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Enrollment
751
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31·NCES 360010302201
PS 45 JOHN TYLER
58 LAWRENCE AVE, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10310 · (718) 442-6123 · Richmond County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL751 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% 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.
- 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
13.5:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
477 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 96 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 121 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 124 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 126 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 137 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (137).
Student demographics
69%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
61.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
62.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 | 61.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
52.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 45 JOHN TYLER
PS 45 JOHN TYLER's state test result (52.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 45 JOHN TYLER this school | 751 | 63.5% | 52.7% |
| PS 139 ALEXINE A FENTY BROOKLYN | 706 | 67.1% | 53.5% |
| PS 232 LINDENWOOD HOWARD BEACH | 831 | 67.6% | 48.4% |
| PS 17 HENRY DAVID THOREAU LONG ISLAND CITY | 610 | 65.4% | 57.4% |
| OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL ASTORIA | 681 | 61.2% | 65.6% |
| PS 33 CHELSEA PREP NEW YORK | 606 | 59.9% | 60.7% |
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 45 JOHN TYLER ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #1,053 of 2,335 | #32 of 53 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #1,002 of 2,342 ▲ 62 | #33 of 53 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #887 of 2,343 ▼ 102 | #33 of 53 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 751 | #202 of 2,585 | #10 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #1,751 of 2,338 | #36 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.1% | #261 of 2,388 | #13 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.5% | #1,096 of 2,534 | #33 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #968 of 1,757 | #17 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
751
-82 (-10%) vs 2020
-25% since 2010-11, when it was 996
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 751 | 55.8 | 13.5:1 | 64% (477) |
| 2023-24 | 754 | 54.2 | 13.9:1 | 67% (508) |
| 2022-23 | 797 | 52 | 15.3:1 | 67% (534) |
| 2020-21 | 833 | 54 | 15.4:1 | 67% (558) |
| 2017-18 | 862 | 58 | 14.9:1 | 72% (623) |
| 2015-16 | 904 | 60 | 15.1:1 | 74% (667) |
| 2010-11 | 996 | 69 | 14.4:1 | 64% (635) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 45 JOHN TYLER.
About PS 45 JOHN TYLER
PS 45 JOHN TYLER is a high-enrollment elementary school that serves part of STATEN ISLAND, New York. The school serves 751 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students.
PS 45 JOHN TYLER is one school in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31, a system of 74 schools with 56,577 students.
PS 45 JOHN TYLER's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 47%. The school is also 23% White, 16% Black, 10% Asian, and 4% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 20%. PS 45 JOHN TYLER has a diversity index of 69%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 55.8 full-time positions, a ratio of 13.5:1. Elementary schools in New York average about 12.8:1, a similar figure. Around 64% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for PS 45 JOHN TYLER is B. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 58% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 51.6% for a school in New York with PS 45 JOHN TYLER's free or reduced-price lunch share. PS 45 JOHN TYLER posts 52.7%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Richmond County, median household income is about $98,333, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 88 public schools operate in Richmond County, serving about 62,254 students.
The nearest public school is IS 27 ANNING S PRALL, at about 0.5 miles. PS 45 JOHN TYLER has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. PS 45 JOHN TYLER comes in 3rd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
PS 45 JOHN TYLER had 833 students in 2020-21 and 751 in 2024-25, a 10% decrease. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.4:1 in 2020-21, and 13.5:1 in 2024-25.
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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 27 ANNING S PRALL0.5 mi · 836
- IS 61 WILLIAM A MORRIS0.7 mi · 871
- PS 18 JOHN G WHITTIER0.8 mi · 315
- PS 19 CURTIS SCHOOL (THE)1.0 mi · 464
- PS 3731.1 mi · 710
- PS 29 BARDWELL1.1 mi · 579
Frequently asked questions
About PS 45 JOHN TYLERHow many students attend PS 45 JOHN TYLER?
PS 45 JOHN TYLER enrolls approximately 751 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 45 JOHN TYLER serve?
PS 45 JOHN TYLER serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 45 JOHN TYLER?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at PS 45 JOHN TYLER.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 45 JOHN TYLER?
At PS 45 JOHN TYLER, the student body is approximately 23% White, 47% Hispanic, 16% Black, 10% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 45 JOHN TYLER?
PS 45 JOHN TYLER is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 in Richmond County.
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