Enrollment
176
Elementary
DISTRICT 339 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4·NCES 360007902083
PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE
232 E 103RD ST, NEW YORK, NY 10029 · (212) 860-5882 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL176 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% 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.
- CBeats 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
8.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
173 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 38 | 22% |
| Kindergarten | 19 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (23).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
41.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +17.0pp since 2023
Math
24.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +15.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 24.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
24.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 ROBERTO CLEMENTE
PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE's state test result (24.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE this school | 176 | 98.3% | 24.0% |
| PS 16 LEONARD DUNKLY BROOKLYN | 173 | 96.5% | 36.5% |
| PS 134 HENRIETTA SZOLD NEW YORK | 164 | 98.8% | 19.3% |
| PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT BRONX | 181 | 97.2% | 50.3% |
| BRONX STEM AND ARTS ACADEMY (THE) BRONX | 147 | 98.0% | 33.2% |
| PS 65 MOTHER HALE ACADEMY BRONX | 178 | 97.2% | 29.3% |
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 ROBERTO CLEMENTE ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #2,168 of 2,335 | #149 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #2,202 of 2,342 ▲ 116 | #146 of 151 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,723 of 2,343 ▲ 301 | #119 of 151 ▲ 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 176 | #2,447 of 2,585 | #143 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.3% | #34 of 2,534 | #9 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.9% | #661 of 1,757 | #77 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
176
-39 (-18%) vs 2020
-40% since 2010-11, when it was 295
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 176 | 21 | 8.4:1 | 98% (173) |
| 2023-24 | 223 | 16 | 13.9:1 | 97% (216) |
| 2022-23 | 165 | 18.8 | 8.8:1 | 93% (153) |
| 2020-21 | 215 | 20 | 10.8:1 | 89% (192) |
| 2017-18 | 217 | 17 | 12.8:1 | 93% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 253 | 24 | 10.5:1 | 96% (242) |
| 2010-11 | 295 | 27 | 10.9:1 | 83% (246) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE.
About PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE
PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE is a very small elementary school. Its address is in NEW YORK, New York. There are 176 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 60% below the average for elementary schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4 operates 30 schools. Combined enrollment is 11,316 students.
Federal enrollment data show PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE is 63% Hispanic. Next come 24% Black, 8% White, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 24% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 54, compared with 70 nationally.
PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 8.4:1. The school's 8.4:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for elementary schools in New York. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 98%. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in New York County is 28 points.
PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 13% of New York public elementary schools.
A school with PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 38.8%. PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE scores 24.0%, 14.8 points below that line.
For New York County, Census Bureau data show 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.
Measured in a straight line, DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM is less than a tenth of a mile from PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE is 9th of 9 on proficiency.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
An 18% decrease took enrollment from 215 in 2020-21 to 176 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 10.8:1 to 8.4:1.
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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 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTEWhat is the total enrollment at PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE?
PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE enrolls approximately 176 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE serve?
PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE have?
PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.4:1.
How diverse is PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE?
PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE reports a student body of 8% White, 63% Hispanic, 24% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE?
PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4 in New York County.
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