Outliers

NYC schools ranked against their peer group of ~40 demographically similar schools (same grade band). Direction-adjusted — a higher percentile always means better outcomes.

3rd grade ELA mean scale score — Mean scale score of 3rd grade test-takers on the NYS ELA assessment.

Metric

Year

Direction

Proclivity bucket

Include

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School	Borough	Value
P.S. 129 John H. Finley 05M129	Manhattan	432.0
P.S. 004 Maurice Wollin 31R004	Staten Island	453.4
P.S. 256 Benjamin Banneker 13K256	Brooklyn	433.2
P.S. 001 Courtlandt School 07X001	Bronx	433.7
P.S. 033 Edward M. Funk 29Q033	Queens	449.0
P.S. 064 Joseph P. Addabbo 27Q064	Queens	441.0
Fairmont Neighborhood School 12X314	Bronx	431.1
The Bellaire School 29Q135	Queens	446.9
The School of Science and Applied Learning 12X300	Bronx	431.2
P.S. 038 George Cromwell 31R038	Staten Island	446.6
P.S. 194 Countee Cullen 05M194	Manhattan	429.1
P.S. 179 Kensington 20K179	Brooklyn	440.2
P.S. 377 Alejandrina B. De Gautier 32K377	Brooklyn	425.5
The Peck Slip School 02M343	Manhattan	444.0
P.S. 045 Clarence Witherspoon 27Q045	Queens	429.3
P.S. 023 The New Children's School 10X023	Bronx	430.4
The Riverside School for Makers and Artists 03M191	Manhattan	426.9
P.S. 091 Richard Arkwright 24Q091	Queens	439.5
P.S. 270 Johann DeKalb 13K270	Brooklyn	432.8
P.S. 073 Bronx 09X073	Bronx	431.6
P.S. 143 Louis Armstrong 24Q143	Queens	432.2
The Lexington Academy 04M072	Manhattan	431.6
P.S. 111 Jacob Blackwell 30Q111	Queens	431.9
P.S. 044 Thomas C. Brown 31R044	Staten Island	429.8
P.S. 044 Marcus Garvey 13K044	Brooklyn	430.7

Direction: Higher is better.

Proclivity decile (1–10): based on student-body characteristics — % economically disadvantaged, % ELL, % students with disabilities. 1 = most-advantaged, 10 = most-challenged.

Methodology & replication recipe — the data sources, queries, and steps behind this ranking.