Enrollment
165
Elementary
DISTRICT 262 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5·NCES 360008105117
PS 92 MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE
222 W 134TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10030 · (212) 690-5915 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL165 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 56% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
9.2:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
157 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 7 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 28 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 17% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (28).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
50.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
64.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +15.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
47.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% 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 92 MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE
PS 92 MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE's state test result (47.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 92 MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE this school | 165 | 95.2% | 47.1% |
| PS 81 THADDEUS STEVENS BROOKLYN | 182 | 94.5% | 18.1% |
| PS 67 CHARLES A DORSEY BROOKLYN | 163 | 96.3% | 26.7% |
| SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-BRONX 5 LOWER BRONX | 145 | 93.8% | N/A |
| WAVERLY ACADEMY OF EMPOWERED LEARNERS (THE) STATEN ISLAND | 165 | 95.8% | N/A |
| PS 297 ABRAHAM STOCKTON BROOKLYN | 196 | 94.9% | 57.9% |
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 92 MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #1,289 of 2,335 | #96 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #914 of 2,342 ▲ 396 | #68 of 151 ▲ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,323 of 2,343 ▲ 181 | #97 of 151 ▲ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 165 | #2,469 of 2,585 | #147 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.2% | #185 of 2,534 | #25 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.3% | #153 of 1,757 | #27 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
165
-48 (-23%) vs 2020
-45% since 2010-11, when it was 298
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 165 | 18 | 9.2:1 | 95% (157) |
| 2023-24 | 170 | 15 | 11.3:1 | 98% (167) |
| 2022-23 | 185 | 19.6 | 9.4:1 | 98% (181) |
| 2020-21 | 213 | 19 | 11.2:1 | 97% (207) |
| 2017-18 | 263 | 25 | 10.5:1 | 99% (260) |
| 2015-16 | 296 | 27 | 11.0:1 | 94% (278) |
| 2010-11 | 298 | 30 | 9.9:1 | 93% (278) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 92 MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE.
About PS 92 MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE
PS 92 MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE is a very small elementary school in NEW YORK, New York, administered by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 165 students on the rolls. Across elementary schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 443.
PS 92 MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE is in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5, a district with 7,761 students across 28 schools.
The biggest share of students at PS 92 MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE, 46%, is Hispanic. Other reported shares: 44% Black, 4% White, and 2% Asian. That compares with about 24% Hispanic among all New York County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 59%.
The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.2:1. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 95% of the student body. It compares with 70% for public schools in New York County.
Among New York public elementary schools, PS 92 MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE outscored 56%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 40.0%. PS 92 MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE scores 47.1%.
For New York County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $103,931 a year, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Counting PS 92 MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE, New York County has 358 public schools.
Measured in a straight line, ST. HOPE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from PS 92 MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 47.1% is above the 43.7% average for nearby schools.
NCES assigns PS 92 MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 213 students in 2020-21 to 165 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 11.2:1 to 9.2:1.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About PS 92 MARY MCLEOD BETHUNEHow many students attend PS 92 MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE?
PS 92 MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE enrolls approximately 165 students in grades PK-05.
Is PS 92 MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS 92 MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 92 MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE have?
PS 92 MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.2:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 92 MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE?
Student demographics at PS 92 MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE are roughly 4% White, 46% Hispanic, 44% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PS 92 MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE in?
PS 92 MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5.
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