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Enrollment
428
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6·NCES 360008301675
PS 4 DUKE ELLINGTON
500 W 160TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10032 · (212) 928-0739 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% of New York public elementary schools
- B-Test 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
12.6:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
354 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 85 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 11% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
52.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
63.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 4 DUKE ELLINGTON
PS 4 DUKE ELLINGTON's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 4 DUKE ELLINGTON this school | 428 | 82.7% | 48.3% |
| LAWRENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL AT #2 SCHOOL INWOOD | 419 | 81.1% | 38.3% |
| BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HEMPSTEAD | 439 | 82.9% | 36.0% |
| PS 128 AUDUBON NEW YORK | 441 | 85.9% | 42.2% |
| PS 145 ANDREW JACKSON BROOKLYN | 428 | 87.6% | 34.7% |
| PS 376 BROOKLYN | 466 | 78.5% | 66.8% |
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 4 DUKE ELLINGTON ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #1,225 of 2,335 | #92 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #952 of 2,342 ▲ 209 | #73 of 151 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,236 of 2,343 ▲ 128 | #94 of 151 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #1,210 of 2,585 | #59 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #1,489 of 2,338 | #70 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.3% | #1,994 of 2,388 | #119 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.7% | #688 of 2,534 | #79 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.6% | #483 of 1,757 | #66 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
428
-25 (-6%) vs 2020
-39% since 2010-11, when it was 701
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 428 | 34 | 12.6:1 | 83% (354) |
| 2023-24 | 450 | 32.3 | 13.9:1 | 95% (429) |
| 2022-23 | 441 | 31.8 | 13.9:1 | 79% (347) |
| 2020-21 | 453 | 32 | 14.2:1 | 81% (365) |
| 2017-18 | 560 | 41 | 13.7:1 | 85% (474) |
| 2015-16 | 661 | 48 | 13.8:1 | 73% (480) |
| 2010-11 | 701 | 48 | 14.6:1 | 80% (560) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 4 DUKE ELLINGTON.
About PS 4 DUKE ELLINGTON
Federal records list PS 4 DUKE ELLINGTON as an elementary school in NEW YORK, New York. Enrollment stands at 428 students, covering pre-K through 5.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6 is made up of 45 schools with 17,415 students in all.
By race and ethnicity, PS 4 DUKE ELLINGTON is 86% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 8% Black and 3% White. The school's Hispanic share is 62 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 25%.
The school lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1. It is about the same as the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. A total of 354 students, or 83%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in New York County is 70%.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 4 DUKE ELLINGTON outscored 55%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, PS 4 DUKE ELLINGTON lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 48.3%; the prediction is 44.6%.
For New York County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $103,931, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 64%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. There are 358 public schools in the county, enrolling about 152,104, PS 4 DUKE ELLINGTON among them.
PS 4 DUKE ELLINGTON's nearest public school is COMMUNITY HEALTH ACADEMY OF THE HEIGHTS (about 0.1 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, PS 4 DUKE ELLINGTON ranks 4th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for PS 4 DUKE ELLINGTON is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 6% decline took enrollment from 453 in 2020-21 to 428 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.2:1 to 12.6:1.
The allk12 page for PS 4 DUKE ELLINGTON lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6
- A PHILIP RANDOLPH CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,421 students
- WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOLCombined · 908 students
- PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFSElementary · 744 students
- GREGORIO LUPERON HIGH SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICSHigh · 658 students
- PS 173Elementary · 597 students
- CITY COLLEGE ACADEMY OF THE ARTSHigh · 573 students
Other schools in NEW YORK
- STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,261 students
- FIORELLO H LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,251 students
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS & HUMAN SERVICESHigh · 1,728 students
- MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICSHigh · 1,657 students
- NEW EXPLORATIONS INTO SCIENCETECH AND MATH HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 1,620 students
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-HARLEM 1Combined · 1,520 students
Nearby schools
- COMMUNITY HEALTH ACADEMY OF THE HEIGHTS0.1 mi · 552
- WHIN MUSIC COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 464
- PS 28 WRIGHT BROTHERS0.2 mi · 378
- MOTT HALL SCHOOL (THE)0.3 mi · 316
- COMMUNITY MATH AND SCIENCE PREP0.3 mi · 115
- GREGORIO LUPERON HIGH SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS0.3 mi · 658
Frequently asked questions
About PS 4 DUKE ELLINGTONWhat is the total enrollment at PS 4 DUKE ELLINGTON?
PS 4 DUKE ELLINGTON enrolls approximately 428 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 4 DUKE ELLINGTON serve?
PS 4 DUKE ELLINGTON serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 4 DUKE ELLINGTON?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at PS 4 DUKE ELLINGTON.
What is the student diversity at PS 4 DUKE ELLINGTON?
Student demographics at PS 4 DUKE ELLINGTON are roughly 3% White, 86% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 4 DUKE ELLINGTON public or private?
PS 4 DUKE ELLINGTON is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.