Enrollment
236
Elementary
DISTRICT 436 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3·NCES 360007802308
PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH
220 W 121ST ST, NEW YORK, NY 10027 · (212) 678-2865 · New York County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL236 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
7.2:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
229 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 45 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 10 | 4% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 9 | 4% |
| Grade 3 | 15 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 23 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 23 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 29 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 40 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (10) is 75% smaller than its 8th grade class (40).
Student demographics
59%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
38.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
3.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -26.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 3 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 are down about 26 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 3.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 29.3% |
% 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
29.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH
PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH's state test result (29.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH this school | 236 | 97.0% | 29.1% |
| PS 188 MICHAEL E BERDY BROOKLYN | 236 | 96.6% | 31.5% |
| PS 197 JOHN B RUSSWURM NEW YORK | 224 | 94.2% | 32.4% |
| PS 133 FRED R MOORE NEW YORK | 225 | 93.8% | 47.8% |
| PS 200 JAMES MCCUNE SMITH SCHOOL (THE) NEW YORK | 274 | 95.6% | 30.8% |
| PS 224 HALE A WOODRUFF BROOKLYN | 269 | 95.2% | 31.3% |
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 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #2,043 of 2,335 | #141 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.0% | #2,341 of 2,342 ▼ 303 | #151 of 151 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,866 of 2,343 ▼ 167 | #127 of 151 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 236 | #2,269 of 2,585 | #121 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.2:1 | #33 of 2,338 | #6 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.9% | #759 of 2,388 | #55 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.0% | #89 of 2,534 | #15 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -48.0% | #46 of 1,757 | #8 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
236
-67 (-22%) vs 2020
-49% since 2010-11, when it was 461
Student : Teacher
7.2:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 236 | 32.6 | 7.2:1 | 97% (229) |
| 2023-24 | 268 | 24 | 11.2:1 | 96% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 308 | 23.6 | 13.0:1 | 96% (297) |
| 2020-21 | 303 | 28 | 10.8:1 | 98% (297) |
| 2017-18 | 454 | 29 | 15.7:1 | 96% (438) |
| 2015-16 | 503 | 34 | 14.8:1 | 91% (459) |
| 2010-11 | 461 | 35 | 13.2:1 | 88% (406) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH.
About PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH
PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH runs as a small elementary school in NEW YORK, New York. The school enrolls 236 students, from pre-K through 8. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New York is about 443, so this school runs 47% smaller than that.
PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH falls under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3, which has 44 schools enrolling 19,478 students.
PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH is 53% Black by enrollment. Other students are 35% Hispanic and 11% White. By comparison, New York County residents are about 14% Black. The school's diversity index is 59%, meaning two students picked at random have a 59% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 32.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 7.2:1. This ratio sits 5.6 below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Roughly 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 70% for public schools in New York County.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH is 39.3%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 29.1%.
County data help place the school in context: in New York County, the median household income is $103,931, roughly 64% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. New York County is home to 358 public schools and about 152,104 public school students.
Nearby, PS 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE) is about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH ranks 8th of 9 on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has fallen by 67 students since 2020-21, to 236. By 2024-25, the school had 7.2 students per teacher, compared with 10.8 in 2020-21.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. 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
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- PS 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE)0.1 mi · 145
- FUTURE LEADERS INSTITUTE CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 252
- NEW YORK FRENCH-AMERICAN CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 286
- PS 180 HUGO NEWMAN0.2 mi · 344
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-HARLEM 10.3 mi · 1,520
- HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY WEST CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 446
Frequently asked questions
About PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPHWhat is the total enrollment at PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH?
PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH enrolls approximately 236 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH serve?
PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH have?
PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.2:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH?
Student demographics at PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH are roughly 11% White, 35% Hispanic, 53% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH?
PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3 in New York County.
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