Enrollment
192
Elementary
DISTRICT 339 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4·NCES 360007902560
PS 155 WILLIAM PACA
319 E 117TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10035 · (212) 860-5885 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL192 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest 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
8.7:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
189 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 | 24 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
31.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
18.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.0% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
21.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 155 WILLIAM PACA
PS 155 WILLIAM PACA's state test result (21.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 155 WILLIAM PACA this school | 192 | 98.4% | 21.9% |
| PS 315 LAB SCHOOL BRONX | 202 | 96.5% | 40.2% |
| PS 132 JUAN PABLO DUARTE NEW YORK | 197 | 99.5% | 44.2% |
| PS 61 FRANCISCO OLLER BRONX | 185 | 96.2% | 44.8% |
| PS 209 BRONX | 167 | 99.4% | N/A |
| PS 18 PARK TERRACE NEW YORK | 179 | 98.3% | 31.5% |
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 155 WILLIAM PACA ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #2,211 of 2,335 | #150 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #2,271 of 2,342 ▼ 15 | #149 of 151 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #2,084 of 2,343 ▼ 289 | #139 of 151 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 192 | #2,405 of 2,585 | #136 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.4% | #29 of 2,534 | #7 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.2% | #393 of 1,757 | #61 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
192
-25 (-12%) vs 2020
-50% since 2010-11, when it was 386
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
was 8.7:1
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 | 192 | 22 | 8.7:1 | 98% (189) |
| 2023-24 | 255 | 29 | 8.8:1 | 98% (251) |
| 2022-23 | 182 | 20.4 | 8.9:1 | 98% (178) |
| 2020-21 | 217 | 25 | 8.7:1 | 97% (211) |
| 2017-18 | 260 | 22 | 11.8:1 | 98% (254) |
| 2015-16 | 345 | 29 | 11.9:1 | 99% (342) |
| 2010-11 | 386 | 30 | 12.9:1 | 89% (342) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 155 WILLIAM PACA.
About PS 155 WILLIAM PACA
This page covers PS 155 WILLIAM PACA, a low-enrollment elementary school in NEW YORK, New York. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 192 students enrolled. Elementary schools in New York have about 443 students on average; enrollment here is 57% lower.
The district, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4, operates 30 schools serving 11,316 students.
The share of students at PS 155 WILLIAM PACA who are Hispanic is 82%. Other students are 8% Black, 6% Native American, and 3% Pacific Islander. By comparison, New York County residents are about 24% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 32, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 22 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 8.7:1. Across elementary schools in New York, the average ratio is 12.8:1. Roughly 98% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 70% average for public schools in New York County is 28 points lower.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 155 WILLIAM PACA outscored 9%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at PS 155 WILLIAM PACA are 16.9 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (21.9% actual, 38.8% predicted).
For New York County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $103,931 a year, roughly 64% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting PS 155 WILLIAM PACA, New York County has 358 public schools.
Measured in a straight line, RENAISSANCE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS is less than a tenth of a mile from PS 155 WILLIAM PACA. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 21.9% is below the 45.1% average for nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes PS 155 WILLIAM PACA as City: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 12% decline, from 217 to 192.
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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 155 WILLIAM PACAHow large is PS 155 WILLIAM PACA?
PS 155 WILLIAM PACA enrolls approximately 192 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 155 WILLIAM PACA an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 155 WILLIAM PACA is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 155 WILLIAM PACA have?
PS 155 WILLIAM PACA employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 155 WILLIAM PACA?
At PS 155 WILLIAM PACA, the student body is approximately 2% White, 82% Hispanic, 8% Black.
Who oversees PS 155 WILLIAM PACA?
PS 155 WILLIAM PACA is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4 in New York County.
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