIARD NEW YORK | 354 | 92.9% | 31.3% |
| BILINGUAL CENTER BUFFALO | 358 | 93.3% | 12.5% |
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 115 ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #1,731 of 2,335 | #117 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,241 of 2,342 ▲ 453 | #86 of 151 ▲ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,819 of 2,343 ▲ 206 | #125 of 151 ▲ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 350 | #1,669 of 2,585 | #84 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #251 of 2,338 | #19 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.2% | #2,197 of 2,388 | #126 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #18 of 2,534 | #4 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.6% | #381 of 1,757 | #60 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
350
-43 (-11%) vs 2020
-49% since 2010-11, when it was 680
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 350 | 37.5 | 9.3:1 | 99% (346) |
| 2023-24 | 352 | 34 | 10.3:1 | 96% (338) |
| 2022-23 | 351 | 33 | 10.6:1 | 96% (336) |
| 2020-21 | 393 | 27 | 14.6:1 | 97% (382) |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 36 | 13.2:1 | 96% (460) |
| 2015-16 | 552 | 36 | 15.3:1 | 97% (534) |
| 2010-11 | 680 | 45 | 15.1:1 | 100% (677) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 115 ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT.
About PS 115 ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT
PS 115 ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT is a small elementary school in New York, located in NEW YORK. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 350 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6 has 17,415 students spread across 45 schools.
Hispanic students are the large majority at PS 115 ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT, with 92% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 3% White and 3% Black. In New York County overall, about 24% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at PS 115 ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 15%.
Teachers at PS 115 ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT total 37.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 9.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 99%. Among public schools in New York County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
allk12 grades PS 115 ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT a C+. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
PS 115 ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (37.6%) and its predicted rate (38.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
In New York County (population about 1,629,477), median household income is about $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 358 public schools operate in New York County, serving about 152,104 students.
The closest public school, SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL, is about 0.2 miles from PS 115 ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, PS 115 ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, PS 115 ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT went from 393 students to 350. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.6:1 in 2020-21 to 9.3:1 in 2024-25.
Discussions about PS 115 ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 115 ALEXANDER HUMBOLDTHow many students attend PS 115 ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT?
PS 115 ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT enrolls approximately 350 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 115 ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT serve?
PS 115 ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 115 ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 115 ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT is approximately 9.3:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PS 115 ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT?
Student demographics at PS 115 ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT are roughly 3% White, 92% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 115 ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT public or private?
PS 115 ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.