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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the PS 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE) administration to hear?
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Enrollment
607
Elementary
DISTRICT 436 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3·NCES 360007802593
PS 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE)
132 W 89TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10024 · (212) 678-2829 · New York County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL607 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of New York public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
16.4:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
118 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
92.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
93.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 92 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 93 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 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 92.0% | 93.0% |
| 2023-24 | 90.0% | 90.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
90.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 90% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 68% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in New York's top 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 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE)
PS 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE)'s state test result (90.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE) this school | 607 | 19.4% | 90.3% |
| ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EAST SETAUKET | 562 | 19.8% | 55.0% |
| SAWMILL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL COMMACK | 550 | 20.9% | 56.7% |
| SAW MILL ROAD SCHOOL NORTH BELLMORE | 700 | 18.7% | 58.3% |
| PS 40 AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS NEW YORK | 538 | 15.6% | 80.4% |
| PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL NEW YORK | 563 | 22.9% | 71.8% |
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 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 90.3% | #38 of 2,335 | #11 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 93.0% | #90 of 2,342 ▲ 14 | #23 of 151 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 92.0% | #54 of 2,343 ▼ 31 | #14 of 151 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 607 | #435 of 2,585 | #19 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #2,197 of 2,338 | #110 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.0% | #413 of 2,388 | #36 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.4% | #2,251 of 2,534 | #142 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.5% | #1,372 of 1,757 | #103 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
607
0 (0%) vs 2020
0% since 2010-11, when it was 610
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 607 | 37 | 16.4:1 | 19% (118) |
| 2023-24 | 600 | 37 | 16.2:1 | 19% (113) |
| 2022-23 | 593 | 35.5 | 16.7:1 | 16% (93) |
| 2020-21 | 607 | 37 | 16.4:1 | 16% (96) |
| 2017-18 | 649 | 42 | 15.4:1 | 20% (131) |
| 2015-16 | 621 | 40 | 15.5:1 | 20% (126) |
| 2010-11 | 610 | 38 | 16.1:1 | 36% (218) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE).
About PS 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE)
PS 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE) is a public elementary school in NEW YORK, New York. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 607 students. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students each.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3 operates 44 schools. Combined enrollment is 19,478 students.
At 53%, White students outnumber all other groups at PS 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE) combined. Other students are 16% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 13% Asian, and 5% Black. PS 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE) has a diversity index of 66%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 16.4 students per teacher. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is lower than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 19%. The 70% average for public schools in New York County is 51 points higher.
PS 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE) is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 96% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, PS 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE) would score about 67.8%. It scores 90.3%, a top-10% result among New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
Among New York County residents, median household income is about $103,931, roughly 64% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 358 public schools in New York County, with a combined enrollment of about 152,104.
The closest other public school is LAFAYETTE ACADEMY, about 0.2 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, PS 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE) is 2nd of 9 on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Enrollment at PS 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE) was 607 in 2020-21 and 607 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
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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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- PS 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN0.2 mi · 438
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WEST0.2 mi · 1,002
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Frequently asked questions
About PS 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE)What is the total enrollment at PS 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE)?
PS 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE) enrolls approximately 607 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does PS 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE) serve?
PS 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE) serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE)?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at PS 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE).
What is the student diversity at PS 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE)?
Student demographics at PS 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE) are roughly 53% White, 16% Hispanic, 5% Black, 13% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is PS 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE) in?
PS 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE) is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.