Enrollment
134
Elementary
DISTRICT 262 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5·NCES 360008105780
THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY LOWER SCHOOL
276 W 151ST ST, NEW YORK, NY 10039 · (212) 368-8731 · New York County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL134 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
11.4:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
125 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 13 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 25% |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (13) is 46% smaller than its 5th grade class (24).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
59.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +21.0pp since 2023
Math
41.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 21 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
38.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY LOWER SCHOOL
THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY LOWER SCHOOL's state test result (38.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY LOWER SCHOOL this school | 134 | 93.3% | 38.7% |
| PS 91 ALBANY AVENUE SCHOOL (THE) BROOKLYN | 148 | 90.5% | 44.5% |
| PS 191 PAUL ROBESON BROOKLYN | 163 | 92.0% | 35.3% |
| PS 335 GRANVILLE T WOODS BROOKLYN | 170 | 97.1% | 55.4% |
| PS 262 EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 155 | 85.8% | 59.0% |
| SISULU-WALKER CHARTER SCHOOL OF HARLEM NEW YORK | 152 | 84.9% | 60.8% |
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 THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY LOWER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In New York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #1,688 of 2,335 | #112 of 154 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,791 of 2,342 ▲ 149 | #117 of 151 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #962 of 2,343 ▲ 395 | #77 of 151 ▲ 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 134 | #2,519 of 2,585 | #155 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.3% | #287 of 2,534 | #41 of 155 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.6% | #124 of 1,757 | #20 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
134
-51 (-28%) vs 2020
-34% since 2010-11, when it was 204
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 134 | 11.7 | 11.4:1 | 93% (125) |
| 2023-24 | 148 | 18 | 8.2:1 | 92% (136) |
| 2022-23 | 172 | 13.7 | 12.6:1 | 90% (155) |
| 2020-21 | 185 | 15 | 12.3:1 | 90% (166) |
| 2017-18 | 222 | 17 | 13.1:1 | 86% (191) |
| 2015-16 | 220 | 14 | 15.7:1 | 85% (186) |
| 2010-11 | 204 | 15 | 13.6:1 | 54% (110) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY LOWER SCHOOL.
About THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY LOWER SCHOOL
THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY LOWER SCHOOL is a small elementary school found in NEW YORK, New York. The school serves 134 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students.
THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY LOWER SCHOOL is in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5, a district with 7,761 students across 28 schools.
THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY LOWER SCHOOL's enrollment is 76% Black. Next come 20% Hispanic and 2% Native American. That compares with about 14% Black among all New York County residents. By the diversity index, THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY LOWER SCHOOL comes in at 38%.
The school reported 11.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 11.4:1. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is higher than this school's figure. Eligible students account for 93% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in New York County, the school's rate is higher.
allk12 grades THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY LOWER SCHOOL a C+. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY LOWER SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 40.7%. THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY LOWER SCHOOL scores 38.7%, 2.0 points below that line.
Census Bureau estimates for New York County show that median household income is about $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 358 public schools operate in New York County, serving about 152,104 students.
The closest other public school is PS 200 JAMES MCCUNE SMITH SCHOOL (THE), about 0.1 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 38.7% is below the 44.7% average for nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY LOWER SCHOOL as City: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY LOWER SCHOOL went from 185 students to 134.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY LOWER SCHOOLHow large is THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY LOWER SCHOOL?
THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY LOWER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 134 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY LOWER SCHOOL serve?
THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY LOWER SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY LOWER SCHOOL have?
THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY LOWER SCHOOL employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the student diversity at THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY LOWER SCHOOL?
Student demographics at THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY LOWER SCHOOL are roughly 20% Hispanic, 76% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY LOWER SCHOOL in?
THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY LOWER SCHOOL is part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5.
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