Enrollment
367
Elementary
DISTRICT 288 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1·NCES 360007602515
PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO
100 ATTORNEY ST, NEW YORK, NY 10002 · (212) 598-3800 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL367 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% 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
10.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
334 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 | 61 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
38%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
48.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +19.0pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +21.0pp 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 50 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 21 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
35.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 142 AMALIA CASTRO
PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO's state test result (35.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO this school | 367 | 91.0% | 35.5% |
| PS 28 WRIGHT BROTHERS NEW YORK | 378 | 91.8% | 38.0% |
| PS 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL NEW YORK | 387 | 89.1% | 32.8% |
| PS 380 JOHN WAYNE ELEMENTARY BROOKLYN | 390 | 90.0% | 47.1% |
| MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY BRONX | 396 | 95.5% | 47.9% |
| PS 43 JONAS BRONCK BRONX | 346 | 96.2% | 36.2% |
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 142 AMALIA CASTRO ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #1,813 of 2,335 | #123 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,419 of 2,342 ▲ 592 | #91 of 151 ▲ 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,399 of 2,343 ▲ 381 | #100 of 151 ▲ 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 367 | #1,563 of 2,585 | #77 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #649 of 2,338 | #44 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.7% | #1,677 of 2,388 | #105 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.0% | #366 of 2,534 | #49 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.7% | #352 of 606 | #17 of 28 |
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
367
+50 (+16%) vs 2020
-15% since 2010-11, when it was 430
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
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 | 367 | 34.6 | 10.6:1 | 91% (334) |
| 2023-24 | 373 | 32.5 | 11.5:1 | 95% (356) |
| 2022-23 | 336 | 28.4 | 11.8:1 | 94% (316) |
| 2020-21 | 317 | 33 | 9.6:1 | 95% (301) |
| 2017-18 | 344 | 35 | 9.8:1 | 97% (335) |
| 2015-16 | 357 | 31 | 11.5:1 | 96% (342) |
| 2010-11 | 430 | 39 | 11.0:1 | 97% (416) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO.
About PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO
PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO is an elementary school in NEW YORK, New York, reachable at (212) 598-3800. Enrollment totals 367 students across pre-K through 5.
PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO is one of the 26 schools that make up NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1 (9,363 students in total).
Hispanic students are 77% of those enrolled at PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO. Next come 16% Black and 2% White. That compares with about 24% Hispanic among all New York County residents. A diversity index of 38% means there is a 38% chance two randomly chosen students at PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO are from different groups.
Its staff includes 34.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 10.6 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in New York, the average ratio is 12.8:1. PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 91%. The 70% average for public schools in New York County is 21 points lower.
PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 31% of New York public elementary schools.
In New York, PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 35.5% actual against a predicted 41.5%.
In New York County, home to about 1,629,477 people, 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%. Public schools in New York County number 358, with about 152,104 students.
MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO ranks 6th of 9 on average proficiency.
PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment was 367 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 317. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 9.6:1 to 10.6:1.
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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 142 AMALIA CASTROWhat is the total enrollment at PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO?
PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO enrolls approximately 367 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO have?
PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
How diverse is PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO?
PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO reports a student body of 2% White, 77% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO?
PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1 in New York County.
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