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Enrollment
964
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31·NCES 360010302214
PS 48 WILLIAM G WILCOX
1050 TARGEE ST, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10304 · (718) 447-8323 · Richmond County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL964 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.3:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
503 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 | 18 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 102 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 118 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 131 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 26% smaller than its 8th grade class (131).
Student demographics
67%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
73.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
77.2%
NY avg 57.4% . -0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 77.2% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 77.7% |
% 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
71.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 48 WILLIAM G WILCOX
PS 48 WILLIAM G WILCOX's state test result (71.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 48 WILLIAM G WILCOX this school | 964 | 52.2% | 71.5% |
| BARBARA ESSELBORN SCHOOL (THE) STATEN ISLAND | 806 | 52.0% | 77.6% |
| PS 50 FRANK HANKINSON STATEN ISLAND | 750 | 55.7% | 82.3% |
| PS 4 MAURICE WOLLIN STATEN ISLAND | 862 | 47.8% | 61.3% |
| PS 42 ELTINGVILLE STATEN ISLAND | 995 | 48.9% | 67.0% |
| PS 122 MAMIE FAY ASTORIA | 1,124 | 49.5% | 80.2% |
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 48 WILLIAM G WILCOX ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.5% | #349 of 2,335 | #15 of 53 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.2% | #436 of 2,342 ▼ 78 | #17 of 53 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #427 of 2,343 ▼ 37 | #20 of 53 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 964 | #58 of 2,585 | #2 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #1,367 of 2,338 | #27 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #365 of 2,388 | #19 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.2% | #1,341 of 2,534 | #39 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.8% | #1,666 of 1,757 | #32 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
964
-4 (0%) vs 2020
+91% since 2010-11, when it was 505
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 964 | 78.7 | 12.3:1 | 52% (503) |
| 2023-24 | 988 | 67.6 | 14.6:1 | 51% (506) |
| 2022-23 | 983 | 79.6 | 12.4:1 | 53% (519) |
| 2020-21 | 968 | 66 | 14.7:1 | 45% (436) |
| 2017-18 | 982 | 62 | 15.8:1 | 41% (406) |
| 2015-16 | 950 | 60 | 15.8:1 | 42% (399) |
| 2010-11 | 505 | 28 | 18.0:1 | 44% (222) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 48 WILLIAM G WILCOX.
About PS 48 WILLIAM G WILCOX
PS 48 WILLIAM G WILCOX is a large elementary school for students in STATEN ISLAND, New York. It enrolls 964 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 8. That is 118% above the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 has 56,577 students spread across 74 schools.
The largest group at PS 48 WILLIAM G WILCOX is White students, at 45%. Other students are 30% Asian, 17% Hispanic, and 6% Black. That is lower than the 60% White share among all Richmond County residents. The diversity index for PS 48 WILLIAM G WILCOX is 67%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
PS 48 WILLIAM G WILCOX lists 78.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.3 students per teacher. That is in line with the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. About 52% of students at PS 48 WILLIAM G WILCOX are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Richmond County, the average eligibility rate is 67%.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 48 WILLIAM G WILCOX outscored 88%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, PS 48 WILLIAM G WILCOX would score about 55.8%. It scores 71.5%, 15.7 points above that figure.
The county, Richmond County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $98,333 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Richmond County has 88 public schools with about 62,254 students, including PS 48 WILLIAM G WILCOX.
Of the public schools around it, PS 48 WILLIAM G WILCOX is closest to NAPLES STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. PS 48 WILLIAM G WILCOX is 3rd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment went from 968 in 2020-21 to 964 in 2024-25, a change of 4 students. By 2024-25, the school had 12.3 students per teacher, compared with 14.7 in 2020-21.
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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
- NAPLES STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 311
- CONCORD HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 167
- PS 57 HUBERT H HUMPHREY0.7 mi · 392
- MICHAEL J PETRIDES SCHOOL (THE)0.8 mi · 1,423
- RICHARD H HUNGERFORD SCHOOL (THE)0.8 mi · 516
- BRIDGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.8 mi · 263
Frequently asked questions
About PS 48 WILLIAM G WILCOXWhat is the total enrollment at PS 48 WILLIAM G WILCOX?
PS 48 WILLIAM G WILCOX enrolls approximately 964 students in grades PK-08.
Is PS 48 WILLIAM G WILCOX an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 48 WILLIAM G WILCOX is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does PS 48 WILLIAM G WILCOX have?
PS 48 WILLIAM G WILCOX employs 79 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 48 WILLIAM G WILCOX?
Student demographics at PS 48 WILLIAM G WILCOX are roughly 45% White, 17% Hispanic, 6% Black, 30% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is PS 48 WILLIAM G WILCOX public or private?
PS 48 WILLIAM G WILCOX is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.