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What's something PS 78 does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
454
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31·NCES 360010306362
PS 78
100 TOMPKINS AVE, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10304 · (718) 442-3094 · Richmond County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL454 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% 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.
- CBeats 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
11.7:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
429 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 | 26 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
58%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
30.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
28.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 down about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.0% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 34.0% |
% 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
27.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 78
PS 78's state test result (27.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 78 this school | 454 | 94.5% | 27.1% |
| GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE BRONX II BRONX | 492 | 94.7% | 64.5% |
| PS 44 THOMAS C BROWN STATEN ISLAND | 521 | 92.9% | 17.9% |
| PS 197 OCEAN SCHOOL (THE) FAR ROCKAWAY | 425 | 89.9% | 44.0% |
| PS 55 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BRONX | 495 | 97.6% | 23.5% |
| S F B MORSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POUGHKEEPSIE | 432 | 89.1% | 19.1% |
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 78 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #2,105 of 2,335 | #49 of 53 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #2,130 of 2,342 ▼ 246 | #47 of 53 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #2,114 of 2,343 ▼ 259 | #50 of 53 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 454 | #1,051 of 2,585 | #33 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #1,124 of 2,338 | #22 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.4% | #785 of 2,388 | #35 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.5% | #217 of 2,534 | #6 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -46.3% | #60 of 1,757 | #1 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
454
-209 (-32%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 454 | 39 | 11.7:1 | 94% (429) |
| 2023-24 | 480 | 43.2 | 11.1:1 | 95% (458) |
| 2022-23 | 525 | 43.1 | 12.2:1 | 96% (506) |
| 2020-21 | 663 | 62 | 10.7:1 | 95% (627) |
| 2017-18 | 845 | 65 | 13.0:1 | 96% (811) |
| 2015-16 | 839 | 56 | 15.0:1 | 96% (802) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 78.
About PS 78
Located in STATEN ISLAND, New York, PS 78 is a medium-sized elementary school. A total of 454 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5.
Besides PS 78, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 runs 73 other schools. The district enrolls 56,577 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at PS 78 is Hispanic (50%). Smaller groups are 41% Black, 5% White, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of Richmond County is roughly 20% Hispanic. PS 78 has a diversity index of 58%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
PS 78's 39 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 11.7:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 94%. The gap from the 67% average for public schools in Richmond County is 27 points.
allk12 grades PS 78 a D. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
PS 78's average proficiency rate on state tests of 27.1% is 13.2 points below the 40.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census Bureau estimates for Richmond County show that median household income is about $98,333, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PS 78 is one of 88 public schools in Richmond County, which together enroll about 62,254 students.
EAGLE ACADEMY FOR YOUNG MEN OF STATEN ISLAND (THE) is the public school closest to PS 78, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, PS 78 places 8th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Locale data from NCES put PS 78 inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Enrollment was 663 in 2020-21 and 454 in 2024-25, a decrease of 209 students.
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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
- EAGLE ACADEMY FOR YOUNG MEN OF STATEN ISLAND (THE)0.2 mi · 280
- IS 49 BERTA A DREYFUS0.2 mi · 330
- WAVERLY ACADEMY OF EMPOWERED LEARNERS (THE)0.4 mi · 165
- YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP OF STATEN ISLAND0.4 mi · 180
- PS 65 ACADEMY OF INNOVATIVE LEARNING (THE)0.8 mi · 340
- PS 13 M L LINDEMEYER0.8 mi · 768
Frequently asked questions
About PS 78How large is PS 78?
PS 78 enrolls approximately 454 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 78 an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 78 is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 78?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at PS 78.
How diverse is PS 78?
PS 78 reports a student body of 5% White, 50% Hispanic, 41% Black, 3% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is PS 78 public or private?
PS 78 is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.