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What's the state of after-school transportation at PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
444
Elementary
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2·NCES 360007701219
PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL
311 E 82ND ST, NEW YORK, NY 10028 · (212) 734-7127 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL444 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of New York public elementary schools
- A+Test 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
15.7:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
57 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 | 90 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 63% larger than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
57%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
93.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
96.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 93 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 96 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 93.0% | 96.0% |
| 2023-24 | 87.0% | 87.0% |
% 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
88.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL
PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL's state test result (88.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL this school | 444 | 12.8% | 88.4% |
| GLENWOOD LANDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GLEN HEAD | 386 | 9.3% | 86.3% |
| BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 376 | 15.4% | 71.8% |
| GLEN HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GLEN HEAD | 379 | 18.2% | 85.0% |
| ROSENDALE SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 376 | 17.6% | 74.5% |
| CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 377 | 17.2% | 60.0% |
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 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 88.4% | #56 of 2,335 | #15 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 96.0% | #50 of 2,342 ▲ 99 | #12 of 151 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 93.0% | #41 of 2,343 ▼ 3 | #9 of 151 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 444 | #1,104 of 2,585 | #54 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #2,136 of 2,338 | #106 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.1% | #869 of 2,388 | #63 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.8% | #2,390 of 2,534 | #149 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.3% | #301 of 1,757 | #50 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
444
-25 (-5%) vs 2020
-30% since 2010-11, when it was 637
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 444 | 28.2 | 15.7:1 | 13% (57) |
| 2023-24 | 432 | 28 | 15.4:1 | 14% (62) |
| 2022-23 | 437 | 26.7 | 16.4:1 | 16% (71) |
| 2020-21 | 469 | 33 | 14.2:1 | 13% (61) |
| 2017-18 | 628 | 42 | 14.9:1 | 12% (73) |
| 2015-16 | 631 | 36 | 17.5:1 | 10% (62) |
| 2010-11 | 637 | 45 | 14.2:1 | 11% (73) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL.
About PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL
PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in NEW YORK, New York. It educates 444 students in pre-K through 5.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 runs PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL along with 118 other schools, enrolling 54,599 students in total.
PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL is 62% White by enrollment. Smaller groups are 17% Asian, 11% multiracial, and 9% Hispanic. County-wide, 48% of New York County residents are White. PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL's diversity index is 57%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 28.2 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 15.7:1. That is higher than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 13%. Public schools in New York County average 70%.
PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 95% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 70.3% for PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL. The school posts 88.4%, 18.1 points above the prediction.
Across New York County, the median household income is $103,931, roughly 64% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. New York County is home to 358 public schools and about 152,104 public school students.
The closest public school, ELEANOR ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL, is about 0.3 miles from PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL ranks 2nd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
The school enrolled 444 students in 2024-25, 25 fewer than the 469 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 14.2:1 to 15.7:1.
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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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Nearby schools
- ELEANOR ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 538
- YORKVILLE EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 250
- YORKVILLE COMMUNITY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 320
- PS 158 BAYARD TAYLOR0.4 mi · 605
- JHS 167 ROBERT F WAGNER0.4 mi · 945
- PS 169 ROBERT F KENNEDY0.4 mi · 383
Frequently asked questions
About PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOLHow large is PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL?
PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL enrolls approximately 444 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL serve?
PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL are roughly 62% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 17% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL?
PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 in New York County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.