Enrollment
249
Elementary
DISTRICT 436 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3·NCES 360007802539
PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH
41 W 117TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10026 · (646) 672-9020 · New York County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL249 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% 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
8.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
235 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 15 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 17 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 21 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 21 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 25 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 44 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (17) is 61% smaller than its 8th grade class (44).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
41.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
55.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +22.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 22 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
35.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% 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 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH
PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH's state test result (35.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH this school | 249 | 94.4% | 35.9% |
| CORNERSTONE ACADEMY FOR SOCIAL ACTION BRONX | 258 | 96.5% | 28.0% |
| PS 59 THE DAWN BEST SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 265 | 95.1% | 26.1% |
| PS 328 PHYLLIS WHEATLEY BROOKLYN | 264 | 97.3% | 50.8% |
| PS 23 CARTER G WOODSON BROOKLYN | 230 | 93.0% | 39.3% |
| PS 245 BROOKLYN | 228 | 89.9% | 50.3% |
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 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #1,794 of 2,335 | #121 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,240 of 2,342 ▲ 648 | #85 of 151 ▲ 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,722 of 2,343 ▲ 156 | #118 of 151 ▲ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 249 | #2,232 of 2,585 | #119 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.6:1 | #122 of 2,338 | #13 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.7% | #826 of 2,388 | #61 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.4% | #226 of 2,534 | #32 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.6% | #404 of 606 | #21 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
249
+50 (+25%) vs 2020
-42% since 2010-11, when it was 431
Student : Teacher
8.6:1
was 8.3:1
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 | 249 | 28.9 | 8.6:1 | 94% (235) |
| 2023-24 | 260 | 35.6 | 7.3:1 | 91% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 277 | 28.7 | 9.7:1 | 92% (256) |
| 2020-21 | 199 | 24 | 8.3:1 | 92% (183) |
| 2017-18 | 238 | 22 | 10.8:1 | 97% (232) |
| 2015-16 | 284 | 25 | 11.4:1 | 91% (259) |
| 2010-11 | 431 | 32 | 13.5:1 | 81% (351) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH.
About PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH
Federal records list PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH as an elementary school in NEW YORK, New York. Enrolled students number 249 students, in pre-K through 8. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students each.
The 44 schools of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3, including PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH, enroll 19,478 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH. The largest is Hispanic students, at 49%. Next come 43% Black, 4% Asian, and 3% White. That compares with about 24% Hispanic among all New York County residents. The school's diversity index is 58%, meaning two students picked at random have a 58% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 8.6:1, with 28.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 4.2 students per teacher below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 94% of enrollment. That is higher than the 70% average for public schools in New York County.
The allk12 Grade for PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH is C. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 33% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 35.9% and a predicted 40.3%.
Census estimates describe New York County this way: the median household income is $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, New York County has 358 public schools and roughly 152,104 students.
The school nearest to PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH is SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-HARLEM 1, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH places 6th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Enrollment is up 25% from 2020-21, when PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH had 199 students, to 2024-25, when it had 249.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 149 SOJOURNER TRUTHHow large is PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH?
PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH enrolls approximately 249 students in grades PK-08.
Is PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH is approximately 8.6:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH?
PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH reports a student body of 3% White, 49% Hispanic, 43% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH public or private?
PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.