Enrollment
224
Elementary
DISTRICT 262 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5·NCES 360008102670
PS 197 JOHN B RUSSWURM
2230 5TH AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10037 · (212) 690-5960 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL224 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% 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.
- 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
9.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
211 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 | 35 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (35).
Student demographics
55%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
44.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +17.0pp since 2023
Math
32.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
32.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% 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 197 JOHN B RUSSWURM
PS 197 JOHN B RUSSWURM's state test result (32.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 197 JOHN B RUSSWURM this school | 224 | 94.2% | 32.4% |
| PS 133 FRED R MOORE NEW YORK | 225 | 93.8% | 47.8% |
| PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH NEW YORK | 236 | 97.0% | 29.1% |
| SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL II BRONX | 248 | 91.5% | 90.7% |
| FRESH CREEK SCHOOL (THE) BROOKLYN | 190 | 96.8% | 68.5% |
| GREGORY JOCKO JACKSON-SPORTS-ARTS BROOKLYN | 203 | 98.5% | 44.4% |
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 197 JOHN B RUSSWURM ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #1,942 of 2,335 | #128 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #2,041 of 2,342 ▼ 134 | #133 of 151 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,582 of 2,343 ▲ 297 | #112 of 151 ▲ 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 224 | #2,304 of 2,585 | #126 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #300 of 2,338 | #24 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.0% | #1,007 of 2,388 | #73 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.2% | #235 of 2,534 | #33 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.0% | #369 of 1,757 | #58 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
224
-13 (-5%) vs 2020
-40% since 2010-11, when it was 375
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 7.9:1
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 | 224 | 23.5 | 9.5:1 | 94% (211) |
| 2023-24 | 199 | 21 | 9.5:1 | 96% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 199 | 21 | 9.5:1 | 97% (194) |
| 2020-21 | 237 | 30 | 7.9:1 | 94% (223) |
| 2017-18 | 307 | 26 | 11.8:1 | 93% (287) |
| 2015-16 | 322 | 29 | 11.1:1 | 92% (296) |
| 2010-11 | 375 | 30 | 12.5:1 | 81% (303) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 197 JOHN B RUSSWURM.
About PS 197 JOHN B RUSSWURM
PS 197 JOHN B RUSSWURM is a small elementary school based in NEW YORK, New York. Total enrollment is 224 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. That is 49% below the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5 has 28 schools and 7,761 students, and PS 197 JOHN B RUSSWURM is one of those schools.
Black students are 55% of those enrolled at PS 197 JOHN B RUSSWURM. Next come 38% Hispanic and 5% White. That compares with about 14% Black among all New York County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 9.5:1. The school has 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 9.5:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for elementary schools in New York. Federal data show 94% of students (211) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 70% average for public schools in New York County is 24 points lower.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 197 JOHN B RUSSWURM outscored 25%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 32.4%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 40.4%.
In New York County, home to about 1,629,477 people, 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. Public schools in New York County number 358, with about 152,104 students.
DEMOCRACY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL sits less than a tenth of a mile from PS 197 JOHN B RUSSWURM. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, PS 197 JOHN B RUSSWURM is 7th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, PS 197 JOHN B RUSSWURM is City: Large.
Enrollment decreased 5% over 4 years, reaching 224 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 7.9:1 to 9.5:1.
You can use this page to share news and ask questions about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 # 5
- COLUMBIA SECONDARY SCHOOLHigh · 714 students
- FREDERICK DOUGLASS ACADEMYHigh · 619 students
- HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT CCNYHigh · 576 students
- PS 161 PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOSElementary · 527 students
- THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY FOR LEARNING & SOCIAL CHANGEHigh · 408 students
- PS 123 MAHALIA JACKSONElementary · 394 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
- DEMOCRACY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.0 mi · 583
- PS 133 FRED R MOORE0.3 mi · 225
- PS 175 HENRY H GARNET0.3 mi · 291
- GLOBAL COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 477
- CAPITAL PREPARATORY (CP) HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 185
- THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY FOR LEARNING & SOCIAL CHANGE0.4 mi · 408
Frequently asked questions
About PS 197 JOHN B RUSSWURMHow large is PS 197 JOHN B RUSSWURM?
PS 197 JOHN B RUSSWURM enrolls approximately 224 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 197 JOHN B RUSSWURM serve?
PS 197 JOHN B RUSSWURM serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does PS 197 JOHN B RUSSWURM have?
PS 197 JOHN B RUSSWURM employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.5:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 197 JOHN B RUSSWURM?
Student demographics at PS 197 JOHN B RUSSWURM are roughly 5% White, 38% Hispanic, 55% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is PS 197 JOHN B RUSSWURM in?
PS 197 JOHN B RUSSWURM is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.