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Ps 31 William T Davis

Public Grades PK, KG-5

1978^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Better than 19% of New York elementary schools

Summary

Ps 31 William T Davis is an elementary school in Staten Island, New York, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 336 students. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #31, which is ranked 403 out of 874 districts in New York and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Ps 31 William T Davis has consistently ranked in the bottom 20% of New York elementary schools over the past 10 years, with significantly lower academic performance on state assessments compared to the district and state averages. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better in English Language Arts (ELA) ranged from 38.18% to 51.11%, compared to the district's 65.32% to 67.53% and the state's 54.15% to 56.61%. The school's performance in Math and Science is also below the district and state averages. Despite the relatively high per-student spending of $46,382 and a low student-teacher ratio of 10:1, the school's academic outcomes remain a concern.

Comparing Ps 31 William T Davis to the nearby schools, such as Ps 18 John G Whittier, Ps 65 Academy Of Innovative Learning (The), and Ps 45 John Tyler, highlights the disparities in academic performance and student demographics. These nearby schools generally perform better on state assessments and have lower percentages of students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, ranging from 67.37% to 94.84% free or reduced-price lunch recipients, compared to Ps 31 William T Davis' 97.62%. The unique characteristics of specialized schools like Ps 373, which serves students with disabilities, also demonstrate the importance of tailoring educational approaches to meet the specific needs of diverse student populations.

342

Students ?

9.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$48,336

Per pupil spending ?

98.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

55 Layton Ave
Staten Island, NY 10301-1498

(718) 273-3500

District: New York City Geographic District #31

Students who attend Ps 31 William T Davis usually attend:

Middle:	Is 61 William A Morris
High:	Curtis High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

54.1%

Hispanic:

36.3%

White:

4.1%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 5th percentile in 2015 → 19th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 14 percentile points since 2015

✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New York average (39% vs 55% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (19th percentile)

!Science scores 25 pts below the New York average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school39%

District avg63%

New York avg55%

1,978^th of 2,445

New York public elementary schools ?

Bottom 19%▲ up 14 pts since 2015

From bottom 5% (2015) to bottom 19% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

42^nd of 49Elementary Schools in the New York City Geographic District #31

403^rd of 874New York City Geographic District #31 among New York districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	23.3	1978 of 2445	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.0	1873 of 2445	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	11.6	2288 of 2439	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.8	2339 of 2434	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	11.5	2027 of 2201	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.5	2246 of 2413	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.1	2324 of 2395	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	8.9	2284 of 2386	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	6.5	2318 of 2366	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	9.9	2241 of 2352	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	10.5	2219 of 2345	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	16.8	2060 of 2325	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	7.1	2217 of 2320	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	11.0	2123 of 2286	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	21.8	1902 of 2263	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	17.7	2009 of 2257	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	16.7	1979 of 2227	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	12.0	2023 of 2219	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	17.3	1927 of 2206	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	39.8	543 of 928	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	37.0	573 of 927	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	31.8	585 of 857	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	20.1	809 of 936	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	12.6	864 of 891	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.8	928 of 948	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2022	20.5	966 of 1027	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.4	856 of 860	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	27.6	783 of 938	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	23.4	1964 of 2409	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.1	1865 of 2413	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.0	2228 of 2403	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.2	2318 of 2401	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	13.4	1777 of 1955	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.8	2139 of 2357	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.9	2269 of 2338	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	37.6	1017 of 1569	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	47.6	722 of 1531	52.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	22.0	1207 of 1429	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.9	1341 of 1503	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.9	1209 of 1392	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	59.2	238 of 792	69.9%	★★★★☆
2024	38.9	461 of 766	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	22.3	552 of 622	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.7	630 of 730	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	34.4	1371 of 2098	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	48.0	971 of 2078	53.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	13.8	1995 of 2099	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	13.7	1947 of 2045	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	28.1	1810 of 2407	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.1	1799 of 2411	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.7	2241 of 2400	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.1	2296 of 2400	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	17.5	1720 of 1961	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	9.6	2264 of 2358	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.2	2285 of 2340	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	37.7	1211 of 2134	43.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	31.0	1493 of 2110	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.0	1506 of 2016	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.7	1728 of 2031	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.6	1633 of 1859	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.9	1622 of 1941	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Homeless (2025)70th percentile+51 vs school

Special Education (2025)43rd percentile+24 vs school

African American (2025)41st percentile+22 vs school

Hispanic (2025)35th percentile+16 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)35th percentile+16 vs school

Male (2025)25th percentile+6 vs school

Female (2025)18th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2022)6th percentile~ school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts44%-11 vs state

