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Enrollment
529
Elementary
DISTRICT 436 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3·NCES 360007802068
PS 9 SARAH ANDERSON
100 W 84TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10024 · (212) 678-2812 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL529 STUDENTS
A
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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
14.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
77 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 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 33% larger than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
58%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
87.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
88.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.0% | 88.0% |
| 2023-24 | 83.0% | 89.0% |
% 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
85.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.4pp
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 9 SARAH ANDERSON
PS 9 SARAH ANDERSON's state test result (85.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 9 SARAH ANDERSON this school | 529 | 14.6% | 85.0% |
| PS 40 AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS NEW YORK | 538 | 15.6% | 80.4% |
| PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SMITHTOWN | 498 | 14.1% | 66.8% |
| REINHARD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER BELLMORE | 550 | 13.1% | N/A |
| ALBANY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH MASSAPEQUA | 536 | 16.6% | 65.8% |
| CENTRAL SCHOOL LARCHMONT | 520 | 17.1% | 74.5% |
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 9 SARAH ANDERSON ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #96 of 2,335 | #26 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #167 of 2,342 ▼ 52 | #34 of 151 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #116 of 2,343 ▼ 46 | #30 of 151 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 529 | #698 of 2,585 | #30 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #1,992 of 2,338 | #93 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.9% | #810 of 2,388 | #59 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.6% | #2,352 of 2,534 | #145 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.4% | #878 of 1,757 | #87 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
529
+11 (+2%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 597
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 529 | 36 | 14.7:1 | 15% (77) |
| 2023-24 | 497 | 34.4 | 14.5:1 | 14% (69) |
| 2022-23 | 483 | 34 | 14.2:1 | 18% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 518 | 41 | 12.6:1 | 19% (99) |
| 2017-18 | 618 | 39 | 15.8:1 | 21% (129) |
| 2015-16 | 617 | 42 | 14.7:1 | 20% (126) |
| 2010-11 | 597 | 43 | 13.9:1 | 23% (135) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 9 SARAH ANDERSON.
About PS 9 SARAH ANDERSON
Students in NEW YORK, New York, attend PS 9 SARAH ANDERSON, a mid-sized elementary school. It had 529 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3 includes 44 schools. Together they enroll 19,478 students.
The student body at PS 9 SARAH ANDERSON is 61% White. It is also 16% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 9% Asian, and 2% Black. New York County's residents are about 48% White, 13 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 58% means there is a 58% chance two randomly chosen students at PS 9 SARAH ANDERSON are from different groups.
PS 9 SARAH ANDERSON lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.7 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in New York, the average ratio is 12.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 15% of the student body. Among public schools in New York County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
PS 9 SARAH ANDERSON earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 94% of New York public elementary schools.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, PS 9 SARAH ANDERSON's results are 15.4 points above predicted: 85.0% against 69.6%.
New York County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. There are 358 public schools in the county, enrolling about 152,104, PS 9 SARAH ANDERSON among them.
PS 9 SARAH ANDERSON is less than a tenth of a mile from MS 243 CENTER SCHOOL, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. PS 9 SARAH ANDERSON's average proficiency of 85.0% compares with 61.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 529, close to the 518 recorded in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher increased from 12.6 to 14.7 over 4 years.
The discussion board for PS 9 SARAH ANDERSON is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
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- JHS 54 BOOKER T WASHINGTONMiddle · 720 students
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- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-HARLEM 1Combined · 1,520 students
Nearby schools
- MS 243 CENTER SCHOOL0.0 mi · 246
- GLOBAL LEARNING COLLABORATIVE (THE)0.1 mi · 393
- FRANK MCCOURT HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 407
- INNOVATION DIPLOMA PLUS0.1 mi · 110
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-UPPER WEST0.1 mi · 1,002
- URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR GREEN CAREERS (THE)0.1 mi · 326
Frequently asked questions
About PS 9 SARAH ANDERSONHow many students attend PS 9 SARAH ANDERSON?
PS 9 SARAH ANDERSON enrolls approximately 529 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 9 SARAH ANDERSON an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 9 SARAH ANDERSON is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 9 SARAH ANDERSON have?
PS 9 SARAH ANDERSON employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 9 SARAH ANDERSON?
Student demographics at PS 9 SARAH ANDERSON are roughly 61% White, 16% Hispanic, 2% Black, 9% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 9 SARAH ANDERSON?
PS 9 SARAH ANDERSON 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.