Enrollment
308
Elementary
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2·NCES 360007704407
PS 212 MIDTOWN WEST
328 W 48TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10036 · (212) 247-0208 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL308 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of New York public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
13.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
156 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 34 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
70%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
62.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
55.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
59.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 212 MIDTOWN WEST
PS 212 MIDTOWN WEST's state test result (59.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 212 MIDTOWN WEST this school | 308 | 50.6% | 59.1% |
| CHAMBERS SCHOOL KINGSTON | 306 | 53.6% | 31.7% |
| ELLA BAKER SCHOOL NEW YORK | 337 | 50.7% | 67.4% |
| STAGECOACH SCHOOL SELDEN | 351 | 52.7% | 38.1% |
| CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE) NEW YORK | 277 | 51.6% | 56.5% |
| CENTRAL VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CENTRAL VALLEY | 375 | 46.9% | 46.8% |
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 212 MIDTOWN WEST ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #785 of 2,335 | #66 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,239 of 2,342 ▼ 215 | #84 of 151 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #829 of 2,343 ▼ 472 | #67 of 151 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 308 | #1,939 of 2,585 | #99 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,832 of 2,338 | #87 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.1% | #219 of 2,388 | #23 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.6% | #1,386 of 2,534 | #120 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.3% | #788 of 1,757 | #83 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
308
-23 (-7%) vs 2020
-10% since 2010-11, when it was 343
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 308 | 22.3 | 13.8:1 | 51% (156) |
| 2023-24 | 310 | 20.5 | 15.1:1 | 49% (152) |
| 2022-23 | 275 | 20 | 13.8:1 | 34% (93) |
| 2020-21 | 331 | 21 | 15.8:1 | 27% (90) |
| 2017-18 | 368 | 18 | 20.4:1 | 22% (82) |
| 2015-16 | 381 | 21 | 18.1:1 | 21% (80) |
| 2010-11 | 343 | 22 | 15.6:1 | 28% (95) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 212 MIDTOWN WEST.
About PS 212 MIDTOWN WEST
PS 212 MIDTOWN WEST is a small elementary school with its address in NEW YORK, New York. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 308 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students.
The district for PS 212 MIDTOWN WEST is NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, with 119 schools and 54,599 students.
The most common group at PS 212 MIDTOWN WEST is Hispanic students, at 45%. The school is also 26% White, 11% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 8% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 24%. PS 212 MIDTOWN WEST's diversity index is 70%, against a US figure of 70%.
PS 212 MIDTOWN WEST's 22.3 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.8:1. On average, elementary schools in New York have 12.8:1, compared with 13.8:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 51%. That rate is below the 70% average among public schools in New York County.
allk12 grades PS 212 MIDTOWN WEST a B+. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 56.4% for PS 212 MIDTOWN WEST. The school posts 59.1%, 2.8 points above the prediction.
Among New York County residents, the median household income is $103,931, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 64%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Besides PS 212 MIDTOWN WEST, New York County has 357 other public schools.
PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 55.1%, lower than PS 212 MIDTOWN WEST's 59.1%.
For locale, NCES codes PS 212 MIDTOWN WEST as City: Large.
Federal data show a 7% enrollment decrease, from 331 in 2020-21 to 308 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 15.8:1 to 13.8:1.
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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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Frequently asked questions
About PS 212 MIDTOWN WESTHow large is PS 212 MIDTOWN WEST?
PS 212 MIDTOWN WEST enrolls approximately 308 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 212 MIDTOWN WEST an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 212 MIDTOWN WEST is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 212 MIDTOWN WEST have?
PS 212 MIDTOWN WEST employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
How diverse is PS 212 MIDTOWN WEST?
PS 212 MIDTOWN WEST reports a student body of 26% White, 45% Hispanic, 8% Black, 11% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is PS 212 MIDTOWN WEST public or private?
PS 212 MIDTOWN WEST is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2.
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