Enrollment
377
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31·NCES 360010302090
PS 16 JOHN J DRISCOLL
195 DANIEL LOW TER, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10301 · (718) 447-0124 · Richmond County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL377 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% 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
11.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
366 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 | 40 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
51%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
46.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +21.0pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 46 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 up about 21 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
32.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 16 JOHN J DRISCOLL
PS 16 JOHN J DRISCOLL's state test result (32.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 16 JOHN J DRISCOLL this school | 377 | 97.1% | 32.9% |
| PS 108 ASSEMBLYMAN ANGELO DEL TORO EDUCATIONAL COMPLEX NEW YORK | 367 | 96.2% | 30.8% |
| SHERIDAN ACADEMY FOR YOUNG LEADERS BRONX | 410 | 96.8% | 30.4% |
| FAMILY SCHOOL (THE) BRONX | 405 | 96.3% | 57.7% |
| GRANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRONX | 353 | 96.9% | 33.6% |
| PS 188 ISLAND SCHOOL (THE) NEW YORK | 332 | 97.3% | 57.8% |
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 16 JOHN J DRISCOLL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #1,922 of 2,335 | #46 of 53 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,722 of 2,342 ▲ 219 | #43 of 53 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,498 of 2,343 ▲ 496 | #42 of 53 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 377 | #1,503 of 2,585 | #37 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #879 of 2,338 | #17 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.3% | #1,176 of 2,388 | #43 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.1% | #85 of 2,534 | #3 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.2% | #331 of 1,757 | #8 of 34 |
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
377
-45 (-11%) vs 2020
-59% since 2010-11, when it was 920
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 377 | 34 | 11.1:1 | 97% (366) |
| 2023-24 | 376 | 32.2 | 11.7:1 | 98% (369) |
| 2022-23 | 396 | 30 | 13.2:1 | 98% (388) |
| 2020-21 | 422 | 40 | 10.6:1 | 97% (408) |
| 2017-18 | 525 | 44 | 11.9:1 | 98% (516) |
| 2015-16 | 612 | 46 | 13.3:1 | 96% (587) |
| 2010-11 | 920 | 75 | 12.3:1 | 93% (856) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 16 JOHN J DRISCOLL.
About PS 16 JOHN J DRISCOLL
PS 16 JOHN J DRISCOLL is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in STATEN ISLAND, New York. The school had 377 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
PS 16 JOHN J DRISCOLL is run by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31, whose 74 schools enroll 56,577 students.
PS 16 JOHN J DRISCOLL is 66% Hispanic by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 22% Black, 6% Asian, and 5% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Richmond County's population at about 20%. PS 16 JOHN J DRISCOLL's diversity index is 51%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1 at PS 16 JOHN J DRISCOLL, with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, elementary schools in New York have 12.8:1, compared with 11.1:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 97% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Richmond County average 67%.
allk12 grades PS 16 JOHN J DRISCOLL a C. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with PS 16 JOHN J DRISCOLL's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 39.3%. PS 16 JOHN J DRISCOLL scores 32.9%, 6.4 points below that line.
Within Richmond County, the median household income is $98,333, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Besides PS 16 JOHN J DRISCOLL, Richmond County has 87 other public schools.
The school nearest to PS 16 JOHN J DRISCOLL is FORT HILL COLLABORATIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, PS 16 JOHN J DRISCOLL ranks 8th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, PS 16 JOHN J DRISCOLL is City: Large.
Enrollment at PS 16 JOHN J DRISCOLL dropped 11% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 422 to 377 students.
Community posts for PS 16 JOHN J DRISCOLL can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Richmond County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
494,956
Census ACS
Median income
$98,333
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
62,254 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31
- TOTTENVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,750 students
- NEW DORP HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,055 students
- SUSAN E WAGNER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,743 students
- CURTIS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,439 students
- PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,696 students
- IS 72 ROCCO LAURIEMiddle · 1,532 students
Other schools in STATEN ISLAND
- TOTTENVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,750 students
- NEW DORP HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,055 students
- SUSAN E WAGNER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,743 students
- CURTIS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,439 students
- PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,696 students
- IS 72 ROCCO LAURIEMiddle · 1,532 students
Nearby schools
- FORT HILL COLLABORATIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 182
- PS 74 FUTURE LEADERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 255
- RALPH R MCKEE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 626
- PS 31 WILLIAM T DAVIS0.3 mi · 342
- CURTIS HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 2,439
- PS 65 ACADEMY OF INNOVATIVE LEARNING (THE)0.4 mi · 340
Frequently asked questions
About PS 16 JOHN J DRISCOLLWhat is the total enrollment at PS 16 JOHN J DRISCOLL?
PS 16 JOHN J DRISCOLL enrolls approximately 377 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 16 JOHN J DRISCOLL serve?
PS 16 JOHN J DRISCOLL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does PS 16 JOHN J DRISCOLL have?
PS 16 JOHN J DRISCOLL employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 16 JOHN J DRISCOLL?
Student demographics at PS 16 JOHN J DRISCOLL are roughly 5% White, 66% Hispanic, 22% Black, 6% Asian.
What district is PS 16 JOHN J DRISCOLL in?
PS 16 JOHN J DRISCOLL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31.
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