Enrollment
299
Elementary
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2·NCES 360007706523
SIXTH AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
590 6TH AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10011 · (917) 305-1000 · New York County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL299 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% 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.
- A-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
14.1:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
71 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 62 | 21% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 85% larger than its 5th grade class (27).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
87.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
78.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.0% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 75.0% |
% 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
76.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 SIXTH AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIXTH AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 299 | 23.7% | 76.6% |
| WEST NYACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST NYACK | 304 | 20.7% | 58.1% |
| NEWBRIDGE ROAD SCHOOL NORTH BELLMORE | 336 | 23.5% | 66.2% |
| VIRGINIA ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHITE PLAINS | 328 | 19.8% | N/A |
| NASSAU SCHOOL POUGHKEEPSIE | 292 | 19.9% | N/A |
| DANIEL WARREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAMARONECK | 288 | 18.1% | N/A |
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 SIXTH AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.6% | #226 of 2,335 | #40 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #397 of 2,342 ▲ 21 | #50 of 151 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #115 of 2,343 ▲ 36 | #29 of 151 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 299 | #1,996 of 2,585 | #103 of 158 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,899 of 2,338 | #89 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.5% | #339 of 2,388 | #28 of 133 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.7% | #2,131 of 2,534 | #136 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.6% | #330 of 606 | #16 of 28 |
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
299
-61 (-17%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 299 | 21.2 | 14.1:1 | 24% (71) |
| 2023-24 | 322 | 23 | 14.0:1 | 23% (74) |
| 2022-23 | 319 | 23.2 | 13.7:1 | 12% (38) |
| 2020-21 | 360 | 26 | 13.8:1 | 13% (45) |
| 2017-18 | 278 | 20 | 13.9:1 | 9% (25) |
| 2015-16 | 156 | 9 | 17.3:1 | 11% (17) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SIXTH AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SIXTH AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
In NEW YORK, New York, part of New York County, SIXTH AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school. The school has 299 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
A total of 119 schools make up NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, with 54,599 students enrolled.
About 49% of students at SIXTH AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 23% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 9% Asian, and 4% Black. Among New York County residents, the White share is about 48%. A diversity index of 68% means there is a 68% chance two randomly chosen students at SIXTH AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
The school lists 21.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1. The average for elementary schools in New York, 12.8:1, is lower. A total of 71 students, or 24%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in New York County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
SIXTH AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 87% of New York public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 76.6%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 66.3%.
For the population of New York County, the median household earns about $103,931 a year, about 64% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. SIXTH AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares New York County with 357 other public schools.
SIXTH AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles from HARVEST COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 76.6% is below the 80.3% average for nearby schools.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 360 to 299, a 17% decline.
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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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Other Sixth Avenue Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Sixth Avenue Elementary. SIXTH AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Sixth Avenue ElementaryLos Angeles, CA · 313 students
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- MANHATTAN VILLAGE ACADEMY0.3 mi · 388
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- PS 41 GREENWICH VILLAGE0.3 mi · 478
- LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMY FOR NEWCOMERS0.3 mi · 460
Frequently asked questions
About SIXTH AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend SIXTH AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SIXTH AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 299 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does SIXTH AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SIXTH AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SIXTH AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SIXTH AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.1:1 (21 FTE teachers).
How diverse is SIXTH AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SIXTH AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 49% White, 23% Hispanic, 4% Black, 9% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees SIXTH AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SIXTH AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 in New York County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.