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Enrollment
453
Elementary
DISTRICT 436 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3·NCES 360007802303
PS 75 EMILY DICKINSON
735 WEST END AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10025 · (212) 866-5400 · New York County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL453 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest 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
6.3:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
305 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
59.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 59.0% |
% 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
55.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 75 EMILY DICKINSON
PS 75 EMILY DICKINSON's state test result (55.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 75 EMILY DICKINSON this school | 453 | 67.3% | 55.6% |
| PS 163 ALFRED E SMITH NEW YORK | 466 | 67.4% | 54.6% |
| WATERSIDE CHILDREN'S STUDIO SCHOOL ROCKAWAY PARK | 432 | 69.4% | 65.5% |
| FAMILY SCHOOL 32 YONKERS | 562 | 67.1% | 35.7% |
| SCHOOL 29 YONKERS | 580 | 66.9% | 44.2% |
| GREAT NECK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COPIAGUE | 428 | 66.4% | 54.1% |
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 75 EMILY DICKINSON ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #932 of 2,335 | #76 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,093 of 2,342 ▼ 138 | #77 of 151 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #830 of 2,343 ▼ 164 | #68 of 151 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 453 | #1,056 of 2,585 | #50 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 6.3:1 | #18 of 2,338 | #2 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.7% | #626 of 2,388 | #45 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.3% | #1,026 of 2,534 | #100 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.4% | #642 of 1,757 | #76 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
453
-21 (-4%) vs 2020
-34% since 2010-11, when it was 687
Student : Teacher
6.3:1
was 6.8:1
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 | 453 | 71.3 | 6.3:1 | 67% (305) |
| 2023-24 | 480 | 73 | 6.6:1 | 69% (330) |
| 2022-23 | 412 | 67.4 | 6.1:1 | 65% (266) |
| 2020-21 | 474 | 70 | 6.8:1 | 68% (324) |
| 2017-18 | 562 | 75 | 7.5:1 | 73% (412) |
| 2015-16 | 572 | 56 | 10.2:1 | 69% (397) |
| 2010-11 | 687 | 57 | 12.1:1 | 68% (467) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 75 EMILY DICKINSON.
About PS 75 EMILY DICKINSON
PS 75 EMILY DICKINSON is a mid-sized elementary school based in NEW YORK, New York. It reported 453 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Besides PS 75 EMILY DICKINSON, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3 runs 43 other schools. The district enrolls 19,478 students.
About 56% of the student body at PS 75 EMILY DICKINSON is Hispanic. Other students are 22% White, 14% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. By comparison, New York County residents are about 24% Hispanic. A diversity index of 62% means there is a 62% chance two randomly chosen students at PS 75 EMILY DICKINSON are from different groups.
On staff are 71.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 6.3:1. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 67% of students at PS 75 EMILY DICKINSON are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 75 EMILY DICKINSON outscored 65%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, PS 75 EMILY DICKINSON's results are 5.4 points above predicted: 55.6% against 50.2%.
The school is in New York County, where the median household earns about $103,931 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 64% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. PS 75 EMILY DICKINSON shares New York County with 357 other public schools.
PS 75 EMILY DICKINSON is about 0.3 miles from PS 163 ALFRED E SMITH, its nearest public school. PS 75 EMILY DICKINSON has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. PS 75 EMILY DICKINSON's average proficiency of 55.6% compares with 60.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 4%.
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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 # 3
- FIORELLO H LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,251 students
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- WEST END SECONDARY SCHOOLHigh · 722 students
- JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTONMiddle · 720 students
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Other schools in NEW YORK
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- 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
- PS 163 ALFRED E SMITH0.3 mi · 466
- PS 333 MANHATTAN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN0.3 mi · 438
- LAFAYETTE ACADEMY0.3 mi · 194
- COMMUNITY ACTION SCHOOL-MS 2580.3 mi · 139
- YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SCHOOL0.4 mi · 360
- EDWARD A REYNOLDS WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 185
Frequently asked questions
About PS 75 EMILY DICKINSONHow large is PS 75 EMILY DICKINSON?
PS 75 EMILY DICKINSON enrolls approximately 453 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does PS 75 EMILY DICKINSON serve?
PS 75 EMILY DICKINSON serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PS 75 EMILY DICKINSON?
Approximately 6.3:1 students per teacher at PS 75 EMILY DICKINSON.
How diverse is PS 75 EMILY DICKINSON?
PS 75 EMILY DICKINSON reports a student body of 22% White, 56% Hispanic, 14% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 75 EMILY DICKINSON?
PS 75 EMILY DICKINSON is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3 in New York County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.