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Enrollment
516
Elementary
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2·NCES 360007702675
PS 198 ISADOR E IDA STRAUS
1700 3RD AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10128 · (212) 289-3702 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL516 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest 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
14.7:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
204 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 43 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
85.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
85.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.0% | 85.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 78.0% |
% 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
76.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 198 ISADOR E IDA STRAUS
PS 198 ISADOR E IDA STRAUS's state test result (76.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 198 ISADOR E IDA STRAUS this school | 516 | 39.5% | 76.8% |
| UNITY DRIVE KINDERGARTEN-PRE K CENTER CENTEREACH | 478 | 39.3% | N/A |
| HIAWATHA SCHOOL LAKE RONKONKOMA | 541 | 38.8% | 40.3% |
| EAST VILLAGE COMMUNITY SCHOOL (THE) NEW YORK | 477 | 45.1% | 71.3% |
| CASIMIR PULASKI SCHOOL SCARSDALE | 579 | 43.4% | 67.0% |
| HELLENIC CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL - STATEN ISLAND STATEN ISLAND | 474 | 43.5% | 74.2% |
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 198 ISADOR E IDA STRAUS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.8% | #219 of 2,335 | #38 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #226 of 2,342 ▲ 116 | #39 of 151 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #142 of 2,343 ▲ 71 | #36 of 151 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 516 | #748 of 2,585 | #34 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #1,994 of 2,338 | #94 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.5% | #202 of 2,388 | #21 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.5% | #1,706 of 2,534 | #124 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.9% | #231 of 606 | #14 of 28 |
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
516
+60 (+13%) vs 2020
-9% since 2010-11, when it was 568
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 516 | 35.1 | 14.7:1 | 40% (204) |
| 2023-24 | 515 | 36 | 14.3:1 | 41% (209) |
| 2022-23 | 459 | 32 | 14.3:1 | 37% (171) |
| 2020-21 | 456 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 38% (171) |
| 2017-18 | 461 | 36 | 12.8:1 | 38% (175) |
| 2015-16 | 497 | 37 | 13.4:1 | 41% (206) |
| 2010-11 | 568 | 50 | 11.4:1 | 70% (395) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 198 ISADOR E IDA STRAUS.
About PS 198 ISADOR E IDA STRAUS
PS 198 ISADOR E IDA STRAUS is an elementary school in NEW YORK, New York, reachable at (212) 289-3702. The school counted 516 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 is responsible for 119 schools, PS 198 ISADOR E IDA STRAUS included, with 54,599 students in all.
The student body at PS 198 ISADOR E IDA STRAUS has no majority group. White students lead at 41%. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 8% Black, and 4% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 71%.
There are 35.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at PS 198 ISADOR E IDA STRAUS, giving a ratio of 14.7:1. Elementary schools in New York have an average ratio of 12.8:1. By family income, 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in New York County report 70%.
PS 198 ISADOR E IDA STRAUS holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 92% of New York public elementary schools.
PS 198 ISADOR E IDA STRAUS is 16.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (76.8% versus 60.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
In the surrounding county, New York County, the median household earns about $103,931 a year, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. New York County has 358 public schools with about 152,104 students, including PS 198 ISADOR E IDA STRAUS.
PS 77 LOWER LAB SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. PS 198 ISADOR E IDA STRAUS is 5th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The federal government classifies PS 198 ISADOR E IDA STRAUS's location as City: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 516, compared with 456 in 2020-21.
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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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- JUDITH S KAYE SCHOOL (THE)0.3 mi · 205
- PS 527 EAST SIDE SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL ACTION0.3 mi · 378
- EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 424
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Frequently asked questions
About PS 198 ISADOR E IDA STRAUSHow large is PS 198 ISADOR E IDA STRAUS?
PS 198 ISADOR E IDA STRAUS enrolls approximately 516 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 198 ISADOR E IDA STRAUS an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 198 ISADOR E IDA STRAUS is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 198 ISADOR E IDA STRAUS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 198 ISADOR E IDA STRAUS is approximately 14.7:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 198 ISADOR E IDA STRAUS?
At PS 198 ISADOR E IDA STRAUS, the student body is approximately 41% White, 31% Hispanic, 8% Black, 14% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is PS 198 ISADOR E IDA STRAUS public or private?
PS 198 ISADOR E IDA STRAUS is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.