Enrollment
182
Elementary
DISTRICT 262 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5·NCES 360008102176
PS 154 HARRIET TUBMAN
250 W 127TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10027 · (212) 864-2400 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL182 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest 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
9.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
175 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 41 | 23% |
| Kindergarten | 18 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 20 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 23 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 50% smaller than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
43.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
49.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
37.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% 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 154 HARRIET TUBMAN
PS 154 HARRIET TUBMAN's state test result (37.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 154 HARRIET TUBMAN this school | 182 | 96.2% | 37.2% |
| FRESH CREEK SCHOOL (THE) BROOKLYN | 190 | 96.8% | 68.5% |
| PS 243 WEEKSVILLE SCHOOL (THE) BROOKLYN | 199 | 94.5% | 23.3% |
| GREGORY JOCKO JACKSON-SPORTS-ARTS BROOKLYN | 203 | 98.5% | 44.4% |
| PS 41 FRANCIS WHITE BROOKLYN | 158 | 96.2% | 49.2% |
| PS 256 BENJAMIN BANNEKER BROOKLYN | 178 | 94.9% | 25.2% |
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 154 HARRIET TUBMAN ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #1,752 of 2,335 | #118 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,472 of 2,342 ▲ 224 | #97 of 151 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,635 of 2,343 ▼ 89 | #114 of 151 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 182 | #2,428 of 2,585 | #140 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.2% | #140 of 2,534 | #18 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.9% | #138 of 1,757 | #22 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
182
-34 (-16%) vs 2020
-54% since 2010-11, when it was 396
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 9.4:1
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 | 182 | 20 | 9.1:1 | 96% (175) |
| 2023-24 | 213 | 14 | 15.2:1 | 98% (208) |
| 2022-23 | 204 | 23.5 | 8.7:1 | 98% (200) |
| 2020-21 | 216 | 23 | 9.4:1 | 94% (202) |
| 2017-18 | 293 | 23 | 12.7:1 | 98% (288) |
| 2015-16 | 317 | 21 | 15.1:1 | 98% (310) |
| 2010-11 | 396 | 33 | 12.0:1 | 97% (384) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 154 HARRIET TUBMAN.
About PS 154 HARRIET TUBMAN
PS 154 HARRIET TUBMAN is a public small elementary school in NEW YORK, New York. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 182 students. Enrollment is 59% lower than the average for elementary schools in New York, which is about 443.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5 has 7,761 students spread across 28 schools.
PS 154 HARRIET TUBMAN is 63% Black by enrollment. The remaining students are 32% Hispanic and 3% White. Among people living in New York County, the Black share is about 14%. PS 154 HARRIET TUBMAN's diversity index is 49%, against a US figure of 70%.
PS 154 HARRIET TUBMAN operates with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 9.1:1. That is lower than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. About 96% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The average for public schools in New York County is 70%.
The allk12 Grade for PS 154 HARRIET TUBMAN is C+. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 37% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for PS 154 HARRIET TUBMAN is -2.5 points: 37.2% actual, 39.6% predicted.
In New York County (population about 1,629,477), the median household income is $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. PS 154 HARRIET TUBMAN is one of 358 public schools in the county.
The closest public school, HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, is about 0.1 miles from PS 154 HARRIET TUBMAN. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, PS 154 HARRIET TUBMAN is 6th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 16% enrollment decrease, from 216 in 2020-21 to 182 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at PS 154 HARRIET TUBMAN. 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
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Frequently asked questions
About PS 154 HARRIET TUBMANHow many students attend PS 154 HARRIET TUBMAN?
PS 154 HARRIET TUBMAN enrolls approximately 182 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 154 HARRIET TUBMAN serve?
PS 154 HARRIET TUBMAN serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 154 HARRIET TUBMAN have?
PS 154 HARRIET TUBMAN employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 154 HARRIET TUBMAN?
At PS 154 HARRIET TUBMAN, the student body is approximately 3% White, 32% Hispanic, 63% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 154 HARRIET TUBMAN public or private?
PS 154 HARRIET TUBMAN is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.