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
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of New York public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
9.7:1
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 23 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 64 | 16% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 59% smaller than its 8th grade class (64).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
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.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.0% | 19.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA
PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA's state test result (19.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA this school | 394 | 97.5% | 19.3% |
| PS 290 JUAN MOREL CAMPOS BROOKLYN | 374 | 96.8% | 30.4% |
| MOUNT EDEN CHILDREN'S ACADEMY BRONX | 396 | 95.5% | 47.9% |
| PS 62 INOCENSIO CASANOVA BRONX | 427 | 97.7% | 33.8% |
| LEXINGTON ACADEMY (THE) NEW YORK | 433 | 97.9% | 27.2% |
| FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 428 | 96.5% | 44.0% |
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 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #2,247 of 2,335 | #153 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #2,260 of 2,342 ▼ 66 | #148 of 151 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #2,258 of 2,343 ▼ 256 | #150 of 151 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 394 | #1,393 of 2,585 | #69 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #352 of 2,338 | #29 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.9% | #1,731 of 2,388 | #107 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.5% | #62 of 2,534 | #11 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #1,714 of 1,757 | #113 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
394
+22 (+6%) vs 2020
-29% since 2010-11, when it was 555
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 8.4:1
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 | 394 | 40.5 | 9.7:1 | 97% (384) |
| 2023-24 | 422 | 38.1 | 11.1:1 | 97% (411) |
| 2022-23 | 325 | 39 | 8.3:1 | 96% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 372 | 44 | 8.4:1 | 94% (349) |
| 2017-18 | 398 | 36 | 11.1:1 | 93% (372) |
| 2015-16 | 456 | 37 | 12.3:1 | 78% (354) |
| 2010-11 | 555 | 40 | 13.9:1 | 87% (484) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA.
About PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA
PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in NEW YORK, New York. The school enrolls 394 students, from pre-K through 8.
PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA is in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4, a district with 11,316 students across 30 schools.
Roughly 78% of students at PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA are Hispanic. Other groups make up 16% Black and 4% White. County-wide, 24% of New York County residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 36% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA counts 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 9.7 students for each one. On average, elementary schools in New York have 12.8:1, compared with 9.7:1 here. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in New York County, the average is 70%.
PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA is graded D by allk12, scoring above 5% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA is -19.9 points, in the bottom 10% of New York. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 19.3%, and the predicted rate is 39.1%.
Within New York County, the median household income is $103,931, about 64% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. In all, New York County has 358 public schools and roughly 152,104 students.
PS 7 SAMUEL STERN is the public school closest to PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA, about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. PS 96 JOSEPH LANZETTA ranks 8th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 19.3% against a local average of 39.6%.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
The school enrolled 394 students in 2024-25, 22 more than the 372 it had in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 8.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 9.7:1.
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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
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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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