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Enrollment
744
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6·NCES 360008302643
PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS
349 CABRINI BLVD, NEW YORK, NY 10040 · (212) 927-8218 · New York County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL744 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest 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
12.3:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
293 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 16 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 84 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 91 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 85 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (85).
Student demographics
64%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
84.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
79.6%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 79.6% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 79.2% |
% 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
76.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS
PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS's state test result (76.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS this school | 744 | 39.4% | 76.8% |
| PS 24 SPUYTEN DUYVIL BRONX | 742 | 37.3% | 86.9% |
| PS 81 ROBERT J CHRISTEN BRONX | 715 | 42.9% | 75.2% |
| C V STARR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL BREWSTER | 664 | 41.4% | 45.9% |
| EAGLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MEDFORD | 680 | 37.4% | 42.8% |
| PINE TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MONROE | 746 | 43.0% | 49.9% |
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/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.8% | #221 of 2,335 | #39 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.6% | #363 of 2,342 ▼ 50 | #49 of 151 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #152 of 2,343 ▼ 48 | #38 of 151 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 744 | #214 of 2,585 | #10 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #1,388 of 2,338 | #69 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.8% | #521 of 2,388 | #40 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.4% | #1,713 of 2,534 | #125 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #1,387 of 1,757 | #104 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
744
-2 (0%) vs 2020
-6% since 2010-11, when it was 794
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 744 | 60.5 | 12.3:1 | 39% (293) |
| 2023-24 | 766 | 58 | 13.2:1 | 40% (304) |
| 2022-23 | 759 | 56.5 | 13.4:1 | 42% (321) |
| 2020-21 | 746 | 52 | 14.3:1 | 44% (331) |
| 2017-18 | 794 | 51 | 15.6:1 | 43% (339) |
| 2015-16 | 806 | 44 | 18.3:1 | 49% (398) |
| 2010-11 | 794 | 48 | 16.5:1 | 59% (470) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS.
About PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS
PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS is a high-enrollment elementary school serving families in NEW YORK, New York. It teaches 744 students in pre-K through 8. By comparison, elementary schools in New York enroll about 443 students on average.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6 has 45 schools and 17,415 students, and PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS is one of those schools.
No group is above 50% at PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS; the largest is Hispanic, at 47%. Other reported shares: 37% White, 9% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 4% Black. New York County's residents are about 24% Hispanic, 22 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 64%.
A staff of 60.5 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 12.3:1. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is close to this figure. By family income, 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in New York County is 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS lands at A, ahead of 92% of New York public elementary schools.
PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 76.8% and a predicted 60.5%.
In New York County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $103,931, about 64% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county has 358 public schools and about 152,104 students.
Of the public schools around it, PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS is closest to SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS is 2nd of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 746 to 744. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.3:1.
The discussion board for PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 # 6
- A PHILIP RANDOLPH CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,421 students
- WASHINGTON HEIGHTS EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOLCombined · 908 students
- GREGORIO LUPERON HIGH SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICSHigh · 658 students
- PS 173Elementary · 597 students
- CITY COLLEGE ACADEMY OF THE ARTSHigh · 573 students
- COMMUNITY HEALTH ACADEMY OF THE HEIGHTSHigh · 552 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
- SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - WASHINGTON HEIGHTS0.2 mi · 410
- PS 48 PO MICHAEL J BUCZEK0.3 mi · 368
- IS 528 BEA FULLER RODGERS SCHOOL0.4 mi · 230
- DOS PUENTES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 416
- PS 132 JUAN PABLO DUARTE0.4 mi · 197
- MIDDLE SCHOOL 3220.5 mi · 235
Frequently asked questions
About PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFSHow large is PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS?
PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS enrolls approximately 744 students in grades PK-08.
Is PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS an elementary, middle, or high school?
PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS is approximately 12.3:1 (60 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS?
Student demographics at PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS are roughly 37% White, 47% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS in?
PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.