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PS 137 John L Bernstein Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

293 East Broadway

New York NY, 10002, New York County

Phone: 212-602-2140

Ranking:

(2,931 out of 3,424, bottom 14%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	15		18		22		22		21		25		24
Total Students:	205		182		230		232		224		213		242
Prekindergarten:	18	8.8%	11	6.0%	18	7.8%	18	7.8%	17	7.6%	18	8.5%	16	6.6%
Kindergarten:	25	12.2%	20	11.0%	42	18.3%	46	19.8%	37	16.5%	30	14.1%	34	14.0%
Grade 1:	29	14.1%	27	14.8%	43	18.7%	40	17.2%	29	12.9%	33	15.5%	33	13.6%
Grade 2:	31	15.1%	40	22.0%	38	16.5%	29	12.5%	30	13.4%	26	12.2%	26	10.7%
Grade 3:	41	20.0%	29	15.9%	27	11.7%	40	17.2%	23	10.3%	22	10.3%	34	14.0%
Grade 4:	29	14.1%	27	14.8%	32	13.9%	32	13.8%	22	9.8%	32	15.0%	22	9.1%
Grade 5:	26	12.7%	24	13.2%	27	11.7%	23	9.9%	31	13.8%	20	9.4%	33	13.6%
Ungraded:	6	2.9%	4	2.2%	3	1.3%	4	1.7%	35	15.6%	32	15.0%	44	18.2%
Student By Gender:
Male:	109	53.2%	89	48.9%	111	48.3%	117	50.4%	106	47.3%	104	48.8%	126	52.1%
Female:	96	46.8%	93	51.1%	119	51.7%	115	49.6%	110	49.1%	101	47.4%	112	46.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.5%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	0	0.0%	4	1.8%	2	0.9%	2	0.8%
Asian:	29	14.1%	22	12.1%	38	16.5%	40	17.2%	31	13.8%	24	11.3%	21	8.7%
Hispanic:	115	56.1%	101	55.5%	122	53.0%	126	54.3%	128	57.1%	119	55.9%	143	59.1%
Black:	53	25.9%	50	27.5%	58	25.2%	62	26.7%	57	25.4%	63	29.6%	75	31.0%
White:	7	3.4%	8	4.4%	7	3.0%	4	1.7%	4	1.8%	5	2.3%	1	0.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.5%	4	1.7%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	167	81.5%	166	91.2%	192	83.5%	208	89.7%	NA	NA	161	75.6%	188	77.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	10	4.9%	4	2.2%	18	7.8%	8	3.4%	NA	NA	22	10.3%	24	9.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.70		10.11		10.45		10.48		10.67		8.60		10.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	51%	62%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	48%	60%	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	62%	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	71%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	46%	51%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	30%	55%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	51%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	12%	34.3%	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	54%	74%	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	84%	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	87%	90%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	92%	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	60%	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	40%	61%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	31%	60%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	10.7%	42%	34.2%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	40%	55%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	44%	59%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	60%	62%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	75%	70%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	52%	47%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	32%	54%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	21%	54%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	8.3%	34.5%	30.3%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	61%	70%	78%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	63%	73%	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	56%	78%	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	97%	83%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	52%	62%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	50%	66%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	47%	70%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	4.2%	41.3%	36.3%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	71%	71%	86%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	71%	70%	85%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	54%	71%	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83%	75%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90%	81%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	71%	86%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	79%	86%	89%
2006	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	27%	52%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	44%	59%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	69%	73%	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	65%	81%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	15%	46%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	47%	53%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	33%	56%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	0%	30.5%	30.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	20%	57%	68%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56%	69%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73%	81%	83%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	55%	86%	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	25%	60%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	46%	64%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	38%	65%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	0%	32.3%	29.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	51%	66%	82%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	34%	55%	78%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	54%	74%	85%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	37%	75%	86%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	53%	74%	86%
2006	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	58%	52%	61%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	56%	59%	60%

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* PS 137 John L Bernstein Primary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.