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Enrollment
790
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31·NCES 360010302234
PS 54 CHARLES W LENG
1060 WILLOWBROOK RD, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10314 · (718) 698-0600 · Richmond County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL790 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
12.9:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
550 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 | 110 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 106 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 111 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 123 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 120 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (116).
Student demographics
66%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
79.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +17.0pp since 2023
Math
74.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 71.0% |
% 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
67.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 54 CHARLES W LENG
PS 54 CHARLES W LENG's state test result (67.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 54 CHARLES W LENG this school | 790 | 69.6% | 67.7% |
| PS 127 MCKINLEY PARK BROOKLYN | 667 | 74.1% | 76.0% |
| PS 97 HIGHLAWN (THE) BROOKLYN | 882 | 77.6% | 64.7% |
| PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS STATEN ISLAND | 674 | 72.7% | 52.4% |
| PS 52 JOHN C THOMPSON STATEN ISLAND | 627 | 75.9% | 68.0% |
| SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA SCHOOL STATEN ISLAND | 720 | 65.4% | 61.5% |
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 54 CHARLES W LENG ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #463 of 2,335 | #19 of 53 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #551 of 2,342 ▼ 25 | #21 of 53 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #266 of 2,343 ▲ 189 | #13 of 53 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 790 | #158 of 2,585 | #8 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #1,601 of 2,338 | #32 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.1% | #408 of 2,388 | #22 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.6% | #990 of 2,534 | #30 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #1,645 of 1,757 | #31 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
790
-11 (-1%) vs 2020
-15% since 2010-11, when it was 926
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 790 | 61.1 | 12.9:1 | 70% (550) |
| 2023-24 | 788 | 59 | 13.3:1 | 66% (518) |
| 2022-23 | 800 | 64.5 | 12.4:1 | 64% (515) |
| 2020-21 | 801 | 54 | 14.8:1 | 61% (486) |
| 2017-18 | 808 | 59 | 13.7:1 | 60% (484) |
| 2015-16 | 783 | 54 | 14.5:1 | 60% (471) |
| 2010-11 | 926 | 61 | 15.2:1 | 60% (551) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 54 CHARLES W LENG.
About PS 54 CHARLES W LENG
PS 54 CHARLES W LENG is an elementary school with a street address in STATEN ISLAND, New York. The school had 790 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New York is about 443, so this school runs 78% bigger than that.
In NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31, 74 schools enroll a combined 56,577 students.
PS 54 CHARLES W LENG has no majority group; Asian students are the largest, at 46%. Beyond that, enrollment is 32% White, 15% Hispanic, and 4% Black. In Richmond County overall, about 13% of residents are Asian. PS 54 CHARLES W LENG's diversity index is 66%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 61.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 12.9 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 70%. For comparison, public schools in Richmond County average 67%.
PS 54 CHARLES W LENG is graded A by allk12, scoring above 86% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
PS 54 CHARLES W LENG scores 67.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 49.4%.
Federal survey data for Richmond County show that the median household income is $98,333, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Richmond County is home to 88 public schools and about 62,254 public school students.
SUSAN E WAGNER HIGH SCHOOL is the public school closest to PS 54 CHARLES W LENG, about 0.8 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, PS 54 CHARLES W LENG ranks 3rd of 9 on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 790, close to the 801 recorded in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.9:1) than in 2020-21 (14.8:1).
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- SUSAN E WAGNER HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 2,743
- PS 30 WESTERLEIGH1.1 mi · 689
- IS 72 ROCCO LAURIE1.3 mi · 1,532
- PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS1.3 mi · 674
- HELLENIC CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL - STATEN ISLAND1.3 mi · 474
- PS 29 BARDWELL1.4 mi · 579
Frequently asked questions
About PS 54 CHARLES W LENGWhat is the total enrollment at PS 54 CHARLES W LENG?
PS 54 CHARLES W LENG enrolls approximately 790 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 54 CHARLES W LENG serve?
PS 54 CHARLES W LENG serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 54 CHARLES W LENG?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 54 CHARLES W LENG is approximately 12.9:1 (61 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PS 54 CHARLES W LENG?
Student demographics at PS 54 CHARLES W LENG are roughly 32% White, 15% Hispanic, 4% Black, 46% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is PS 54 CHARLES W LENG in?
PS 54 CHARLES W LENG is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.