Enrollment
145
Elementary
DISTRICT 436 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3·NCES 360007803551
PS 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE)
134 W 122ND ST, NEW YORK, NY 10027 · (212) 678-2908 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL145 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% 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
8.5:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
137 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 9 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 20 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 20 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 26 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (26).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
35.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
40.3%
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 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE)
PS 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE)'s state test result (32.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE) this school | 145 | 94.5% | 32.3% |
| BRONX STEM AND ARTS ACADEMY (THE) BRONX | 147 | 98.0% | 33.2% |
| PS 16 LEONARD DUNKLY BROOKLYN | 173 | 96.5% | 36.5% |
| PS 134 HENRIETTA SZOLD NEW YORK | 164 | 98.8% | 19.3% |
| EAST BROOKLYN ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL (EBACS) BROOKLYN | 152 | 93.4% | 69.5% |
| PS 65 MOTHER HALE ACADEMY BRONX | 178 | 97.2% | 29.3% |
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 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE) ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #1,945 of 2,335 | #130 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #2,067 of 2,342 ▼ 6 | #135 of 151 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,976 of 2,343 ▼ 144 | #131 of 151 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 145 | #2,504 of 2,585 | #152 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.5% | #219 of 2,534 | #31 of 155 |
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
145
-2 (-1%) vs 2020
-25% since 2010-11, when it was 194
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 145 | 17 | 8.5:1 | 94% (137) |
| 2023-24 | 156 | 17 | 9.2:1 | 94% (147) |
| 2022-23 | 98 | 17 | 5.8:1 | 83% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 147 | 15 | 9.8:1 | 88% (129) |
| 2017-18 | 171 | 18 | 9.5:1 | 88% (151) |
| 2015-16 | 215 | 21 | 10.2:1 | 83% (178) |
| 2010-11 | 194 | 25 | 7.8:1 | 81% (157) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE).
About PS 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE)
Located in NEW YORK, New York, PS 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE) is a very small elementary school. The school has 145 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in New York average about 443 students, which makes this school 67% below average.
PS 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE) is one of the 44 schools that make up NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3 (19,478 students in total).
About 63% of the student body at PS 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE) is Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 32% Black and 2% Asian. Among people living in New York County, the Hispanic share is about 24%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 50%.
PS 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE) has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.5:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1. At PS 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE), 94% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The 70% average for public schools in New York County is 24 points lower.
On the allk12 Grade, PS 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE) lands at C, ahead of 26% of New York public elementary schools.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 40.3%. PS 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE) scores 32.3%.
For New York County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $103,931, about 64% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county has 358 public schools and about 152,104 students.
FUTURE LEADERS INSTITUTE CHARTER SCHOOL sits less than a tenth of a mile from PS 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE). PS 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE) has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 51.6% proficiency; PS 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE) posts 32.3%.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (147) to 2024-25 (145). Federal data show the ratio falling from 9.8:1 to 8.5:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at PS 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE). Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE)How large is PS 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE)?
PS 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE) enrolls approximately 145 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE) serve?
PS 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE) serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE)?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE) is approximately 8.5:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE)?
At PS 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE), the student body is approximately 1% White, 63% Hispanic, 32% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE) public or private?
PS 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE) is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.