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Enrollment
460
Elementary
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2·NCES 360007704356
PS 234 INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL
292 GREENWICH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10007 · (212) 233-6034 · New York County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL460 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% 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.
- A-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
11.7:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
5%
25 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
53%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
87.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
88.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.0% | 88.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.0% | 86.0% |
% 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
83.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 234 INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL
PS 234 INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL's state test result (83.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 234 INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL this school | 460 | 5.4% | 83.8% |
| OSBORN SCHOOL RYE | 469 | 2.6% | 86.0% |
| PS 41 GREENWICH VILLAGE NEW YORK | 478 | 7.9% | 85.8% |
| CHATTERTON SCHOOL MERRICK | 451 | 8.4% | 78.2% |
| DOUGLAS G GRAFFLIN SCHOOL CHAPPAQUA | 415 | 5.5% | 83.6% |
| DOWS LANE (K-3) SCHOOL IRVINGTON | 493 | 9.1% | 81.3% |
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 234 INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.8% | #118 of 2,335 | #28 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #165 of 2,342 ▲ 5 | #32 of 151 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #113 of 2,343 ▼ 32 | #27 of 151 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 460 | #1,021 of 2,585 | #47 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #1,155 of 2,338 | #64 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.2% | #1,100 of 2,388 | #84 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 5.4% | #2,486 of 2,534 | #155 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.3% | #326 of 1,757 | #53 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
460
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
-46% since 2010-11, when it was 846
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 460 | 39.2 | 11.7:1 | 5% (25) |
| 2023-24 | 489 | 38.4 | 12.7:1 | 8% (38) |
| 2022-23 | 476 | 37.7 | 12.6:1 | 8% (37) |
| 2020-21 | 468 | 44 | 10.6:1 | 16% (74) |
| 2017-18 | 642 | 44 | 14.6:1 | 10% (63) |
| 2015-16 | 723 | 47 | 15.4:1 | 3% (25) |
| 2010-11 | 846 | 52 | 16.3:1 | 8% (66) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 234 INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL.
About PS 234 INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL
PS 234 INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in NEW YORK, New York. Enrollment stands at 460 students, covering kindergarten through 5.
The 119 schools of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, including PS 234 INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL, enroll 54,599 students.
The share of White students at PS 234 INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL is 66%, a majority. The school is also 12% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, and 10% Asian. That is higher than the 48% White share among all New York County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.
On staff are 39.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.7:1. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 5% of students at PS 234 INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in New York County average 70%.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 234 INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL outscored 90%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 73.0%. PS 234 INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL scores 83.8%.
Looking at the county, New York County, the median household earns about $103,931 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 64%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. New York County has 358 public schools with about 152,104 students, including PS 234 INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL.
PS 234 INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL's nearest public school is IS 289 (about 0.1 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, PS 234 INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL is 3rd among 9 schools close by.
PS 234 INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL has an NCES locale of City: Large.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (468) to 2024-25 (460). The school's ratio increased from 10.6:1 to 11.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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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Nearby schools
- IS 2890.1 mi · 253
- PS 890.1 mi · 342
- STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 3,261
- SPRUCE STREET SCHOOL0.5 mi · 441
- HIGH SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE0.5 mi · 644
- SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS0.5 mi · 204
Frequently asked questions
About PS 234 INDEPENDENCE SCHOOLHow large is PS 234 INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL?
PS 234 INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 460 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does PS 234 INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL serve?
PS 234 INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does PS 234 INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL have?
PS 234 INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 234 INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL?
At PS 234 INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 66% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 10% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is PS 234 INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL public or private?
PS 234 INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL 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.