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PS 242 The Young Diplomats Magnet Academy Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

134 West 122nd St

New York NY, 10027, New York County

Phone: 212-678-2908

Ranking:

(3,217 out of 3,424, bottom 6%)*

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:	26		24		24		25		23		22		21
Total Students:	220		275		295		194		218		242		288
Prekindergarten:	18	8.2%	18	6.5%	17	5.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	29	13.2%	37	13.5%	54	18.3%	20	10.3%	20	9.2%	17	7.0%	31	10.8%
Grade 1:	27	12.3%	44	16.0%	46	15.6%	33	17.0%	21	9.6%	28	11.6%	40	13.9%
Grade 2:	39	17.7%	50	18.2%	52	17.6%	21	10.8%	25	11.5%	41	16.9%	49	17.0%
Grade 3:	36	16.4%	43	15.6%	34	11.5%	31	16.0%	39	17.9%	49	20.2%	47	16.3%
Grade 4:	40	18.2%	43	15.6%	44	14.9%	40	20.6%	42	19.3%	51	21.1%	53	18.4%
Grade 5:	30	13.6%	39	14.2%	45	15.3%	44	22.7%	36	16.5%	24	9.9%	44	15.3%
Ungraded:	1	0.5%	1	0.4%	3	1.0%	5	2.6%	35	16.1%	32	13.2%	24	8.3%
Student By Gender:
Male:	119	54.1%	146	53.1%	145	49.2%	97	50.0%	104	47.7%	119	49.2%	133	46.2%
Female:	101	45.9%	129	46.9%	150	50.8%	97	50.0%	106	48.6%	115	47.5%	151	52.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.5%	6	2.2%	2	0.7%	1	0.5%	3	1.4%	4	1.7%	3	1.0%
Asian:	1	0.5%	1	0.4%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	1.2%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	65	29.5%	70	25.5%	66	22.4%	33	17.0%	48	22.0%	46	19.0%	42	14.6%
Black:	143	65.0%	184	66.9%	210	71.2%	157	80.9%	163	74.8%	186	76.9%	240	83.3%
White:	6	2.7%	10	3.6%	10	3.4%	3	1.5%	4	1.8%	3	1.2%	3	1.0%
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:	4	1.8%	4	1.5%	6	2.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	170	77.3%	215	78.2%	230	78.0%	147	75.8%	NA	NA	152	62.8%	212	73.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	10	4.5%	14	5.1%	7	2.4%	10	5.2%	NA	NA	14	5.8%	21	7.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	8.46		11.46		12.29		7.70		9.48		11.00		13.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	48%	62%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	32%	62%	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	41%	65%	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	72%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	33%	54%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	37%	61%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	18%	62%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	13.5%	48.8%	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	76%	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	52%	84%	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	88%	90%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	91%	93%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	34%	56%	59%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	37%	65%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	15%	67%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	8.1%	52.1%	34.2%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	46%	62%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	34%	63%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	34%	64%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	48%	75%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	23%	54%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	38%	59%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	29%	65%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	13.2%	44.5%	30.3%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70%	73%	78%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	49%	78%	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	60%	82%	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75%	87%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	37%	63%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	51%	69%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	35%	74%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	5.3%	51.9%	36.3%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	75%	76%	86%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	41%	73%	85%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	47%	71%	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	33%	78%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	43%	83%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	58%	85%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	59%	89%	89%
2006	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	49%	58%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	49%	62%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	43%	73%	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	55%	81%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	33%	56%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	39%	58%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	34%	58%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	13.8%	41.3%	30.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	45%	65%	68%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66%	73%	76%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58%	81%	83%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74%	87%	88%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	41%	64%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51%	66%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	28%	67%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	10%	40%	29.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	61%	71%	82%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	50%	65%	78%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	48%	78%	85%
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	62%	81%	86%
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	71%	81%	86%

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* PS 242 The Young Diplomats Magnet Academy Primary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.