Enrollment
394
Elementary
DISTRICT 339 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4·NCES 360007902366
PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA
216 E 120TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10035 · (212) 860-5851 · New York County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL394 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
384 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
22.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
19.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
19.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
394
-4 (-1%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 11.1:1
% White
4%
was 3%
% Hispanic
78%
was 68%
% Black
16%
was 25%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA
PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA, a mid-sized K-5 school in NEW YORK, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4, teaches 394 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.
PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA is one of 30 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4, a district that serves 11,316 students overall.
In terms of who attends, PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 78%. The remainder looks like 16% Black, 4% White. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.
With demographic context factored in, PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 39.1%; PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA posts 19.3%, -19.9 points below that line.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (New York County) logs that median household income runs about $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).
Nearest neighbor: PS 7 SAMUEL STERN, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.6%.
Geographically, the school is in an urban area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA has changed only slightly, going from 398 students in 2018 to 394 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 68% to 78% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 in 2025.
On allk12, members of the PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4
- MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICSHigh · 1,657 students
- PS 171 PATRICK HENRYElementary · 738 students
- TAG YOUNG SCHOLARSElementary · 576 students
- ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMYHigh · 528 students
- JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOLElementary · 516 students
- CENTRAL PARK EAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 481 students
Other schools in NEW YORK
- STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,261 students
- FIORELLO H LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,251 students
- HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS & HUMAN SERVICESHigh · 1,728 students
- MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICSHigh · 1,657 students
- NEW EXPLORATIONS INTO SCIENCETECH AND MATH HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 1,620 students
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-HARLEM 1Combined · 1,520 students
Nearby schools
- PS 7 SAMUEL STERN0.1 mi · 348
- HARLEM PREP CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 647
- URBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL IV0.2 mi · 182
- RENAISSANCE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS0.2 mi · 132
- PS 155 WILLIAM PACA0.2 mi · 192
- RIVER EAST ELEMENTARY0.2 mi · 236
Frequently asked questions
About PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTAHow large is PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA?
PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA enrolls approximately 394 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA serve?
PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA?
Approximately 9.7:1 students per teacher at PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA?
At PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA, the student body is approximately 4% White, 78% Hispanic, 16% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA in?
PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4.
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