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Enrollment
575
Elementary
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2·NCES 360007702468
PS 126 JACOB AUGUST RIIS
80 CATHERINE ST, NEW YORK, NY 10038 · (212) 962-2188 · New York County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL575 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% 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.
- A+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
11.8:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
432 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 | 19 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 21 | 4% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 112 | 19% |
| Grade 7 | 112 | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 112 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (21) is 81% smaller than its 8th grade class (112).
Student demographics
66%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
73.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
82.8%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 82.8% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 82.5% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
74.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 47% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 28 points, placing it in New York's top 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 126 JACOB AUGUST RIIS
PS 126 JACOB AUGUST RIIS's state test result (74.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 126 JACOB AUGUST RIIS this school | 575 | 75.1% | 74.9% |
| PS 26 RUFUS KING FLUSHING | 548 | 72.1% | 61.7% |
| PS 165 EDITH K BERGTRAUM FLUSHING | 606 | 75.6% | 64.5% |
| PS 155 SOUTH OZONE PARK | 497 | 79.7% | 72.6% |
| PS 219 PAUL KLAPPER FLUSHING | 596 | 74.7% | 61.0% |
| PS 33 EDWARD M FUNK QUEENS VILLAGE | 735 | 71.2% | 50.6% |
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 126 JACOB AUGUST RIIS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.9% | #264 of 2,335 | #44 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.8% | #292 of 2,342 ▼ 50 | #43 of 151 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #418 of 2,343 ▼ 222 | #53 of 151 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 575 | #547 of 2,585 | #24 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #1,159 of 2,338 | #65 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.4% | #395 of 2,388 | #32 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.1% | #895 of 2,534 | #95 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.6% | #380 of 1,757 | #59 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
575
-98 (-15%) vs 2020
-27% since 2010-11, when it was 785
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 575 | 49 | 11.8:1 | 75% (432) |
| 2023-24 | 566 | 48 | 11.8:1 | 73% (415) |
| 2022-23 | 577 | 46.4 | 12.4:1 | 76% (441) |
| 2020-21 | 673 | 54 | 12.5:1 | 77% (518) |
| 2017-18 | 783 | 57 | 13.7:1 | 80% (624) |
| 2015-16 | 759 | 55 | 13.8:1 | 80% (605) |
| 2010-11 | 785 | 64 | 12.3:1 | 72% (564) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 126 JACOB AUGUST RIIS.
About PS 126 JACOB AUGUST RIIS
Families in NEW YORK, New York, are served by PS 126 JACOB AUGUST RIIS, a medium-sized elementary school. The student body numbers 575 students, from pre-K through 8. An average school in this group (elementary schools in New York) has about 443 students.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 serves 54,599 students across 119 schools.
PS 126 JACOB AUGUST RIIS's enrollment is 51% Asian. The remaining shares are 21% Hispanic, 14% Black, 9% White, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the Asian share of New York County's population at about 12%. By the diversity index, PS 126 JACOB AUGUST RIIS comes in at 66%.
Teachers at PS 126 JACOB AUGUST RIIS total 49 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 75%.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, PS 126 JACOB AUGUST RIIS receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In New York, PS 126 JACOB AUGUST RIIS is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 74.9% compared with a predicted 47.4%.
New York County census figures show that median household income is about $103,931, about 64% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. A total of 358 public schools operate in New York County, serving about 152,104 students.
The closest public school to PS 126 JACOB AUGUST RIIS is PS 1 ALFRED E SMITH, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of PS 126 JACOB AUGUST RIIS, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, PS 126 JACOB AUGUST RIIS ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around PS 126 JACOB AUGUST RIIS as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 575, 15% below the 673 of 2020-21.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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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Nearby schools
- PS 1 ALFRED E SMITH0.1 mi · 200
- MURRY BERGTRAUM HIGH SCHOOL FOR BUSINESS CAREERS0.2 mi · 136
- URBAN ASSEMBLY-EARLY COLL HS EMER MD0.3 mi · 364
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- PS 124 YUNG WING0.3 mi · 453
Frequently asked questions
About PS 126 JACOB AUGUST RIISHow many students attend PS 126 JACOB AUGUST RIIS?
PS 126 JACOB AUGUST RIIS enrolls approximately 575 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does PS 126 JACOB AUGUST RIIS serve?
PS 126 JACOB AUGUST RIIS serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 126 JACOB AUGUST RIIS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 126 JACOB AUGUST RIIS is approximately 11.8:1 (49 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PS 126 JACOB AUGUST RIIS?
PS 126 JACOB AUGUST RIIS reports a student body of 9% White, 21% Hispanic, 14% Black, 51% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is PS 126 JACOB AUGUST RIIS public or private?
PS 126 JACOB AUGUST RIIS is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.