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Enrollment
363
Elementary
DISTRICT 262 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5·NCES 360008102207
PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN
2987 FREDERICK DOUGLAS BLVD, NEW YORK, NY 10039 · (212) 360-1519 · New York County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL363 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% 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.
- 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
9.6:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
348 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 35 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 30 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 33 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 54 | 15% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 37% smaller than its 8th grade class (54).
Student demographics
54%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
43.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
49.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN
PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN's state test result (40.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN this school | 363 | 95.9% | 40.0% |
| ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 343 | 95.3% | 83.5% |
| PS 132 GARRETT A MORGAN BRONX | 353 | 94.3% | 25.1% |
| ROSALYN YALOW CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 401 | 95.5% | 54.5% |
| PS 123 MAHALIA JACKSON NEW YORK | 394 | 97.2% | 27.5% |
| PS 112 BRONXWOOD BRONX | 370 | 93.2% | 29.7% |
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 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,620 of 2,335 | #109 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,473 of 2,342 ▲ 184 | #98 of 151 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,636 of 2,343 ▼ 166 | #115 of 151 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 363 | #1,590 of 2,585 | #81 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #331 of 2,338 | #28 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.1% | #1,045 of 2,388 | #80 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.9% | #157 of 2,534 | #20 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -45.2% | #70 of 1,757 | #11 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
363
-126 (-26%) vs 2020
-51% since 2010-11, when it was 744
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 363 | 37.7 | 9.6:1 | 96% (348) |
| 2023-24 | 371 | 38 | 9.8:1 | 95% (354) |
| 2022-23 | 428 | 43.5 | 9.8:1 | 95% (405) |
| 2020-21 | 489 | 42 | 11.6:1 | 96% (470) |
| 2017-18 | 663 | 56 | 11.8:1 | 94% (623) |
| 2015-16 | 773 | 59 | 13.1:1 | 92% (712) |
| 2010-11 | 744 | 50 | 14.9:1 | 98% (730) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN.
About PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN
PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN is an elementary school with a street address in NEW YORK, New York. The school runs pre-K through 8 and enrolls 363 students.
The 28 schools of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5, including PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN, enroll 7,761 students.
Of every 100 students at PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN, about 52 are Hispanic. It is also 44% Black and 3% White. New York County's residents are about 24% Hispanic, 27 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 54%.
Classroom staffing at PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN totals 37.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 9.6:1. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Federal data show 96% of students (348) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in New York County report 70%.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN outscored 43%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
In New York, PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 40.0% actual against a predicted 39.7%.
The county, New York County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $103,931, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 64% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county has 358 public schools and about 152,104 students.
PS 28 WRIGHT BROTHERS is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN ranks 5th of 9 on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN is City: Large.
From 489 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 363 by 2024-25. The number of students per teacher dropped from 11.6 to 9.6 over 4 years.
On allk12, people connected to PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. 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 # 5
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- THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY FOR LEARNING & SOCIAL CHANGEHigh · 408 students
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- NEW EXPLORATIONS INTO SCIENCETECH AND MATH HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 1,620 students
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-HARLEM 1Combined · 1,520 students
Nearby schools
- PS 28 WRIGHT BROTHERS0.3 mi · 378
- PS 4 DUKE ELLINGTON0.3 mi · 428
- COMMUNITY HEALTH ACADEMY OF THE HEIGHTS0.3 mi · 552
- NUASIN NEXT GENERATION CHARTER SCHOOL0.4 mi · 786
- COMMUNITY MATH AND SCIENCE PREP0.4 mi · 115
- MOTT HALL SCHOOL (THE)0.4 mi · 316
Frequently asked questions
About PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPANWhat is the total enrollment at PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN?
PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN enrolls approximately 363 students in grades PK-08.
Is PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN have?
PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.6:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN?
Student demographics at PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN are roughly 3% White, 52% Hispanic, 44% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN public or private?
PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN 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.