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Enrollment
674
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31·NCES 360010302286
PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS
144 KEATING PL, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10314 · (718) 698-6661 · Richmond County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL674 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% 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.
- B+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
10.0:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
490 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 | 34 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 124 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 123 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 136 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 53% smaller than its 5th grade class (136).
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
62.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
59.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 54.0% |
% 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
52.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS
PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS's state test result (52.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS this school | 674 | 72.7% | 52.4% |
| PS 127 MCKINLEY PARK BROOKLYN | 667 | 74.1% | 76.0% |
| PS 52 JOHN C THOMPSON STATEN ISLAND | 627 | 75.9% | 68.0% |
| STEPHANIE A VIERNO SCHOOL (THE) STATEN ISLAND | 688 | 76.9% | 51.1% |
| PS 215 MORRIS H WEISS BROOKLYN | 686 | 77.3% | 55.7% |
| 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 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #1,072 of 2,335 | #33 of 53 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,095 of 2,342 ▲ 34 | #34 of 53 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #843 of 2,343 ▼ 24 | #31 of 53 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 674 | #309 of 2,585 | #18 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #452 of 2,338 | #12 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #275 of 2,388 | #15 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.7% | #931 of 2,534 | #27 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.0% | #338 of 1,757 | #9 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
674
-211 (-24%) vs 2020
-26% since 2010-11, when it was 915
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 9.6:1
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 | 674 | 67.1 | 10.0:1 | 73% (490) |
| 2023-24 | 729 | 81 | 9.0:1 | 70% (509) |
| 2022-23 | 771 | 85.8 | 9.0:1 | 68% (527) |
| 2020-21 | 885 | 92 | 9.6:1 | 60% (530) |
| 2017-18 | 936 | 101.1 | 9.3:1 | 57% (538) |
| 2015-16 | 951 | 89 | 10.7:1 | 53% (504) |
| 2010-11 | 915 | 72 | 12.7:1 | 52% (479) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS.
About PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS
PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS is a high-enrollment elementary school for students in STATEN ISLAND, New York. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 674 students. The average among elementary schools in New York is roughly 443 students; this school is 52% above that.
PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31, where 74 schools serve 56,577 students.
Federal enrollment data show Asian students as the largest group at PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS, at 37%. Other groups make up 35% White, 24% Hispanic, and 3% Black. County-wide, 13% of Richmond County residents are Asian. The school's diversity index is 69%, meaning two students picked at random have a 69% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS, 67.1 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 10.0:1. That is lower than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Roughly 73% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS a B. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 52.4% and a predicted 48.3%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Richmond County, the median household income is $98,333, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. There are 88 public schools in Richmond County, enrolling about 62,254 students in all.
The nearest public school is IS 72 ROCCO LAURIE, at about 0.1 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 66.2% proficiency; PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS posts 52.4%.
NCES assigns PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 211 fewer students in 2024-25.
The PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 72 ROCCO LAURIE0.1 mi · 1,532
- SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA SCHOOL0.6 mi · 720
- GAYNOR MCCOWN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL0.6 mi · 540
- CSI HIGH SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES0.6 mi · 519
- MARSH AVENUE SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING0.6 mi · 406
- HELLENIC CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL - STATEN ISLAND1.2 mi · 474
Frequently asked questions
About PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINSHow large is PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS?
PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS enrolls approximately 674 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS have?
PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS employs 67 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.0:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS?
Student demographics at PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS are roughly 35% White, 24% Hispanic, 3% Black, 37% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS in?
PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS 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.