Enrollment
236
Elementary
DISTRICT 339 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4·NCES 360007905632
RIVER EAST ELEMENTARY
2351 1ST AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10035 · (212) 802-3035 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL236 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 54% 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
11.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
207 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 | 48 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 61% larger than its 5th grade class (23).
Student demographics
55%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
61.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +18.0pp since 2023
Math
52.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
46.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 RIVER EAST ELEMENTARY
RIVER EAST ELEMENTARY's state test result (46.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIVER EAST ELEMENTARY this school | 236 | 87.7% | 46.8% |
| PS 299 THOMAS WARREN FIELD SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 229 | 90.4% | 40.6% |
| PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS NEW YORK | 272 | 88.2% | 38.2% |
| CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POUGHKEEPSIE | 286 | 88.8% | 43.5% |
| STOREFRONT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX | 260 | 93.5% | 60.5% |
| FAIRMONT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL BRONX | 266 | 93.6% | 29.5% |
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 RIVER EAST ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #1,298 of 2,335 | #97 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,351 of 2,342 ▲ 342 | #89 of 151 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #874 of 2,343 ▲ 257 | #72 of 151 ▲ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 236 | #2,270 of 2,585 | #122 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #951 of 2,338 | #54 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.0% | #1,008 of 2,388 | #74 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.7% | #509 of 2,534 | #64 of 155 |
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
236
-32 (-12%) vs 2020
+8% since 2010-11, when it was 219
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 236 | 21 | 11.2:1 | 88% (207) |
| 2023-24 | 244 | 19.8 | 12.3:1 | 83% (202) |
| 2022-23 | 224 | 21 | 10.7:1 | 83% (185) |
| 2020-21 | 268 | 23 | 11.7:1 | 81% (216) |
| 2017-18 | 189 | 20 | 9.4:1 | 87% (165) |
| 2015-16 | 200 | 20 | 10.0:1 | 84% (167) |
| 2010-11 | 219 | 22 | 9.9:1 | 79% (174) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RIVER EAST ELEMENTARY.
About RIVER EAST ELEMENTARY
RIVER EAST ELEMENTARY is the name of a small elementary school in NEW YORK, New York. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 236 students. It has 47% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in New York (about 443).
RIVER EAST ELEMENTARY is one school in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4, a system of 30 schools with 11,316 students.
About 60% of the student body at RIVER EAST ELEMENTARY is Hispanic. Other groups make up 30% Black, 7% White, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 24% of New York County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
With 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.2:1. Elementary schools in New York have an average ratio of 12.8:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at RIVER EAST ELEMENTARY, 88% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 70% average for public schools in New York County.
RIVER EAST ELEMENTARY earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 54% of New York public elementary schools.
RIVER EAST ELEMENTARY posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 46.8%, compared with a predicted 42.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
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 residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in New York County number 358, with about 152,104 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates RIVER EAST ELEMENTARY from the closest public school, HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, RIVER EAST ELEMENTARY places 2nd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
NCES describes the area around RIVER EAST ELEMENTARY as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 12%.
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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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- HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY EAST CHARTER SCHOOL0.0 mi · 349
- PS 155 WILLIAM PACA0.2 mi · 192
- RENAISSANCE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS0.2 mi · 132
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Frequently asked questions
About RIVER EAST ELEMENTARYHow large is RIVER EAST ELEMENTARY?
RIVER EAST ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 236 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does RIVER EAST ELEMENTARY serve?
RIVER EAST ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at RIVER EAST ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at RIVER EAST ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is RIVER EAST ELEMENTARY?
RIVER EAST ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 7% White, 60% Hispanic, 30% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is RIVER EAST ELEMENTARY public or private?
RIVER EAST ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.