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Enrollment
563
Elementary
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2·NCES 360007702049
PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL
490 HUDSON ST, NEW YORK, NY 10014 · (212) 691-1183 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL563 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% 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.
- 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
12.8:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
129 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 | 81 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
61%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
74.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
74.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 73.0% |
% 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
71.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL
PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL's state test result (71.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL this school | 563 | 22.9% | 71.8% |
| WILLIAM E COTTLE SCHOOL EASTCHESTER | 488 | 21.9% | 72.9% |
| PS 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE) NEW YORK | 607 | 19.4% | 90.3% |
| BRETTON WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAUPPAUGE | 509 | 24.0% | 70.1% |
| BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FISHKILL | 545 | 20.2% | 68.9% |
| WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL HOLTSVILLE | 497 | 24.9% | 45.3% |
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 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #338 of 2,335 | #48 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #546 of 2,342 ▼ 80 | #57 of 151 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #388 of 2,343 ▼ 174 | #49 of 151 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 563 | #587 of 2,585 | #26 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #1,549 of 2,338 | #73 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.3% | #650 of 2,388 | #46 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.9% | #2,155 of 2,534 | #138 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.2% | #427 of 1,757 | #64 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
563
-40 (-7%) vs 2020
-22% since 2010-11, when it was 720
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 563 | 44 | 12.8:1 | 23% (129) |
| 2023-24 | 544 | 43.6 | 12.5:1 | 30% (161) |
| 2022-23 | 519 | 39 | 13.3:1 | 23% (120) |
| 2020-21 | 603 | 45 | 13.4:1 | 20% (119) |
| 2017-18 | 753 | 50 | 15.1:1 | 21% (161) |
| 2015-16 | 789 | 49 | 16.1:1 | 17% (131) |
| 2010-11 | 720 | 45 | 16.0:1 | 15% (105) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL.
About PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL
In NEW YORK, New York, part of New York County, PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL is an elementary school. Federal data show 563 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 enrolls 54,599 students in 119 schools, including PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL.
About 58% of the student body at PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL is White. Smaller groups are 17% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 6% Black. County-wide, 48% of New York County residents are White. A diversity index of 61% means there is a 61% chance two randomly chosen students at PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL are from different groups.
Teacher count: 44 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.8:1. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is close to this figure. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 23%. Across public schools in New York County, the average is 70%.
PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 81% of New York public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL is 5.2 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 71.8% actual, 66.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
The county, New York County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $103,931 a year, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. New York County has 358 public schools with about 152,104 students, including PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL.
MS 297 is the nearest public school to PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 65.7%, lower than PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL's 71.8%.
The NCES locale for PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL enrolled 603 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 563.
People who know PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOLHow many students attend PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL?
PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 563 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL serve?
PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL have?
PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL?
At PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 58% White, 17% Hispanic, 6% Black, 9% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL in?
PS 3 CHARRETTE SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.