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PS 128 AUDUBON
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About PS 128 AUDUBON
PS 128 AUDUBON, a medium-sized elementary-level community in NEW YORK, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6, educates 441 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6, which oversees 45 schools and 17,415 students, PS 128 AUDUBON is one campus in the system.
Demographically, PS 128 AUDUBON lists that nearly all students (89%) are Hispanic. The remainder consists of 5% Black, 3% White. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 86% of students at PS 128 AUDUBON qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, New York County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, PS 128 AUDUBON performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.4%, the actual is 42.2%, a residual of -1.2 points.
Around the school, census data for New York County shows median household income runs about $103,931, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PS 128 AUDUBON is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).
The closest other public school is CASTLE BRIDGE SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 128 AUDUBON. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 128 AUDUBON ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 47.3%.
The school occupies a high-density site.
Looking at the recent track record. PS 128 AUDUBON's enrollment has decreased 25% since 2018, when it stood at 585 (now 441). Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.
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