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Enrollment
751
Elementary
DISTRICT 436 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3·NCES 360007802335
PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN
160 W 78TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10024 · (212) 678-2826 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL751 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% 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.
- ABeats 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
15.3:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
99 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 133 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 136 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 132 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 128 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (133) is 37% larger than its 5th grade class (97).
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
88.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
86.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.0% | 86.0% |
| 2023-24 | 88.0% | 87.0% |
% 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
85.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN
PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN's state test result (85.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN this school | 751 | 13.2% | 85.1% |
| SPRINGHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DOBBS FERRY | 677 | 10.9% | 73.7% |
| PS 29 JOHN M HARRIGAN BROOKLYN | 708 | 13.6% | 85.3% |
| PS 58 CARROLL (THE) BROOKLYN | 753 | 10.8% | 79.8% |
| MINNESAUKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EAST SETAUKET | 644 | 13.8% | 74.0% |
| BURR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL COMMACK | 669 | 11.1% | 63.9% |
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 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.1% | #95 of 2,335 | #25 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #207 of 2,342 ▼ 55 | #36 of 151 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #99 of 2,343 ▼ 67 | #25 of 151 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 751 | #201 of 2,585 | #8 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #2,080 of 2,338 | #102 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.0% | #755 of 2,388 | #54 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.2% | #2,382 of 2,534 | #147 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.8% | #864 of 1,757 | #85 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
751
+68 (+10%) vs 2020
-23% since 2010-11, when it was 980
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 751 | 49 | 15.3:1 | 13% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 726 | 45.8 | 15.8:1 | 14% (104) |
| 2022-23 | 667 | 44.9 | 14.9:1 | 11% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 683 | 50 | 13.7:1 | 10% (71) |
| 2017-18 | 881 | 63 | 14.0:1 | 12% (103) |
| 2015-16 | 861 | 60 | 14.3:1 | 7% (60) |
| 2010-11 | 980 | 64 | 15.3:1 | 12% (121) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN.
About PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN
NEW YORK, New York, is home to PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN, a large elementary school. It educates 751 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 70% above the 443 average for elementary schools in New York.
District-wide, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3 has 44 schools and 19,478 students.
By race and ethnicity, PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN is 60% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 17% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 8% Asian, and 3% Black. In New York County overall, about 48% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1 at PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN, with 49 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is lower than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 13%. Across public schools in New York County, the average is 70%.
allk12 grades PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN an A. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 85.1%, compared with a predicted 70.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
County data help place the school in context: in New York County, median household income is about $103,931, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 64% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The public schools of New York County number 358 and enroll about 152,104.
Of nearby public schools, MS 247 DUAL LANGUAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN is 2nd of 8 on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 683 in 2020-21 and 751 in 2024-25, a 10% gain. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.3:1) than in 2020-21 (13.7:1).
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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 87 WILLIAM SHERMANHow many students attend PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN?
PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN enrolls approximately 751 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN serve?
PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN?
At PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN, the student body is approximately 60% White, 17% Hispanic, 3% Black, 8% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN public or private?
PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.