Enrollment
159
Elementary
DISTRICT 288 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1·NCES 360007602087
PS 15 ROBERTO CLEMENTE
333 E 4TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10009 · (212) 228-8730 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL159 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% of New York public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
7.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
145 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 | 7 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 21 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (21) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (27).
Student demographics
57%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
70.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +25.0pp since 2023
Math
61.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 25 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 61.0% |
% 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
52.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 15 ROBERTO CLEMENTE
PS 15 ROBERTO CLEMENTE's state test result (52.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 15 ROBERTO CLEMENTE this school | 159 | 91.2% | 52.6% |
| PS 147 ISSAC REMSEN BROOKLYN | 167 | 88.0% | 59.7% |
| FORT HILL COLLABORATIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STATEN ISLAND | 182 | 91.2% | 35.9% |
| PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE NEW YORK | 176 | 98.3% | 24.0% |
| MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL NEW YORK | 184 | 87.0% | 41.0% |
| PS 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE) NEW YORK | 145 | 94.5% | 32.3% |
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 15 ROBERTO CLEMENTE ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #1,058 of 2,335 | #83 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #1,026 of 2,342 ▼ 146 | #75 of 151 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #505 of 2,343 ▲ 549 | #58 of 151 ▲ 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 159 | #2,480 of 2,585 | #149 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.2% | #359 of 2,534 | #48 of 155 |
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
159
-35 (-18%) vs 2020
-22% since 2010-11, when it was 203
Student : Teacher
7.0:1
was 8.4:1
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 | 159 | 22.7 | 7.0:1 | 91% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 190 | 24.3 | 7.8:1 | 86% (164) |
| 2022-23 | 179 | 23.1 | 7.7:1 | 84% (151) |
| 2020-21 | 194 | 23 | 8.4:1 | 84% (162) |
| 2017-18 | 191 | 20 | 9.6:1 | 85% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 175 | 21 | 8.3:1 | 83% (146) |
| 2010-11 | 203 | 22 | 9.2:1 | 80% (162) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 15 ROBERTO CLEMENTE.
About PS 15 ROBERTO CLEMENTE
As a very small elementary school, PS 15 ROBERTO CLEMENTE serves students in NEW YORK, New York. It has an enrollment of 159 students in pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
Besides PS 15 ROBERTO CLEMENTE, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1 runs 25 other schools. The district enrolls 9,363 students.
More than half of enrollment at PS 15 ROBERTO CLEMENTE is Hispanic: 61%. The remaining shares are 22% Black, 8% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% White. New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PS 15 ROBERTO CLEMENTE scores 57%.
There are about 7.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at PS 15 ROBERTO CLEMENTE, which has 22.7. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at PS 15 ROBERTO CLEMENTE is about 91%. The rate at public schools in New York County averages 70%, lower than here.
PS 15 ROBERTO CLEMENTE holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 65% of New York public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, PS 15 ROBERTO CLEMENTE is 11.2 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
Looking at the county, New York County, median household income comes to about $103,931, about 64% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. The county has 358 public schools and about 152,104 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, PS 188 ISLAND SCHOOL (THE), is about 0.2 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, PS 15 ROBERTO CLEMENTE is 4th among 9 schools close by.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
The school's student count decreased 18% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The school's ratio dropped from 8.4:1 to 7.0:1 between 2020-21 and 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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1
- NEW EXPLORATIONS INTO SCIENCETECH AND MATH HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 1,620 students
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- BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGEHigh · 569 students
- LOWER EAST SIDE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 553 students
- EAST VILLAGE COMMUNITY SCHOOL (THE)Elementary · 477 students
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- MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICSHigh · 1,657 students
- NEW EXPLORATIONS INTO SCIENCETECH AND MATH HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 1,620 students
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-HARLEM 1Combined · 1,520 students
Nearby schools
- PS 188 ISLAND SCHOOL (THE)0.2 mi · 332
- NEW EXPLORATIONS INTO SCIENCETECH AND MATH HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 1,620
- PS 64 ROBERT SIMON0.2 mi · 147
- EARTH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 175
- TOMPKINS SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 290
- BARD HIGH SCHOOL EARLY COLLEGE0.3 mi · 569
Frequently asked questions
About PS 15 ROBERTO CLEMENTEHow large is PS 15 ROBERTO CLEMENTE?
PS 15 ROBERTO CLEMENTE enrolls approximately 159 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 15 ROBERTO CLEMENTE serve?
PS 15 ROBERTO CLEMENTE serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 15 ROBERTO CLEMENTE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 15 ROBERTO CLEMENTE is approximately 7.0:1 (23 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PS 15 ROBERTO CLEMENTE?
PS 15 ROBERTO CLEMENTE reports a student body of 3% White, 61% Hispanic, 22% Black, 8% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 15 ROBERTO CLEMENTE?
PS 15 ROBERTO CLEMENTE is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1 in New York County.
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