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Enrollment
689
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31·NCES 360010302142
PS 30 WESTERLEIGH
200 WARDWELL AVE, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10314 · (718) 442-0462 · Richmond County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL689 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% 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.
- 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
12.8:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
283 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 | 18 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 113 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 123 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 118 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (113) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (107).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
81.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
82.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 82.0% |
% 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
75.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 WESTERLEIGH
PS 30 WESTERLEIGH's state test result (75.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 30 WESTERLEIGH this school | 689 | 41.1% | 75.6% |
| PS 207 ROCKWOOD PARK HOWARD BEACH | 668 | 37.6% | 63.7% |
| PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) NEW YORK | 662 | 34.6% | 79.7% |
| PS 56 LOUIS DESARIO SCHOOL (THE) STATEN ISLAND | 644 | 39.4% | 70.8% |
| PS 185 WALTER KASSENBROCK BROOKLYN | 577 | 42.3% | 73.2% |
| PS 23 RICHMONDTOWN STATEN ISLAND | 608 | 40.0% | 79.0% |
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 30 WESTERLEIGH ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.6% | #248 of 2,335 | #9 of 53 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #297 of 2,342 ▼ 49 | #11 of 53 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #221 of 2,343 ▼ 2 | #10 of 53 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 689 | #286 of 2,585 | #16 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #1,544 of 2,338 | #29 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #461 of 2,388 | #24 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.1% | #1,662 of 2,534 | #49 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.7% | #772 of 1,757 | #14 of 34 |
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
689
-80 (-10%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 845
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 689 | 54 | 12.8:1 | 41% (283) |
| 2023-24 | 683 | 51.9 | 13.2:1 | 40% (272) |
| 2022-23 | 659 | 52.4 | 12.6:1 | 39% (259) |
| 2020-21 | 769 | 55 | 14.0:1 | 38% (290) |
| 2017-18 | 827 | 58 | 14.3:1 | 36% (294) |
| 2015-16 | 786 | 56 | 14.0:1 | 35% (274) |
| 2010-11 | 845 | 62 | 13.6:1 | 38% (322) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 30 WESTERLEIGH.
About PS 30 WESTERLEIGH
PS 30 WESTERLEIGH is a high-enrollment elementary school in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31, located in STATEN ISLAND, New York. The school serves 689 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in New York is roughly 443 students; this school is 56% bigger than that.
PS 30 WESTERLEIGH belongs to NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31, a district of 74 schools and 56,577 students.
PS 30 WESTERLEIGH is 51% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 23% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Richmond County's population at about 60%. The school's diversity index is 65%, meaning two students picked at random have a 65% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 12.8:1 comes from the school's 54 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The lunch program counts 41% of students at PS 30 WESTERLEIGH as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Richmond County is 67%.
PS 30 WESTERLEIGH is graded A by allk12, scoring above 91% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, PS 30 WESTERLEIGH would score about 59.9%. It scores 75.6%, 15.7 points above that figure.
Richmond County census figures show that the median household income is $98,333, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Richmond County is home to 88 public schools and about 62,254 public school students.
The next-closest public school is PORT RICHMOND SCHOOL FOR VISIONARY LEARNING, about 0.7 miles away. PS 30 WESTERLEIGH is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. PS 30 WESTERLEIGH ranks 1st of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 75.6% against a local average of 48.4%.
PS 30 WESTERLEIGH is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
The school enrolled 689 students in 2024-25, 80 fewer than the 769 it had in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.0:1 to 12.8:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for PS 30 WESTERLEIGH covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Richmond County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
494,956
Census ACS
Median income
$98,333
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
62,254 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31
- TOTTENVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,750 students
- NEW DORP HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,055 students
- SUSAN E WAGNER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,743 students
- CURTIS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,439 students
- PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,696 students
- IS 72 ROCCO LAURIEMiddle · 1,532 students
Other schools in STATEN ISLAND
- TOTTENVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,750 students
- NEW DORP HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,055 students
- SUSAN E WAGNER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,743 students
- CURTIS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,439 students
- PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,696 students
- IS 72 ROCCO LAURIEMiddle · 1,532 students
Nearby schools
- PORT RICHMOND SCHOOL FOR VISIONARY LEARNING0.7 mi · 377
- IS 51 EDWIN MARKHAM0.7 mi · 1,072
- PS 19 CURTIS SCHOOL (THE)0.9 mi · 464
- PS 29 BARDWELL0.9 mi · 579
- IS 27 ANNING S PRALL1.0 mi · 836
- PS 22 GRANITEVILLE1.1 mi · 717
Frequently asked questions
About PS 30 WESTERLEIGHHow large is PS 30 WESTERLEIGH?
PS 30 WESTERLEIGH enrolls approximately 689 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 30 WESTERLEIGH serve?
PS 30 WESTERLEIGH serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 30 WESTERLEIGH?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at PS 30 WESTERLEIGH.
How diverse is PS 30 WESTERLEIGH?
PS 30 WESTERLEIGH reports a student body of 51% White, 23% Hispanic, 5% Black, 17% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 30 WESTERLEIGH?
PS 30 WESTERLEIGH is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 in Richmond County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.