Enrollment
288
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6·NCES 360008302374
PS 98 SHORAC KAPPOCK
512 W 212TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10034 · (212) 927-7870 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL288 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% 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.
- C+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
13.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
260 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 | 71 | 25% |
| Kindergarten | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
39.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
38.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
31.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 98 SHORAC KAPPOCK
PS 98 SHORAC KAPPOCK's state test result (31.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 98 SHORAC KAPPOCK this school | 288 | 90.3% | 31.9% |
| PS 151 LYNDON B JOHNSON BROOKLYN | 268 | 86.9% | 46.3% |
| PS 274 KOSCIUSKO BROOKLYN | 286 | 91.3% | 31.6% |
| BRILLA PAX CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 325 | 88.0% | 54.9% |
| PS 106 EDWARD EVERETT HALE BROOKLYN | 327 | 90.5% | 23.6% |
| SAMARA COMMUNITY SCHOOL BRONX | 327 | 86.5% | 56.8% |
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 98 SHORAC KAPPOCK ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #1,958 of 2,335 | #134 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,899 of 2,342 ▼ 112 | #123 of 151 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,818 of 2,343 ▼ 32 | #124 of 151 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 288 | #2,056 of 2,585 | #109 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #1,653 of 2,338 | #79 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.8% | #2,005 of 2,388 | #121 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.3% | #403 of 2,534 | #54 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.5% | #150 of 1,757 | #26 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
288
-79 (-22%) vs 2020
-57% since 2010-11, when it was 668
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 288 | 22 | 13.1:1 | 90% (260) |
| 2023-24 | 286 | 24 | 11.9:1 | 92% (262) |
| 2022-23 | 292 | 20.7 | 14.1:1 | 89% (260) |
| 2020-21 | 367 | 25 | 14.7:1 | 87% (318) |
| 2017-18 | 461 | 39 | 11.8:1 | 90% (416) |
| 2015-16 | 606 | 43 | 14.1:1 | 92% (557) |
| 2010-11 | 668 | 47 | 14.2:1 | 97% (647) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 98 SHORAC KAPPOCK.
About PS 98 SHORAC KAPPOCK
PS 98 SHORAC KAPPOCK is a public elementary school in NEW YORK, New York. Enrollment totals 288 students across pre-K through 5. The school is 35% below the average for elementary schools in New York.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6 is the district for PS 98 SHORAC KAPPOCK. It has 45 schools and 17,415 students.
By race and ethnicity, PS 98 SHORAC KAPPOCK is 86% Hispanic. Next come 10% Black and 3% White. The county population is about 24% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 25%.
Its staff includes 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 13.1 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in New York is about 12.8:1. PS 98 SHORAC KAPPOCK has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 90%. Among public schools in New York County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, PS 98 SHORAC KAPPOCK lands at C-, ahead of 22% of New York public elementary schools.
PS 98 SHORAC KAPPOCK's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 31.9% is 9.9 points below the 41.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In New York County, home to about 1,629,477 people, the median household earns about $103,931 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 64% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. PS 98 SHORAC KAPPOCK shares New York County with 357 other public schools.
About 0.2 miles separate PS 98 SHORAC KAPPOCK from the closest public school, INWOOD ACADEMY FOR LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, PS 98 SHORAC KAPPOCK ranks 9th of 9 on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 367 to 288, a 22% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.7:1 to 13.1:1.
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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 98 SHORAC KAPPOCKWhat is the total enrollment at PS 98 SHORAC KAPPOCK?
PS 98 SHORAC KAPPOCK enrolls approximately 288 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PS 98 SHORAC KAPPOCK serve?
PS 98 SHORAC KAPPOCK serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS 98 SHORAC KAPPOCK?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS 98 SHORAC KAPPOCK is approximately 13.1:1 (22 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PS 98 SHORAC KAPPOCK?
PS 98 SHORAC KAPPOCK reports a student body of 3% White, 86% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is PS 98 SHORAC KAPPOCK public or private?
PS 98 SHORAC KAPPOCK is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6.
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