Enrollment
354
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31·NCES 360010302171
PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL
421 LINCOLN AVE, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10306 · (718) 351-1225 · Richmond County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL354 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
11.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
279 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 | 45 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 54% smaller than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
71%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
54.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
55.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
46.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 38 GEORGE CROMWELL
PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL's state test result (46.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL this school | 354 | 78.8% | 46.1% |
| PS 121 NELSON A ROCKEFELLER BROOKLYN | 295 | 80.3% | 62.1% |
| PS 206 HORACE HARDING SCHOOL (THE) REGO PARK | 522 | 83.1% | 46.7% |
| PS 11 THOMAS DONGAN SCHOOL STATEN ISLAND | 282 | 80.9% | 37.3% |
| PS 748 BROOKLYN SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL SCHOLARS BROOKLYN | 433 | 82.4% | 65.0% |
| PS 128 BENSONHURST BROOKLYN | 435 | 90.1% | 39.6% |
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 38 GEORGE CROMWELL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #1,332 of 2,335 | #37 of 53 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,248 of 2,342 ▲ 126 | #36 of 53 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,174 of 2,343 ▲ 7 | #38 of 53 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 354 | #1,639 of 2,585 | #40 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #1,188 of 2,338 | #24 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.7% | #188 of 2,388 | #5 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.8% | #809 of 2,534 | #22 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #1,433 of 1,757 | #26 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
354
-37 (-9%) vs 2020
-9% since 2010-11, when it was 391
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 354 | 30 | 11.8:1 | 79% (279) |
| 2023-24 | 348 | 30 | 11.6:1 | 78% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 348 | 30.5 | 11.4:1 | 76% (263) |
| 2020-21 | 391 | 33 | 11.8:1 | 72% (283) |
| 2017-18 | 375 | 31 | 12.1:1 | 70% (262) |
| 2015-16 | 374 | 27 | 13.8:1 | 64% (241) |
| 2010-11 | 391 | 34 | 11.5:1 | 69% (269) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL.
About PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL
Located in STATEN ISLAND, New York, PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL is a small elementary school. Total enrollment is 354 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in New York have about 443 students on average; enrollment here is 20% lower.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 counts 74 schools and 56,577 students, including PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL.
The biggest share of students at PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL, 32%, is White. Other reported shares: 31% Hispanic, 30% Asian, and 5% Black. That compares with about 60% White among all Richmond County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 71%.
With 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.8:1. Elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1, 1.0 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 79% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Richmond County average 67%.
PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 50% of New York public elementary schools.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 46.0%. PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL scores 46.1%.
Looking at the county, Richmond County, median household income comes to about $98,333, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The county has 88 public schools and about 62,254 students.
Measured in a straight line, IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT is about 0.2 miles from PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL ranks 7th on average proficiency.
PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL has an NCES locale of City: Large.
The school's student count decreased 9% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 2 GEORGE L EGBERT0.2 mi · 980
- STEPHANIE A VIERNO SCHOOL (THE)0.5 mi · 688
- NEW DORP HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 3,055
- PS 52 JOHN C THOMPSON0.8 mi · 627
- STATEN ISLAND HEBREW PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL0.8 mi · 202
- STATEN ISLAND TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,425
Frequently asked questions
About PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELLHow large is PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL?
PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL enrolls approximately 354 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL serve?
PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL?
At PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL, the student body is approximately 32% White, 31% Hispanic, 5% Black, 30% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL public or private?
PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31.
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