Enrollment
229
Elementary
DISTRICT 262 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5·NCES 360008102475
PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY
425 W 130TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10027 · (212) 690-5932 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL229 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
11.1:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
223 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 54 | 24% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 15% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (34).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
38.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
29.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
32.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 129 JOHN H FINLEY
PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY's state test result (32.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY this school | 229 | 97.4% | 32.8% |
| PS 30 HERNANDEZ/HUGHES NEW YORK | 218 | 98.6% | 42.2% |
| PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WEST BRONX | 224 | 98.2% | 91.9% |
| PS 154 JONATHAN D HYATT BRONX | 211 | 97.6% | 58.9% |
| CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION BRONX | 258 | 96.5% | 28.0% |
| MOSAIC PREPARATORY ACADEMY NEW YORK | 206 | 96.1% | 20.8% |
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 129 JOHN H FINLEY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #1,926 of 2,335 | #126 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #2,108 of 2,342 ▼ 106 | #138 of 151 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,868 of 2,343 ▼ 356 | #129 of 151 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 229 | #2,290 of 2,585 | #123 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #878 of 2,338 | #50 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #1,022 of 2,388 | #76 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.4% | #65 of 2,534 | #12 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -47.8% | #49 of 1,757 | #10 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
229
-83 (-27%) vs 2020
-63% since 2010-11, when it was 621
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 229 | 20.7 | 11.1:1 | 97% (223) |
| 2023-24 | 218 | 22 | 9.9:1 | 93% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 204 | 19.6 | 10.4:1 | 93% (189) |
| 2020-21 | 312 | 32 | 9.8:1 | 92% (286) |
| 2017-18 | 439 | 39 | 11.3:1 | 93% (407) |
| 2015-16 | 489 | 37 | 13.2:1 | 89% (433) |
| 2010-11 | 621 | 43 | 14.4:1 | 86% (536) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY.
About PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY
PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY is an elementary school with a street address in NEW YORK, New York. Enrollment totals 229 students across pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 443.
PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY belongs to NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5, a district of 28 schools and 7,761 students.
The largest group at PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY is Hispanic students, at 55%. Enrollment also includes 39% Black, 3% White, and 2% Asian. Among people living in New York County, the Hispanic share is about 24%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY scores 55%.
A staff of 20.7 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 11.1:1. Compared with the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York, this school's ratio is lower. By family income, 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in New York County is 70%.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY outscored 28%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 39.2% for a school in New York with PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY's free or reduced-price lunch share. PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY posts 32.8%.
The school is in New York County, where median household income comes to about $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. New York County counts 358 public schools with about 152,104 students.
SEED HARLEM is less than a tenth of a mile from PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 44.2%, higher than PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY's 32.8%.
PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 27% decline, from 312 to 229. The ratio was 9.8:1 in 2020-21 and 11.1:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About PS 129 JOHN H FINLEYWhat is the total enrollment at PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY?
PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY enrolls approximately 229 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY.
What is the student diversity at PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY?
Student demographics at PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY are roughly 3% White, 55% Hispanic, 39% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY public or private?
PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.