Enrollment
334
Elementary
DISTRICT 288 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1·NCES 360007602511
PS 140 NATHAN STRAUS
123 RIDGE ST, NEW YORK, NY 10002 · (212) 677-4680 · New York County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL334 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
9.8:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
320 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 23 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 22 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 20 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 63 | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 47 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (22) is 53% smaller than its 8th grade class (47).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
26.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
31.3%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 31.3% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 29.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 140 NATHAN STRAUS
PS 140 NATHAN STRAUS's state test result (27.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 140 NATHAN STRAUS this school | 334 | 95.8% | 27.5% |
| PS 226 BRONX | 310 | 96.5% | 48.5% |
| PS 43 JONAS BRONCK BRONX | 346 | 96.2% | 36.2% |
| PS 207 BRONX | 364 | 95.9% | 52.1% |
| PS 290 JUAN MOREL CAMPOS BROOKLYN | 374 | 96.8% | 30.4% |
| PS/IS 54 BRONX | 329 | 96.0% | 26.4% |
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 140 NATHAN STRAUS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #2,096 of 2,335 | #145 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #2,065 of 2,342 ▼ 41 | #134 of 151 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #2,182 of 2,343 ▼ 342 | #146 of 151 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 334 | #1,773 of 2,585 | #91 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #391 of 2,338 | #32 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.1% | #1,807 of 2,388 | #112 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.8% | #159 of 2,534 | #21 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #1,141 of 1,757 | #94 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
334
-21 (-6%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 397
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 9.6:1
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 | 334 | 33.9 | 9.8:1 | 96% (320) |
| 2023-24 | 368 | 34 | 10.8:1 | 95% (350) |
| 2022-23 | 295 | 43.7 | 6.8:1 | 89% (264) |
| 2020-21 | 355 | 37 | 9.6:1 | 95% (338) |
| 2017-18 | 371 | 31 | 12.0:1 | 88% (325) |
| 2015-16 | 377 | 28 | 13.5:1 | 76% (288) |
| 2010-11 | 397 | 32 | 12.4:1 | 71% (280) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 140 NATHAN STRAUS.
About PS 140 NATHAN STRAUS
Federal records list PS 140 NATHAN STRAUS as an elementary school in NEW YORK, New York. The student body numbers 334 students, from pre-K through 8. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New York is about 443, so this school runs 25% smaller than that.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1 is the district for PS 140 NATHAN STRAUS. It has 26 schools and 9,363 students.
Hispanic students are the large majority at PS 140 NATHAN STRAUS, with 81% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 14% Black and 3% White. In New York County overall, about 24% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at PS 140 NATHAN STRAUS belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 33%.
PS 140 NATHAN STRAUS operates with 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 9.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. About 96% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in New York County is 26 points.
The allk12 Grade for PS 140 NATHAN STRAUS is C-. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 16% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
PS 140 NATHAN STRAUS is 12.3 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (27.5% versus 39.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
Recent Census Bureau figures for New York County show that median household income is about $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 358 public schools in New York County, with a combined enrollment of about 152,104.
The nearest public school is MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL, at less than a tenth of a mile. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. PS 140 NATHAN STRAUS places 9th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, PS 140 NATHAN STRAUS went from 355 students to 334.
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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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Frequently asked questions
About PS 140 NATHAN STRAUSHow many students attend PS 140 NATHAN STRAUS?
PS 140 NATHAN STRAUS enrolls approximately 334 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does PS 140 NATHAN STRAUS serve?
PS 140 NATHAN STRAUS serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 140 NATHAN STRAUS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 140 NATHAN STRAUS is approximately 9.8:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 140 NATHAN STRAUS?
At PS 140 NATHAN STRAUS, the student body is approximately 3% White, 81% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 140 NATHAN STRAUS public or private?
PS 140 NATHAN STRAUS is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1.
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