Enrollment
387
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6·NCES 360008302550
PS 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL
1750 AMSTERDAM AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10031 · (212) 927-8611 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL387 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% 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.
- C+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
13.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
345 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 80 | 21% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 11% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 34% larger than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
25.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
42.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL
PS 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL's state test result (32.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL this school | 387 | 89.1% | 32.8% |
| PS 380 JOHN WAYNE ELEMENTARY BROOKLYN | 390 | 90.0% | 47.1% |
| BRONX ARTS AND SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 428 | 90.7% | 41.1% |
| BOLD CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 428 | 88.8% | 70.8% |
| PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO NEW YORK | 367 | 91.0% | 35.5% |
| PS 100 ISAAC CLASON BRONX | 412 | 92.2% | 30.8% |
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 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #1,924 of 2,335 | #125 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,714 of 2,342 ▲ 120 | #111 of 151 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #2,204 of 2,343 ▼ 308 | #149 of 151 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 387 | #1,436 of 2,585 | #73 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #1,769 of 2,338 | #83 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.2% | #1,418 of 2,388 | #98 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.1% | #449 of 2,534 | #57 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.4% | #206 of 1,757 | #35 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
387
-41 (-10%) vs 2020
-62% since 2010-11, when it was 1,029
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 387 | 28.6 | 13.6:1 | 89% (345) |
| 2023-24 | 389 | 34.3 | 11.3:1 | 89% (347) |
| 2022-23 | 374 | 29.8 | 12.5:1 | 90% (338) |
| 2020-21 | 428 | 31 | 13.8:1 | 93% (399) |
| 2017-18 | 590 | 41.1 | 14.4:1 | 92% (543) |
| 2015-16 | 756 | 46 | 16.4:1 | 85% (644) |
| 2010-11 | 1,029 | 64 | 16.1:1 | 87% (894) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL.
About PS 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL
PS 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL runs as a mid-sized elementary school in NEW YORK, New York. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 387 students.
PS 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL is run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6, whose 45 schools enroll 17,415 students.
More than half of the students at PS 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL are Hispanic (71%). Other reported shares: 20% Black and 6% White. That compares with about 24% Hispanic among all New York County residents. The diversity index for PS 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL is 45%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
PS 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL reported 28.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 13.6:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1. There are 345 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 89% of enrollment. The 70% average for public schools in New York County is 19 points lower.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL outscored 24%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, PS 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL is 9.4 points below its prediction. Actual: 32.8%. Predicted: 42.2%.
The school's county is New York County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $103,931, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 64%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. New York County's 358 public schools enroll about 152,104 students and include PS 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates PS 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL from the closest public school, WILLIAM LYNCH SCHOOL (THE). Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. PS 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL is 8th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 387, down from 428 in 2020-21.
PS 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELLWhat is the total enrollment at PS 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL?
PS 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL enrolls approximately 387 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL have?
PS 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL?
At PS 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, the student body is approximately 6% White, 71% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL?
PS 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6 in New York County.
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