Enrollment
184
Elementary
DISTRICT 288 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1·NCES 360007602157
PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT
730 E 12TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10009 · (212) 228-4433 · New York County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL184 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
6.1:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
183 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 25 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 12 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 14 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 18 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 10 | 5% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 20 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 18 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 22 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (12) is 45% smaller than its 8th grade class (22).
Student demographics
54%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
38.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
30.1%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 30.1% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 21.7% |
% 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
29.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT
PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT's state test result (29.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT this school | 184 | 99.5% | 29.8% |
| PS 154 JONATHAN D HYATT BRONX | 211 | 97.6% | 58.9% |
| PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON BROOKLYN | 196 | 94.9% | 57.9% |
| PS 30 HERNANDEZ/HUGHES NEW YORK | 218 | 98.6% | 42.2% |
| WAVERLY ACADEMY OF EMPOWERED LEARNERS (THE) STATEN ISLAND | 165 | 95.8% | N/A |
| PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS BROOKLYN | 182 | 94.5% | 18.1% |
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 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #2,015 of 2,335 | #140 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #2,092 of 2,342 ▲ 95 | #137 of 151 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,865 of 2,343 ▼ 354 | #126 of 151 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 184 | #2,423 of 2,585 | #138 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #10 of 2,534 | #3 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.6% | #79 of 1,757 | #13 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
184
-85 (-32%) vs 2020
-53% since 2010-11, when it was 393
Student : Teacher
6.1:1
was 8.7:1
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 | 184 | 30 | 6.1:1 | 99% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 217 | 28.5 | 7.6:1 | 97% (210) |
| 2022-23 | 224 | 26.7 | 8.4:1 | 97% (218) |
| 2020-21 | 269 | 31 | 8.7:1 | 96% (257) |
| 2017-18 | 326 | 33 | 9.9:1 | 98% (319) |
| 2015-16 | 386 | 30 | 12.9:1 | 97% (374) |
| 2010-11 | 393 | 36 | 10.9:1 | 99% (390) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT.
About PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT
PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT is a small elementary school with an address in NEW YORK, New York. It reported 184 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. By comparison, elementary schools in New York enroll about 443 students on average.
The 26 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1 enroll 9,363 students altogether, PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT among them.
At PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT, 54% of students are Hispanic. The school is also 40% Black and 3% White. That is higher than the 24% Hispanic share among all New York County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 54%.
PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 6.1:1. The school's 6.1:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for elementary schools in New York. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 99% at PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT. Public schools in New York County average 70%.
PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 23% of New York public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT is 8.6 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
In the wider New York County area, median household income comes to about $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's 358 public schools enroll about 152,104 students and include PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT.
CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE) sits about 0.2 miles from PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT is 9th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 184, from 269 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 8.7 to 6.1 over 4 years.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELTHow many students attend PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT?
PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT enrolls approximately 184 students in grades PK-08.
Is PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT have?
PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 6.1:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT?
Student demographics at PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT are roughly 3% White, 54% Hispanic, 40% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT in?
PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1.
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