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PS 142 Amalia Castro Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

100 Attorney St

New York NY, 10002, New York County

Phone: 212-598-3800

Ranking:

(2,912 out of 3,424, bottom 15%)*

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:	28		34		36		40		39		38		41
Total Students:	389		415		433		430		416		438		450
Prekindergarten:	30	7.7%	34	8.2%	33	7.6%	30	7.0%	28	6.7%	33	7.5%	35	7.8%
Kindergarten:	72	18.5%	61	14.7%	73	16.9%	66	15.3%	58	13.9%	59	13.5%	57	12.7%
Grade 1:	48	12.3%	67	16.1%	62	14.3%	72	16.7%	52	12.5%	61	13.9%	67	14.9%
Grade 2:	62	15.9%	62	14.9%	75	17.3%	54	12.6%	53	12.7%	60	13.7%	57	12.7%
Grade 3:	53	13.6%	65	15.7%	55	12.7%	61	14.2%	51	12.3%	58	13.2%	57	12.7%
Grade 4:	63	16.2%	62	14.9%	67	15.5%	69	16.0%	64	15.4%	53	12.1%	43	9.6%
Grade 5:	60	15.4%	62	14.9%	64	14.8%	71	16.5%	50	12.0%	44	10.0%	42	9.3%
Ungraded:	1	0.3%	2	0.5%	4	0.9%	7	1.6%	60	14.4%	70	16.0%	92	20.4%
Student By Gender:
Male:	215	55.3%	216	52.0%	209	48.3%	207	48.1%	198	47.6%	213	48.6%	221	49.1%
Female:	174	44.7%	199	48.0%	224	51.7%	223	51.9%	210	50.5%	217	49.5%	225	50.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	14	3.6%	7	1.7%	7	1.6%	7	1.6%	5	1.2%	4	0.9%	1	0.2%
Asian:	23	5.9%	30	7.2%	33	7.6%	27	6.3%	24	5.8%	17	3.9%	19	4.2%
Hispanic:	287	73.8%	308	74.2%	324	74.8%	324	75.3%	309	74.3%	326	74.4%	331	73.6%
Black:	58	14.9%	59	14.2%	58	13.4%	58	13.5%	62	14.9%	82	18.7%	88	19.6%
White:	6	1.5%	9	2.2%	9	2.1%	14	3.3%	16	3.8%	9	2.1%	11	2.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	1	0.3%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	330	84.8%	383	92.3%	392	90.5%	390	90.7%	NA	NA	368	84.0%	404	89.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	15	3.9%	20	4.8%	19	4.4%	26	6.0%	NA	NA	38	8.7%	10	2.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.89		12.20		12.03		10.88		10.81		11.50		11.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	57%	62%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	41%	60%	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	58%	62%	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	71%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	27%	51%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	27%	55%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	45%	51%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	20.3%	34.3%	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	74%	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	84%	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	87%	90%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	92%	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	53%	60%	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	59%	61%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	60%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	36.2%	42%	34.2%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	44%	55%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	30%	59%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	40%	62%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	54%	70%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	34%	47%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	41%	54%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	37%	54%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	14.8%	34.5%	30.3%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	61%	70%	78%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	59%	73%	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	51%	78%	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84%	83%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	47%	62%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	43%	66%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	49%	70%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	16.7%	41.3%	36.3%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	74%	71%	86%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	67%	70%	85%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	55%	71%	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	70%	75%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	74%	81%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81%	86%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	73%	86%	89%
2006	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	24%	52%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	43%	59%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	65%	73%	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	77%	81%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	35%	46%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	33%	53%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	41%	56%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	7.5%	30.5%	30.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	32%	57%	68%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57%	69%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86%	81%	83%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81%	86%	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	46%	60%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	52%	64%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51%	65%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	9.1%	32.3%	29.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	47%	66%	82%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	39%	55%	78%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	68%	74%	85%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	76%	75%	86%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	81%	74%	86%
2006	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	31%	52%	61%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	64%	59%	60%

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* PS 142 Amalia Castro 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.