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Enrollment
441
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6·NCES 360008302472
PS 128 AUDUBON
560 W 169TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10032 · (212) 927-0607 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL441 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% 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
11.7:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
379 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 74 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
20%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
48.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
41.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 are down about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 46.0% |
% 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
42.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 128 AUDUBON
PS 128 AUDUBON's state test result (42.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 128 AUDUBON this school | 441 | 85.9% | 42.2% |
| PS 4 DUKE ELLINGTON NEW YORK | 428 | 82.7% | 48.3% |
| PS 68 CAMBRIDGE RIDGEWOOD | 455 | 87.5% | 39.5% |
| PS 145 ANDREW JACKSON BROOKLYN | 428 | 87.6% | 34.7% |
| WASHINGTON HEIGHTS ACADEMY NEW YORK | 463 | 90.7% | 76.5% |
| PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK NEW YORK | 368 | 85.6% | 28.7% |
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 128 AUDUBON ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #1,511 of 2,335 | #102 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,792 of 2,342 ▼ 341 | #118 of 151 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,400 of 2,343 ▼ 228 | #101 of 151 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 441 | #1,118 of 2,585 | #56 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #1,135 of 2,338 | #62 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.8% | #2,108 of 2,388 | #125 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.9% | #569 of 2,534 | #70 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.6% | #450 of 1,757 | #65 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
441
-138 (-24%) vs 2020
-39% since 2010-11, when it was 722
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 441 | 37.7 | 11.7:1 | 86% (379) |
| 2023-24 | 444 | 35 | 12.7:1 | 94% (416) |
| 2022-23 | 477 | 41 | 11.6:1 | 92% (439) |
| 2020-21 | 579 | 41 | 14.1:1 | 87% (503) |
| 2017-18 | 585 | 45 | 13.0:1 | 92% (541) |
| 2015-16 | 637 | 51 | 12.5:1 | 93% (591) |
| 2010-11 | 722 | 56 | 12.9:1 | 93% (674) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 128 AUDUBON.
About PS 128 AUDUBON
PS 128 AUDUBON is a mid-sized elementary school in NEW YORK, New York, one of the schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6. It has an enrollment of 441 students in pre-K through 5.
The 45 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6 enroll 17,415 students altogether, PS 128 AUDUBON among them.
By race and ethnicity, PS 128 AUDUBON is 89% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 5% Black and 3% White. The school's Hispanic share is 65 points above the 24% share among New York County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 20%.
Teacher count: 37.7 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.7:1. Across elementary schools in New York, the average ratio is 12.8:1. Roughly 86% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in New York County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 128 AUDUBON outscored 44%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, PS 128 AUDUBON is 1.2 points below its prediction. Actual: 42.2%. Predicted: 43.4%.
For the population of New York County, the median household earns about $103,931 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 64% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. PS 128 AUDUBON shares New York County with 357 other public schools.
PS 128 AUDUBON is less than a tenth of a mile from CASTLE BRIDGE SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 42.2% is below the 47.3% average for nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes PS 128 AUDUBON as City: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 24%. By 2024-25, the school had 11.7 students per teacher, compared with 14.1 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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Nearby schools
- CASTLE BRIDGE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 195
- PS 8 LUIS BELLIARD0.2 mi · 354
- GREGORIO LUPERON HIGH SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS0.2 mi · 658
- MS 319 MARIE TERESA0.2 mi · 224
- MS 324 PATRIA MIRABAL0.2 mi · 185
- KIPP NYC WASHINGTON HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 790
Frequently asked questions
About PS 128 AUDUBONHow large is PS 128 AUDUBON?
PS 128 AUDUBON enrolls approximately 441 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 128 AUDUBON serve?
PS 128 AUDUBON serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 128 AUDUBON?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at PS 128 AUDUBON.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 128 AUDUBON?
At PS 128 AUDUBON, the student body is approximately 3% White, 89% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is PS 128 AUDUBON public or private?
PS 128 AUDUBON 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.