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Enrollment
866
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31·NCES 360010302165
PS 36 J C DRUMGOOLE
255 IONIA AVE, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10312 · (718) 984-1422 · Richmond County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL866 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
396 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
70.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
71.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
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
63.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
866
+8 (+1%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 14.3:1
% White
63%
was 78%
% Hispanic
14%
was 15%
% Black
2%
was 0%
% Asian
19%
was 5%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PS 36 J C DRUMGOOLE
PS 36 J C DRUMGOOLE is an elementary campus of expansive scale in STATEN ISLAND, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31, works with 866 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 95% above the state mean of about 443.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 runs 74 schools in total, collectively educating 56,577 students. PS 36 J C DRUMGOOLE is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, PS 36 J C DRUMGOOLE reports that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. Other groups include 19% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Richmond County as a whole.
Looking at school resources, On paper, PS 36 J C DRUMGOOLE has 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Richmond County (around 67%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 36 J C DRUMGOOLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.2%, the actual is 63.5%, a residual of +5.4 points.
In the area at large, census data for Richmond County shows the typical household earns roughly $98,333 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Richmond County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,254 students), of which PS 36 J C DRUMGOOLE is one.
Nearest neighbor: IS 75 FRANK D PAULO, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS 36 J C DRUMGOOLE comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 75.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 858 students in 2018 compared to 866 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 78% to 63% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.
On this page, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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
- IS 75 FRANK D PAULO0.8 mi · 1,514
- PS 4 MAURICE WOLLIN0.9 mi · 862
- PS 42 ELTINGVILLE0.9 mi · 995
- PS 5 HUGUENOT0.9 mi · 317
- PS 55 HENRY M BOEHM1.1 mi · 512
- TOTTENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 3,750
Frequently asked questions
About PS 36 J C DRUMGOOLEHow many students attend PS 36 J C DRUMGOOLE?
PS 36 J C DRUMGOOLE enrolls approximately 866 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 36 J C DRUMGOOLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 36 J C DRUMGOOLE is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 36 J C DRUMGOOLE?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at PS 36 J C DRUMGOOLE.
What is the student diversity at PS 36 J C DRUMGOOLE?
Student demographics at PS 36 J C DRUMGOOLE are roughly 63% White, 14% Hispanic, 2% Black, 19% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is PS 36 J C DRUMGOOLE in?
PS 36 J C DRUMGOOLE is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31.
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