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PS 234 Independence School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

292 Greenwich St

New York NY, 10007, New York County

Phone: 212-233-6034

Ranking:

(67 out of 3,424, top 2%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten 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:	44		49		52		52		50		51		47
Total Students:	785		824		827		846		820		817		755
Kindergarten:	124	15.8%	139	16.9%	125	15.1%	144	17.0%	115	14.0%	162	19.8%	139	18.4%
Grade 1:	137	17.5%	116	14.1%	135	16.3%	125	14.8%	179	21.8%	146	17.9%	127	16.8%
Grade 2:	119	15.2%	128	15.5%	122	14.8%	183	21.6%	133	16.2%	129	15.8%	128	17.0%
Grade 3:	126	16.1%	121	14.7%	178	21.5%	153	18.1%	122	14.9%	123	15.1%	123	16.3%
Grade 4:	119	15.2%	172	20.9%	152	18.4%	117	13.8%	121	14.8%	119	14.6%	118	15.6%
Grade 5:	160	20.4%	148	18.0%	114	13.8%	121	14.3%	117	14.3%	113	13.8%	101	13.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	1	0.1%	3	0.4%	33	4.0%	25	3.1%	19	2.5%
Student By Gender:
Male:	387	49.3%	420	51.0%	417	50.4%	412	48.7%	419	51.1%	429	52.5%	386	51.1%
Female:	398	50.7%	404	49.0%	410	49.6%	434	51.3%	393	47.9%	380	46.5%	365	48.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	0.6%	11	1.3%	12	1.5%	12	1.4%	10	1.2%	7	0.9%	4	0.5%
Asian:	101	12.9%	98	11.9%	131	15.8%	124	14.7%	129	15.7%	132	16.2%	120	15.9%
Hispanic:	65	8.3%	65	7.9%	66	8.0%	69	8.2%	63	7.7%	66	8.1%	55	7.3%
Black:	18	2.3%	26	3.2%	29	3.5%	33	3.9%	34	4.1%	40	4.9%	44	5.8%
White:	541	68.9%	585	71.0%	584	70.6%	608	71.9%	584	71.2%	572	70.0%	532	70.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	55	7.0%	39	4.7%	5	0.6%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	37	4.7%	41	5.0%	45	5.4%	54	6.4%	NA	NA	42	5.1%	47	6.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	6	0.8%	12	1.5%	10	1.2%	12	1.4%	NA	NA	19	2.3%	24	3.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.84		16.82		15.90		16.26		16.40		16.00		16.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	83%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	82%	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	79%	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	86%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	70%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	73%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	71%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	57%	51.2%	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	99%	90%	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	94%	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	95%	90%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	96%	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	80%	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	80%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	79%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68.6%	62%	34.2%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	85%	80%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	95%	79%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	94%	84%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	99%	86%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	84%	71%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	85%	75%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	84%	77%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	59.6%	54.8%	30.3%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	97%	89%	78%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	98%	90%	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	99%	94%	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	99%	95%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93%	83%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95%	87%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89%	87%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65%	67.3%	36.3%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	99%	89%	86%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	100%	89%	85%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	97%	90%	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	98%	91%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95%	92%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95%	93%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	97%	94%	89%
2006	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	97%	80%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	95%	80%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	100%	88%	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	99%	90%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	94%	73%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	88%	71%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	80%	73%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	63.7%	57.3%	30.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	95%	84%	68%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	94%	88%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	99%	92%	83%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	100%	95%	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	94%	82%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	94%	84%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91%	84%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58.4%	61.8%	29.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	94%	87%	82%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	96%	83%	78%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	99%	89%	85%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	97%	91%	86%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	94%	90%	86%

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* PS 234 Independence School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.