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Enrollment
576
Elementary
DISTRICT 339 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4·NCES 360007905631
TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS
240 E 109TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10029 · (212) 860-6003 · New York County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL576 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
160 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
98.9%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.6pp since 2023
Math
98.3%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 99 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 98 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
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
97.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+33.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 98% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 65% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
576
0 (0%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 24.0:1
% White
18%
was 16%
% Hispanic
17%
was 17%
% Black
11%
was 18%
% Asian
46%
was 37%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS
TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS is one of the reasonably sized K-5 schools in NEW YORK, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4, with 576 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 30% larger than the state mean of about 443.
TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS is one of 30 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4, a district that serves 11,316 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS logs that the largest single group is Asian at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 18% White, 17% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 12% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.1:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, New York County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 64.8%; TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS posts 97.8%, +33.0 points above that line.
Around the school, New York County reports that median household income runs about $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across New York County's 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.6%.
The campus sits in an urban setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS has changed only slightly, going from 576 students in 2018 to 576 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 37% to 46% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 24.0:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4
- MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE & MATHEMATICSHigh · 1,657 students
- PS 171 PATRICK HENRYElementary · 738 students
- ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMYHigh · 528 students
- JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SCHOOLElementary · 516 students
- CENTRAL PARK EAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 481 students
- YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SCHOOLHigh · 446 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
- ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY0.0 mi · 528
- BILINGUAL BICULTURAL SCHOOL (THE)0.0 mi · 291
- PS 83 LUIS MUNOZ RIVERA0.0 mi · 306
- AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM0.2 mi · 288
- EAST HARLEM SCHOLARS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 922
- PARK EAST HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 398
Frequently asked questions
About TAG YOUNG SCHOLARSWhat is the total enrollment at TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS?
TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS enrolls approximately 576 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS serve?
TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS?
Approximately 18.1:1 students per teacher at TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS.
What is the student diversity at TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS?
Student demographics at TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS are roughly 18% White, 17% Hispanic, 11% Black, 46% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS public or private?
TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS 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.