Enrollment
272
Elementary
DISTRICT 262 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5·NCES 360008102164
PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS
123 MORNINGSIDE DR, NEW YORK, NY 10027 · (212) 690-5807 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL272 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest 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
8.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
240 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 | 52 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 11% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (30).
Student demographics
57%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
46.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
38.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS
PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS's state test result (38.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS this school | 272 | 88.2% | 38.2% |
| CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POUGHKEEPSIE | 286 | 88.8% | 43.5% |
| ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL 6 BRONX | 299 | 89.0% | 82.3% |
| ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL 7 BRONX | 303 | 87.5% | 71.9% |
| PS/IS 155 NICHOLAS HERKIMER BROOKLYN | 298 | 90.9% | 40.2% |
| RIVER EAST ELEMENTARY NEW YORK | 236 | 87.7% | 46.8% |
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 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #1,702 of 2,335 | #114 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,712 of 2,342 ▲ 68 | #109 of 151 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,484 of 2,343 ▼ 65 | #107 of 151 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 272 | #2,133 of 2,585 | #114 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.0:1 | #58 of 2,338 | #8 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.8% | #888 of 2,388 | #65 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.2% | #485 of 2,534 | #63 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.1% | #263 of 1,757 | #41 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
272
-38 (-12%) vs 2020
-58% since 2010-11, when it was 641
Student : Teacher
8.0:1
was 9.7:1
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 | 272 | 34.1 | 8.0:1 | 88% (240) |
| 2023-24 | 277 | 29 | 9.6:1 | 91% (252) |
| 2022-23 | 268 | 28 | 9.6:1 | 94% (251) |
| 2020-21 | 310 | 32 | 9.7:1 | 89% (275) |
| 2017-18 | 395 | 41 | 9.6:1 | 88% (348) |
| 2015-16 | 450 | 36 | 12.5:1 | 89% (399) |
| 2010-11 | 641 | 51 | 12.6:1 | 82% (527) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS.
About PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS
PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS is a small elementary school with an address in NEW YORK, New York. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 272 students. On average, elementary schools in New York enroll around 443, and this school is 39% below that mark.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5 operates 28 schools. Combined enrollment is 7,761 students.
Federal enrollment data show PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS is 56% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 34% Black, 4% Asian, 3% White, and 2% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 31 points above the 24% share among New York County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 57%.
Classroom staffing at PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS totals 34.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 8.0:1. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS is about 88%. On average, public schools in New York County report 70%.
PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS 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 36% of New York public elementary schools.
In New York, PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 38.2% actual against a predicted 42.5%.
In New York County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $103,931 a year, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in New York County number 358, with about 152,104 students.
KIPP STAR COLLEGE PREP CHARTER SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS ranks 8th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell by 12% across 4 years, from 310 in 2020-21 to 272 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 9.7:1 in 2020-21 to 8.0:1 in 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
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Frequently asked questions
About PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLASHow many students attend PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS?
PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS enrolls approximately 272 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS?
Approximately 8.0:1 students per teacher at PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS.
How diverse is PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS?
PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS reports a student body of 3% White, 56% Hispanic, 34% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS public or private?
PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.