Enrollment
218
Elementary
DISTRICT 262 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5·NCES 360008102141
PS 30 HERNANDEZ/HUGHES
144-176 E 128TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10035 · (212) 876-1825 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL218 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% 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.
- 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
10.8:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
215 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 43 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 11% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 63% larger than its 5th grade class (24).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
65.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
40.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
42.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 30 HERNANDEZ/HUGHES
PS 30 HERNANDEZ/HUGHES's state test result (42.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 30 HERNANDEZ/HUGHES this school | 218 | 98.6% | 42.2% |
| PS 154 JONATHAN D HYATT BRONX | 211 | 97.6% | 58.9% |
| PS/MS 4 CROTONA PARK WEST BRONX | 224 | 98.2% | 91.9% |
| PS 129 JOHN H FINLEY NEW YORK | 229 | 97.4% | 32.8% |
| PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON BROOKLYN | 196 | 94.9% | 57.9% |
| PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT NEW YORK | 184 | 99.5% | 29.8% |
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 30 HERNANDEZ/HUGHES ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #1,516 of 2,335 | #104 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,840 of 2,342 ▲ 100 | #121 of 151 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #706 of 2,343 ▼ 14 | #63 of 151 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 218 | #2,325 of 2,585 | #130 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #718 of 2,338 | #49 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.0% | #1,057 of 2,388 | #81 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.6% | #23 of 2,534 | #6 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.8% | #972 of 1,757 | #92 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
218
+7 (+3%) vs 2020
-21% since 2010-11, when it was 277
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 8.4:1
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 | 218 | 20.3 | 10.8:1 | 99% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 164 | 18 | 9.1:1 | 96% (157) |
| 2022-23 | 170 | 18.7 | 9.1:1 | 95% (162) |
| 2020-21 | 211 | 25 | 8.4:1 | 93% (196) |
| 2017-18 | 250 | 36 | 6.9:1 | 94% (235) |
| 2015-16 | 287 | 41 | 7.0:1 | 92% (265) |
| 2010-11 | 277 | 47 | 5.9:1 | 84% (233) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 30 HERNANDEZ/HUGHES.
About PS 30 HERNANDEZ/HUGHES
Families in NEW YORK, New York, are served by PS 30 HERNANDEZ/HUGHES, a small elementary school. The school serves 218 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in New York is roughly 443 students; this school is 51% smaller than that.
A total of 28 schools make up NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5, with 7,761 students enrolled.
Hispanic students account for 54% of enrollment at PS 30 HERNANDEZ/HUGHES. Other groups make up 41% Black. New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. PS 30 HERNANDEZ/HUGHES has a diversity index of 54%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 10.8 students per teacher and 20.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, higher than at this school. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The 70% average for public schools in New York County is 29 points lower.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, PS 30 HERNANDEZ/HUGHES receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 38.7% for PS 30 HERNANDEZ/HUGHES. The school posts 42.2%, 3.5 points above the prediction.
According to the American Community Survey, in New York County, median household income is about $103,931, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 64%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. A total of 358 public schools operate in New York County, serving about 152,104 students.
Nearby, PS 138 is less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 49.1%; PS 30 HERNANDEZ/HUGHES's is 42.2%, ranking 4th of 7.
PS 30 HERNANDEZ/HUGHES falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 211 to 218. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 8.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.8:1.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About PS 30 HERNANDEZ/HUGHESHow large is PS 30 HERNANDEZ/HUGHES?
PS 30 HERNANDEZ/HUGHES enrolls approximately 218 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 30 HERNANDEZ/HUGHES serve?
PS 30 HERNANDEZ/HUGHES serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 30 HERNANDEZ/HUGHES?
Approximately 10.8:1 students per teacher at PS 30 HERNANDEZ/HUGHES.
How diverse is PS 30 HERNANDEZ/HUGHES?
PS 30 HERNANDEZ/HUGHES reports a student body of 1% White, 54% Hispanic, 41% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is PS 30 HERNANDEZ/HUGHES public or private?
PS 30 HERNANDEZ/HUGHES is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5.
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