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PS 42 Benjamin Altman Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

71 Hester St

New York NY, 10002, New York County

Phone: 212-226-8410

Ranking:

(556 out of 3,424, top 16%)*

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:	53		56		53		54		52		55		52
Total Students:	789		827		807		810		798		747		736
Prekindergarten:	36	4.6%	36	4.4%	36	4.5%	36	4.4%	35	4.4%	36	4.8%	36	4.9%
Kindergarten:	98	12.4%	153	18.5%	145	18.0%	133	16.4%	121	15.2%	121	16.2%	130	17.7%
Grade 1:	149	18.9%	132	16.0%	139	17.2%	135	16.7%	128	16.0%	122	16.3%	115	15.6%
Grade 2:	129	16.3%	144	17.4%	129	16.0%	124	15.3%	130	16.3%	107	14.3%	122	16.6%
Grade 3:	135	17.1%	121	14.6%	122	15.1%	120	14.8%	111	13.9%	116	15.5%	124	16.8%
Grade 4:	116	14.7%	126	15.2%	110	13.6%	127	15.7%	126	15.8%	118	15.8%	98	13.3%
Grade 5:	125	15.8%	115	13.9%	125	15.5%	133	16.4%	122	15.3%	99	13.3%	95	12.9%
Ungraded:	1	0.1%	NA	NA	1	0.1%	2	0.2%	25	3.1%	28	3.7%	16	2.2%
Student By Gender:
Male:	426	54.0%	432	52.2%	417	51.7%	427	52.7%	424	53.1%	377	50.5%	375	51.0%
Female:	363	46.0%	395	47.8%	390	48.3%	383	47.3%	366	45.9%	362	48.5%	357	48.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%
Asian:	739	93.7%	780	94.3%	753	93.3%	756	93.3%	736	92.2%	687	92.0%	679	92.3%
Hispanic:	25	3.2%	27	3.3%	30	3.7%	32	4.0%	39	4.9%	37	5.0%	37	5.0%
Black:	10	1.3%	8	1.0%	15	1.9%	10	1.2%	13	1.6%	19	2.5%	15	2.0%
White:	15	1.9%	12	1.5%	9	1.1%	12	1.5%	8	1.0%	3	0.4%	4	0.5%
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:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	753	95.4%	689	83.3%	678	84.0%	680	84.0%	NA	NA	625	83.7%	615	83.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	48	5.8%	47	5.8%	47	5.8%	NA	NA	43	5.8%	43	5.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.89		14.77		15.23		15.13		15.34		13.60		14.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2006	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	83%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	82%	67%
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	79%	70%
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	86%	76%
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	55%	70%	55%
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	73%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	57%	71%	56%
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	35.4%	51.2%	31.1%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	90%	80%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	94%	85%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	99%	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	90%	80%	59%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	79%	61%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	67.8%	62%	34.2%
2006	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	83%	80%	69%
2007	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	71%	79%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	88%	84%	71%
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	80%	86%	77%
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	65%	71%	57%
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	62%	75%	56%
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	76%	77%	60%
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	34.2%	54.8%	30.3%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94%	89%	78%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94%	90%	81%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	100%	94%	83%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	99%	95%	87%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86%	83%	64%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88%	87%	67%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	97%	87%	69%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.9%	67.3%	36.3%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	91%	89%	86%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92%	89%	85%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94%	90%	86%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93%	91%	88%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94%	92%	89%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	99%	93%	88%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95%	94%	89%
2006	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	85%	80%	67%
2007	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	76%	80%	68%
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	80%	88%	78%
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	92%	90%	83%
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	74%	73%	53%
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	66%	71%	53%
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	72%	73%	58%
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	70.5%	57.3%	30.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	92%	84%	68%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89%	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	93%	82%	65%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89%	84%	66%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90%	84%	66%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	92.7%	61.8%	29.9%
2006	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	94%	87%	82%
2007	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	89%	83%	78%
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	95%	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 42 Benjamin Altman Primary School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.