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If you could change one rule at PS 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN, what would it be?
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Enrollment
438
Elementary
DISTRICT 436 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3·NCES 360007803622
PS 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN
154 W 93RD ST, NEW YORK, NY 10025 · (212) 222-1450 · New York County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL438 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest 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
9.8:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
241 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 33 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 44 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 57 | 13% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (57).
Student demographics
70%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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
44.8%
NY avg 57.4% . -13.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 14 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 44.8% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 58.3% |
% 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
57.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN
PS 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN's state test result (57.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN this school | 438 | 55.0% | 57.6% |
| PS 165 ROBERT E SIMON NEW YORK | 448 | 56.0% | 49.5% |
| BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH BABYLON | 375 | 52.8% | 37.4% |
| WILLIAM E DELUCA JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH BABYLON | 401 | 51.6% | 18.8% |
| FRANK P LONG INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL BELLPORT | 542 | 56.6% | 28.2% |
| SCHOOL 30 YONKERS | 566 | 55.1% | 59.8% |
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 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #864 of 2,335 | #70 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #1,668 of 2,342 ▼ 670 | #107 of 151 ▼ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #780 of 2,343 ▼ 445 | #65 of 151 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 438 | #1,138 of 2,585 | #57 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #357 of 2,338 | #30 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.3% | #214 of 2,388 | #22 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.0% | #1,271 of 2,534 | #116 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -42.0% | #93 of 1,757 | #16 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
438
-141 (-24%) vs 2020
-38% since 2010-11, when it was 705
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 438 | 44.9 | 9.8:1 | 55% (241) |
| 2023-24 | 473 | 56.2 | 8.4:1 | 50% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 39.8 | 10.9:1 | 36% (157) |
| 2020-21 | 579 | 46 | 12.6:1 | 26% (149) |
| 2017-18 | 755 | 50.1 | 15.1:1 | 18% (136) |
| 2015-16 | 740 | 49 | 15.1:1 | 15% (113) |
| 2010-11 | 705 | 49 | 14.4:1 | 24% (170) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN.
About PS 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN
PS 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in NEW YORK, New York. The school teaches kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 438 students.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3 (44 schools, 19,478 students) runs PS 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN.
Hispanic students account for 42% of enrollment at PS 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN, more than any other group. The remaining students are 30% White, 17% Black, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Among people living in New York County, the Hispanic share is about 24%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PS 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN scores 70%.
Its ratio of 9.8:1 is based on 44.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 55%. For comparison, public schools in New York County average 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, PS 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN lands at B, ahead of 64% of New York public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 57.6%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 54.8%.
Looking at the county, New York County, median household income comes to about $103,931, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 64% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. The county's public schools total 358, with about 152,104 students.
PS 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN's nearest public school is LAFAYETTE ACADEMY (less than a tenth of a mile). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of PS 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN. PS 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN places 5th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, PS 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN had a net loss of 141 students, or 24%. The school's ratio dropped from 12.6:1 to 9.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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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- LAFAYETTE ACADEMY0.0 mi · 194
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- PS 166 RICHARD ROGERS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & SCIENCE (THE)0.2 mi · 607
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Frequently asked questions
About PS 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDRENHow large is PS 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN?
PS 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN enrolls approximately 438 students in grades KG-08.
Is PS 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at PS 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN?
Approximately 9.8:1 students per teacher at PS 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN.
How diverse is PS 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN?
PS 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN reports a student body of 30% White, 42% Hispanic, 17% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN?
PS 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3 in New York County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.