Math38%-19 vs state

Science20%-25 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NY State Assessments English Language Arts (2025)			NY State Assessments Math (2025)			NY State Assessments Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 4th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 5th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 3rd Grade	NY State Assessments Math 4th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 5th Grade	NY State Assessments Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Ps 31 William T Davis	Public	PK, KG-5	55 Layton Ave	Staten Island	10301	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 273-3500	342	35	9.7	98.5%	14 (4.1%)	185 (54.1%)	124 (36.3%)	6 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (3.5%)	23.3	1978^th of 2445 public elementary schools	19.1%		26	1873^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	23.4%	105	38.2	51.1	43.6	39.3	39.1	35.9	20.0	$48,336	$4,060	$44,277
Ps 16 John J Driscoll	Public	PK, KG-5	195 Daniel Low Ter	Staten Island	10301	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 447-0124	377	34	11.0	97.1%	19 (5.0%)	83 (22.0%)	248 (65.8%)	21 (5.6%)	5 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	30.6	1746^th of 2445 public elementary schools	28.6%		17	2149^th of 2445 public elementary schools	12.1%	403	40.5	38.0	59.2	22.0	35.9	68.6	20.4	$42,177	$3,622	$38,554
Fort Hill Collaborative Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	195 Daniel Low Ter	Staten Island	10301	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 420-5115	182	16	11.7	91.2%	10 (5.5%)	45 (24.7%)	104 (57.1%)	6 (3.3%)	6 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (6.0%)	25.6	1906^th of 2445 public elementary schools	22.0%		27.9	1809^th of 2445 public elementary schools	26.0%	97	23.8	45.8	39.1	40.9	44.0	54.6	27.3	$47,480	$3,190	$44,290
Ps 74 Future Leaders Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	211 Daniel Low Terr	Staten Island	10301	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 727-5380	255	26	9.8	97.3%	16 (6.3%)	71 (27.8%)	150 (58.8%)	14 (5.5%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	24	1960^th of 2445 public elementary schools	19.8%		22.6	1980^th of 2445 public elementary schools	19.0%	20	43.5	35.3	46.3	36.4	34.3	45.2	28.6	$44,125	$3,173	$40,952
Harbor View School (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	300 Richmond Terr	Staten Island	10301	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 390-2190	256	28	9.1	75.8%	38 (14.8%)	102 (39.8%)	99 (38.7%)	7 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.9%)	45	1330^th of 2445 public elementary schools	45.6%		34.7	1601^st of 2445 public elementary schools	34.5%	271	57.6	58.8	54.6	62.9	41.2	47.7	38.6	$45,980	$2,684	$43,296
Ps 373	Public	PK, KG-8	91 Henderson Ave	Staten Island	10307	Richmond County	Nyc Special Schools - District 75	No	No	No	No	(718) 816-8897	710	129	5.5	86.2%	146 (20.6%)	177 (24.9%)	244 (34.4%)	103 (14.5%)	5 (0.7%)	7 (1.0%)	28 (3.9%)								(n/a)								$124,847	$1,251	$123,596
Ps 65 Academy Of Innovative Learning (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	98 Grant St	Staten Island	10301	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 981-5034	340	35	9.7	75.0%	51 (15.0%)	79 (23.2%)	183 (53.8%)	7 (2.1%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.3%)	66.2	790^th of 2445 public elementary schools	67.7%		75	535^th of 2445 public elementary schools	78.1%	255	63.0	71.2	66.7	78.2	61.5	56.1	48.2	$42,451	$2,417	$40,034
Ps 78	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Tompkins Ave	Staten Island	10304	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 442-3094	454	39	11.6	94.5%	21 (4.6%)	186 (41.0%)	225 (49.6%)	12 (2.6%)	5 (1.1%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	12.4	2257^th of 2445 public elementary schools	7.7%		21.1	2032^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	16.9%	225	36.1	23.1	29.4	26.7	12.1	45.6	14.5	$46,770	$3,707	$43,063
Ps 45 John Tyler	Public	PK, KG-5	58 Lawrence Ave	Staten Island	10310	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 442-6123	751	56	13.4	63.5%	169 (22.5%)	117 (15.6%)	354 (47.1%)	74 (9.9%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (4.3%)	57.2	1010^th of 2445 public elementary schools	58.7%		54.3	1047^th of 2445 public elementary schools	57.2%	37	53.2	67.5	62.4	60.3	71.1	56.3	40.0	$34,440	$2,643	$31,797
Waverly Academy Of Empowered Learners (The)	Public	K-2	45 Waverly Pl	Staten Island	10304	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(929) 560-8040	165	29	5.7	95.8%	7 (4.2%)	59 (35.8%)	87 (52.7%)	5 (3.0%)	4 (2.4%)	1 (0.6%)	2 (1.2%)								(n/a)								$47,142	$2,799	$44,343

Frequently Asked Questions about Ps 31 William T Davis

Is Ps 31 William T Davis a good school?

Ps 31 William T Davis ranks in the bottom 19.1% of New York elementary schools.

What schools do graduates of Ps 31 William T Davis attend?

Students who attend Ps 31 William T Davis usually go on to attend:

Middle : Is 61 William A Morris
High : Curtis High School

How many students attend Ps 31 William T Davis?

In the 2024-25 school year, 342 students attended Ps 31 William T Davis.

What is the racial makeup of Ps 31 William T Davis?

Students at Ps 31 William T Davis are 54% African American, 36% Hispanic, 4% White, 4% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

What district is Ps 31 William T Davis in?

New York City Geographic District #31

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