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Enrollment
531
Elementary
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2·NCES 360007702253
PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL
231-249 E 56TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10022 · (212) 888-7870 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL531 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% 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.
- A-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
15.2:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
69 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 33 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 22% larger than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
85.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
90.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.0% | 90.0% |
| 2023-24 | 83.0% | 85.0% |
% 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
81.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL
PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL's state test result (81.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL this school | 531 | 13.0% | 81.2% |
| HARBOR HILL SCHOOL GREENVALE | 582 | 12.7% | 76.0% |
| NASSAKEAG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EAST SETAUKET | 551 | 8.5% | 77.8% |
| SKANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLIFTON PARK | 524 | 18.7% | 75.7% |
| COUNTRY PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILLIAMSVILLE | 566 | 14.8% | 80.2% |
| HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HARRISON | 607 | 8.9% | 81.8% |
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 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.2% | #152 of 2,335 | #32 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #129 of 2,342 ▲ 53 | #26 of 151 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #141 of 2,343 ▼ 73 | #35 of 151 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 531 | #695 of 2,585 | #29 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #2,064 of 2,338 | #101 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.6% | #770 of 2,388 | #57 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.0% | #2,387 of 2,534 | #148 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #946 of 1,757 | #89 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
531
-56 (-10%) vs 2020
+6% since 2010-11, when it was 502
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 531 | 35 | 15.2:1 | 13% (69) |
| 2023-24 | 515 | 31.9 | 16.1:1 | 11% (56) |
| 2022-23 | 523 | 35 | 14.9:1 | 10% (54) |
| 2020-21 | 587 | 37 | 15.9:1 | 8% (49) |
| 2017-18 | 611 | 38 | 16.1:1 | 9% (57) |
| 2015-16 | 581 | 39 | 14.9:1 | 11% (65) |
| 2010-11 | 502 | 39 | 12.9:1 | 20% (100) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL.
About PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL
Located in NEW YORK, New York, PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL is a medium-sized elementary school. The school's enrollment of 531 students covers pre-K through 5.
PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL is one school in a 119-school district, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, which enrolls 54,599 students.
By race and ethnicity, PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL is 59% White. The rest of enrollment is 24% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. Census estimates put the White share of New York County's population at about 48%. PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL has a diversity index of 59%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL counts 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.2 students for each one. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is lower than this school's figure. About 13% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. By comparison, the figure for public schools in New York County is 70%.
allk12 grades PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL an A. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL is 11.0 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 81.2% actual, 70.2% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
New York County has these Census figures: median household income is about $103,931, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 64% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The public schools of New York County number 358 and enroll about 152,104.
The school nearest to PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL is ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL is 4th among 9 schools close by.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 10%, from 587 to 531.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 # 2
- STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,261 students
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- ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,485 students
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- JHS 104 SIMON BARUCHMiddle · 1,023 students
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIESHigh · 1,007 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
- ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 1,485
- EAST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-PS 2670.3 mi · 353
- PS 183 ROBERT L STEVENSON0.5 mi · 541
- TALENT UNLIMITED HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 463
- ELLA BAKER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 337
- MANHATTAN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 348
Frequently asked questions
About PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONALWhat is the total enrollment at PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL?
PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL enrolls approximately 531 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL serve?
PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL.
How diverse is PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL?
PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL reports a student body of 59% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, 24% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL in?
PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.