Enrollment
364
Elementary
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2·NCES 360007703548
PS 77 LOWER LAB SCHOOL
1700 3RD AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10128 · (212) 427-2798 · New York County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL364 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% 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.
- 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
19.2:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
36 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
67%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
99.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
99.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 99 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 99 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 99.0% | 99.0% |
| 2023-24 | 98.0% | 100.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
98.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 99% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 71% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 28 points, placing it in New York's top 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 77 LOWER LAB SCHOOL
PS 77 LOWER LAB SCHOOL's state test result (98.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 77 LOWER LAB SCHOOL this school | 364 | 9.9% | 98.9% |
| VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SYOSSET | 379 | 12.4% | 84.8% |
| PASADENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLAINVIEW | 455 | 16.7% | 83.7% |
| WILLITS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SYOSSET | 298 | 16.4% | 88.7% |
| JUDY JACOBS PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLAINVIEW | 467 | 10.1% | 82.8% |
| BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SYOSSET | 450 | 9.1% | 75.4% |
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 77 LOWER LAB SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 98.9% | #1 of 2,335 | #1 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 99.0% | #18 of 2,342 ▼ 15 | #2 of 151 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 99.0% | #2 of 2,343 no change | #1 of 151 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 364 | #1,584 of 2,585 | #80 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #2,284 of 2,338 | #119 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.7% | #379 of 2,388 | #30 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.9% | #2,432 of 2,534 | #151 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.0% | #504 of 606 | #25 of 28 |
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
364
+15 (+4%) vs 2020
+3% since 2010-11, when it was 352
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 364 | 19 | 19.2:1 | 10% (36) |
| 2023-24 | 368 | 19 | 19.4:1 | 10% (35) |
| 2022-23 | 373 | 18 | 20.7:1 | 9% (32) |
| 2020-21 | 349 | 17 | 20.5:1 | 10% (36) |
| 2017-18 | 357 | 16 | 22.3:1 | 6% (20) |
| 2015-16 | 348 | 16 | 21.8:1 | 4% (15) |
| 2010-11 | 352 | 19 | 18.5:1 | 7% (26) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 77 LOWER LAB SCHOOL.
About PS 77 LOWER LAB SCHOOL
PS 77 LOWER LAB SCHOOL is a public low-enrollment elementary school in NEW YORK, New York. It serves 364 students in kindergarten through 5.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 has a total of 119 schools and 54,599 students, PS 77 LOWER LAB SCHOOL among them.
PS 77 LOWER LAB SCHOOL has no majority group; Asian students are the largest, at 45%. Other students are 34% White, 13% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. By comparison, New York County residents are about 12% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 67% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at PS 77 LOWER LAB SCHOOL is 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 19.2:1. This ratio sits 6.3 above the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 10%. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in New York County is 60 points.
allk12 grades PS 77 LOWER LAB SCHOOL an A+. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school in New York with PS 77 LOWER LAB SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 71.4%. PS 77 LOWER LAB SCHOOL scores 98.9%.
Among New York County residents, the median household income is $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PS 77 LOWER LAB SCHOOL is one of 358 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: PS 198 ISADOR E IDA STRAUS, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, PS 77 LOWER LAB SCHOOL ranks 1st of 8 on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies PS 77 LOWER LAB SCHOOL's location as City: Large.
Enrollment is up 4% from 2020-21, when PS 77 LOWER LAB SCHOOL had 349 students, to 2024-25, when it had 364. Its ratio of students to teachers was 20.5:1 in 2020-21, and 19.2:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About PS 77 LOWER LAB SCHOOLHow many students attend PS 77 LOWER LAB SCHOOL?
PS 77 LOWER LAB SCHOOL enrolls approximately 364 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does PS 77 LOWER LAB SCHOOL serve?
PS 77 LOWER LAB SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 77 LOWER LAB SCHOOL?
Approximately 19.2:1 students per teacher at PS 77 LOWER LAB SCHOOL.
How diverse is PS 77 LOWER LAB SCHOOL?
PS 77 LOWER LAB SCHOOL reports a student body of 34% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 45% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 77 LOWER LAB SCHOOL?
PS 77 LOWER LAB SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 in New York County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.