Enrollment
305
Combined
DISTRICT 443 · STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3·NCES 360007806115
SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL
129 W 67TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10023 · (212) 501-3318 · New York County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL305 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of New York public K-12 schools
- A+Test 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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
74 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 13 | 4% |
| Grade 1 | 16 | 5% |
| Grade 2 | 15 | 5% |
| Grade 3 | 12 | 4% |
| Grade 4 | 13 | 4% |
| Grade 5 | 15 | 5% |
| Grade 6 | 14 | 5% |
| Grade 7 | 15 | 5% |
| Grade 8 | 16 | 5% |
| Grade 9 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 10 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 11 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 47 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (13) is 19% smaller than its 8th grade class (16).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
100.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
96.8%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 100 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 97 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 100.0% | 96.8% |
| 2023-24 | 100.0% | 96.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
98.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+32.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 99% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 66% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 33 points, placing it in New York's top 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 SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL
SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL's state test result (98.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL this school | 305 | 24.3% | 98.9% |
| ROSLYN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROSLYN HEIGHTS | 307 | 20.5% | N/A |
| PS 183 ROBERT L STEVENSON NEW YORK | 541 | 11.6% | 87.2% |
| JERICHO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CENTEREACH | 423 | 48.2% | 33.9% |
| SHELTER ISLAND SCHOOL SHELTER ISLAND | 183 | 32.8% | 56.9% |
| BOLTON CENTRAL SCHOOL BOLTON LANDING | 164 | 30.5% | 70.7% |
Matched among New York K-12 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 SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 98.9% | #1 of 101 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 96.8% | #2 of 101 ▲ 2 | #1 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 100% | #1 of 101 no change | #1 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 305 | #113 of 192 | #10 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #112 of 146 | #8 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.6% | #7 of 152 | #1 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.3% | #131 of 136 | #12 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.6% | #90 of 95 | #6 of 6 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
305
+7 (+2%) vs 2020
+128% since 2010-11, when it was 134
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 305 | 29.7 | 10.3:1 | 24% (74) |
| 2023-24 | 299 | 28.7 | 10.4:1 | 26% (78) |
| 2022-23 | 295 | 27.9 | 10.6:1 | 24% (71) |
| 2020-21 | 298 | 27 | 11.0:1 | 25% (74) |
| 2017-18 | 313 | 24 | 13.0:1 | 21% (67) |
| 2015-16 | 277 | 21 | 13.2:1 | 18% (51) |
| 2010-11 | 134 | 8 | 16.8:1 | 6% (8) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL.
About SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL
SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL is a small school serving multiple grade levels based in NEW YORK, New York. It enrolls 305 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 12. It has 44% fewer students than the average for combined schools in New York (about 544).
SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL falls under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3, which has 44 schools enrolling 19,478 students.
The largest group at SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL is White students, at 38%. It is also 20% Asian, 20% multiracial, 16% Hispanic, and 6% Black. For comparison, the population of New York County is roughly 48% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL scores 75%.
With 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.3:1. Combined schools in New York have an average ratio of 8.7:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL, 24% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in New York County average 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL lands at A+, ahead of 97% of New York public K-12 schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL beats its 66.1% prediction with 98.9%, a top-10% result in New York.
In New York County, the median household earns about $103,931 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 64%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. New York County has 358 public schools with about 152,104 students, including SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL.
Measured in a straight line, URBAN ASSEMBLY SCHOOL FOR MEDIA STUDIES is about 0.1 miles from SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 298 to 305, a small change.
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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 SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL?
SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL enrolls approximately 305 students in grades KG-12.
Is SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL is a combined-grade school covering grades KG-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL is approximately 10.3:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL are roughly 38% White, 16% Hispanic, 6% Black, 20% Asian, 20% Two or more.
Who oversees SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL?
SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3 in New York County.
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