Enrollment
313
Elementary
DISTRICT 288 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1·NCES 360007602104
PS 20 ANNA SILVER
166 ESSEX ST, NEW YORK, NY 10002 · (212) 254-9577 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL313 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% 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.
- CBeats 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
10.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
263 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 16 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
63%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
39.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
35.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
32.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 20 ANNA SILVER
PS 20 ANNA SILVER's state test result (32.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 20 ANNA SILVER this school | 313 | 84.0% | 32.3% |
| PS 151 MARY D CARTER WOODSIDE | 334 | 90.4% | 49.7% |
| PS 56 HARRY EICHLER RICHMOND HILL | 360 | 82.2% | 52.5% |
| STEAM BRIDGE SCHOOL (THE) BRONX | 271 | 80.4% | 77.2% |
| BRONX LITTLE SCHOOL BRONX | 315 | 91.4% | 46.8% |
| LINDEN TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRONX | 300 | 91.7% | 34.5% |
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 20 ANNA SILVER ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #1,948 of 2,335 | #132 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,975 of 2,342 ▼ 190 | #129 of 151 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,816 of 2,343 ▲ 9 | #122 of 151 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 313 | #1,904 of 2,585 | #97 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #419 of 2,338 | #36 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.7% | #573 of 2,388 | #42 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.0% | #645 of 2,534 | #75 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.6% | #163 of 1,757 | #31 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
313
-95 (-23%) vs 2020
-50% since 2010-11, when it was 625
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 313 | 31.4 | 10.0:1 | 84% (263) |
| 2023-24 | 379 | 30.2 | 12.6:1 | 86% (326) |
| 2022-23 | 313 | 31 | 10.1:1 | 71% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 408 | 33 | 12.4:1 | 72% (295) |
| 2017-18 | 494 | 36 | 13.7:1 | 73% (359) |
| 2015-16 | 582 | 43 | 13.5:1 | 60% (347) |
| 2010-11 | 625 | 48 | 13.0:1 | 88% (549) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 20 ANNA SILVER.
About PS 20 ANNA SILVER
This page covers PS 20 ANNA SILVER, a small elementary school in NEW YORK, New York. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 313 students. The average among elementary schools in New York is roughly 443 students; this school is 29% smaller than that.
PS 20 ANNA SILVER is one school in a 26-school district, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1, which enrolls 9,363 students.
PS 20 ANNA SILVER's enrollment is 56% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 18% Asian, 15% Black, 7% White, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of New York County's population at about 24%. By the diversity index, PS 20 ANNA SILVER comes in at 63%.
The school has about 10.0 students per teacher and 31.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, higher than at this school. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in New York County is 14 points.
PS 20 ANNA SILVER is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 20% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In New York, PS 20 ANNA SILVER is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 32.3% actual against a predicted 44.1%.
Among New York County residents, median household income is about $103,931, about 64% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. PS 20 ANNA SILVER is one of 358 public schools in New York County, which together enroll about 152,104 students.
SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL LEADERS is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, PS 20 ANNA SILVER is 8th of 9 on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put PS 20 ANNA SILVER inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Federal counts put enrollment at 408 in 2020-21 and 313 in 2024-25, a 23% decrease. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 12.4:1 to 10.0:1.
Community posts for PS 20 ANNA SILVER can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About PS 20 ANNA SILVERWhat is the total enrollment at PS 20 ANNA SILVER?
PS 20 ANNA SILVER enrolls approximately 313 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 20 ANNA SILVER serve?
PS 20 ANNA SILVER serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 20 ANNA SILVER?
Approximately 10.0:1 students per teacher at PS 20 ANNA SILVER.
How diverse is PS 20 ANNA SILVER?
PS 20 ANNA SILVER reports a student body of 7% White, 56% Hispanic, 15% Black, 18% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 20 ANNA SILVER?
PS 20 ANNA SILVER is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1 in New York County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.