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

Show suppressed (low N)Include D75 / D79 / alt

775 schools matchPage 1 of 16

School	Borough	Value
P.S. 023 The New Children's School 10X023	Bronx	430.4
P.S. 270 Johann DeKalb 13K270	Brooklyn	432.8
The Peck Slip School 02M343	Manhattan	444.0
P.S. 045 Clarence Witherspoon 27Q045	Queens	429.3
P.S. 179 Kensington 20K179	Brooklyn	440.2
P.S. 143 Louis Armstrong 24Q143	Queens	432.2
The Riverside School for Makers and Artists 03M191	Manhattan	426.9
The Lexington Academy 04M072	Manhattan	431.6
P.S. 377 Alejandrina B. De Gautier 32K377	Brooklyn	425.5
P.S. 073 Bronx 09X073	Bronx	431.6
P.S. 044 Marcus Garvey 13K044	Brooklyn	430.7
P.S. 044 Thomas C. Brown 31R044	Staten Island	429.8
P.S. 194 Countee Cullen 05M194	Manhattan	429.1
P.S. 038 George Cromwell 31R038	Staten Island	446.6
P.S. 111 Jacob Blackwell 30Q111	Queens	431.9
P.S. 091 Richard Arkwright 24Q091	Queens	439.5
P.S. 064 Joseph P. Addabbo 27Q064	Queens	441.0
Fairmont Neighborhood School 12X314	Bronx	431.1
P.S. 033 Edward M. Funk 29Q033	Queens	449.0
The School of Science and Applied Learning 12X300	Bronx	431.2
The Bellaire School 29Q135	Queens	446.9
P.S./ IS 178 Holliswood 26Q178	Queens	444.4
P.S. 242 - The Young Diplomats Magnet Academy 03M242	Manhattan	431.6
STEM Institute of Manhattan 03M241	Manhattan	431.3
The Bronx STEM and Arts Academy 10X051	Bronx	431.3
P.S. 106 Edward Everett Hale 32K106	Brooklyn	430.7
P.S. 256 Benjamin Banneker 13K256	Brooklyn	433.2
The Brooklyn New School, P.S. 146 15K146	Brooklyn	449.2
P.S. 155 William Paca 04M155	Manhattan	434.0
P.S. Q016 The Nancy DeBenedittis School 24Q016	Queens	433.2
P.S. 004 Maurice Wollin 31R004	Staten Island	453.4
P.S. 001 Courtlandt School 07X001	Bronx	433.7
P.S. 129 John H. Finley 05M129	Manhattan	432.0
P.S. 308 Clara Cardwell 16K308	Brooklyn	433.2
P.S./I.S. 157 The Benjamin Franklin Health & Scien 14K157	Brooklyn	428.1
P.S. 007 Samuel Stern 04M007	Manhattan	428.9
P.S. 128 Bensonhurst 21K128	Brooklyn	448.0
P.S. 202 Ernest S. Jenkyns 19K202	Brooklyn	433.7
P.S. 120 Queens 25Q120	Queens	443.6
P.S. 169 Bay Terrace 25Q169	Queens	453.6
P.S. 042 Eltingville 31R042	Staten Island	453.8
P.S. 033 Timothy Dwight 10X033	Bronx	433.6
P.S. 250 George H. Lindsay 14K250	Brooklyn	433.5
P.S. 124 Silas B. Dutcher 15K124	Brooklyn	433.4
P.S. 327 Dr. Rose B. English 23K327	Brooklyn	436.0
P.S. 005 Ellen Lurie 06M005	Manhattan	434.7
P.S. 214 12X214	Bronx	433.0
P.S. 096 Joseph Lanzetta 04M096	Manhattan	433.5
P.S. 146 Ann M. Short 04M146	Manhattan	432.6
P.S. 261 Philip Livingston 15K261	Brooklyn	453.3

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.