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PS 128 AUDUBON
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)BeatsExpectations
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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.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for PS 128 AUDUBON typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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