Enrollment
224
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6·NCES 360008302658
PS 192 JACOB H SCHIFF
500 W 138TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10031 · (212) 775-9560 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL224 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
211 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
49.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -14.0pp since 2023
Math
82.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
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
64.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% 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 24 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
224
-218 (-49%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 11.9:1
% White
3%
was 2%
% Hispanic
93%
was 87%
% Black
3%
was 10%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PS 192 JACOB H SCHIFF
PS 192 JACOB H SCHIFF is one of the compact elementary schools in NEW YORK, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6, with 224 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 192 JACOB H SCHIFF sits 49% smaller than that benchmark.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6 comprises 45 schools with combined enrollment of 17,415 students; PS 192 JACOB H SCHIFF is among them.
In terms of who attends, PS 192 JACOB H SCHIFF records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%). Beyond that, the school reports 3% White, 3% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, New York County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, PS 192 JACOB H SCHIFF is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 40.4%; this one delivers 64.1%, a residual of +23.8 points.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for New York County put median household income runs about $103,931, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. PS 192 JACOB H SCHIFF is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).
Nearest neighbor: HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PS 192 JACOB H SCHIFF comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 52.3%.
The campus sits in an urban setting.
Over the past 7-year window. PS 192 JACOB H SCHIFF's enrollment has edged down 49% since 2018, when it stood at 442 (now 224). The Black share of enrollment declined from 10% to 3% over that span.
On the community side, members of the PS 192 JACOB H SCHIFF community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6
- A PHILIP RANDOLPH CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,421 students
- WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOLCombined · 908 students
- PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFSElementary · 744 students
- GREGORIO LUPERON HIGH SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICSHigh · 658 students
- PS 173Elementary · 597 students
- CITY COLLEGE ACADEMY OF THE ARTSHigh · 573 students
Other schools in NEW YORK
- STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,261 students
- FIORELLO H LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,251 students
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS & HUMAN SERVICESHigh · 1,728 students
- MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICSHigh · 1,657 students
- NEW EXPLORATIONS INTO SCIENCETECH AND MATH HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 1,620 students
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-HARLEM 1Combined · 1,520 students
Nearby schools
- HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 282
- HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT CCNY0.2 mi · 576
- PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS0.2 mi · 527
- KIPP INFINITY CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 862
- NEW DESIGN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 92
- A PHILIP RANDOLPH CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 1,421
Frequently asked questions
About PS 192 JACOB H SCHIFFHow many students attend PS 192 JACOB H SCHIFF?
PS 192 JACOB H SCHIFF enrolls approximately 224 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 192 JACOB H SCHIFF an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 192 JACOB H SCHIFF is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 192 JACOB H SCHIFF have?
PS 192 JACOB H SCHIFF employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 192 JACOB H SCHIFF?
At PS 192 JACOB H SCHIFF, the student body is approximately 3% White, 93% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian.
What district is PS 192 JACOB H SCHIFF in?
PS 192 JACOB H SCHIFF is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6.
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