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Ps 32 Gifford School (The)

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Ps 32 Gifford School (The) ranks 457 th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

457^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Better than 81% of New York elementary schools

Summary

Ps 32 Gifford School (The) is an exceptional elementary school located in Staten Island, New York, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 656 students. This school consistently ranks among the top elementary schools in the state, with a strong academic performance that sets it apart from its peers.

Ps 32 Gifford School (The) has a remarkable track record, with a statewide ranking between 226-457 out of over 2,400 schools in recent years. The school's students consistently outperform the New York City District #31 and the state of New York averages on state assessments, with 75.26% of 3rd graders, 76.79% of 4th graders, and 68.57% of 5th graders scoring proficient or better in English Language Arts (ELA). In Math, the school's performance is equally impressive, with 77.45% of 3rd graders, 79.13% of 4th graders, and 67.59% of 5th graders scoring proficient or better. This level of sustained excellence is particularly noteworthy, as it suggests the school has developed effective strategies and practices to support student learning and achievement.

Interestingly, when compared to the nearby Ps 50 Frank Hankinson, which has a similar student population, Ps 32 Gifford School (The) generally outperforms its peer on state assessments and in overall statewide rankings. This comparison highlights the exceptional nature of Ps 32 Gifford School (The)'s academic achievements within the local context. Additionally, the school's strong performance across diverse student subgroups, including those from low socioeconomic backgrounds, indicates a commitment to equity and inclusion, ensuring that all students have the opportunity to succeed.

694

Students ?

15.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$31,141

Per pupil spending ?

51.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

232 Barlow Ave
Staten Island, NY 10308-1599

(718) 984-1688

District: New York City Geographic District #31

Students who attend Ps 32 Gifford School (The) usually attend:

High:

Susan E Wagner High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

51.6%

Asian:

26.1%

Hispanic:

17.1%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 91st percentile in 2024 → 81st in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New York average (72% vs 55% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 19% of New York elementary schools

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped from its 91st-percentile peak (2024) to 81st (2025)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school72%

District avg63%

New York avg55%

457^th of 2,445

New York public elementary schools ?

Top 19%▲ up 18 pts since 2015

From top 37% (2015) to top 19% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

15^th 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	78.9	457 of 2445	81.3%	★★★★☆
2024	89.1	226 of 2445	90.8%	★★★★★
2023	88.0	253 of 2439	89.6%	★★★★☆
2022	86.4	273 of 2434	88.8%	★★★★☆
2021	78.9	389 of 2201	82.3%	★★★★☆
2019	77.7	477 of 2413	80.2%	★★★★☆
2018	72.8	580 of 2395	75.8%	★★★★☆
2017	76.9	471 of 2386	80.3%	★★★★☆
2016	75.3	519 of 2366	78.1%	★★★★☆
2015	61.3	861 of 2352	63.4%	★★★☆☆
2014	63.5	807 of 2345	65.6%	★★★☆☆
2013	73.1	527 of 2325	77.3%	★★★★☆
2012	78.3	441 of 2320	81.0%	★★★★☆
2011	75.9	514 of 2286	77.5%	★★★★☆
2010	75.3	515 of 2263	77.2%	★★★★☆
2009	75.1	504 of 2257	77.7%	★★★★☆
2008	73.5	593 of 2227	73.4%	★★★★☆
2007	72.3	651 of 2219	70.7%	★★★★☆
2006	73.6	580 of 2206	73.7%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	70.3	200 of 696	71.3%	★★★★☆
2024	78.9	117 of 662	82.3%	★★★★☆
2023	75.4	137 of 605	77.4%	★★★★☆
2022	66.4	243 of 671	63.8%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	61.9	266 of 1117	76.2%	★★★★☆
2024	79.0	91 of 1066	91.5%	★★★★★
2022	95.4	26 of 1027	97.5%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	79.5	406 of 2409	83.1%	★★★★☆
2024	90.4	175 of 2413	92.7%	★★★★★
2023	88.3	226 of 2403	90.6%	★★★★★
2022	86.1	267 of 2401	88.9%	★★★★☆
2021	74.1	412 of 1955	78.9%	★★★★☆
2019	71.8	599 of 2357	74.6%	★★★★☆
2018	67.8	709 of 2338	69.7%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	71.8	334 of 1569	78.7%	★★★★☆
2024	94.0	73 of 1531	95.2%	★★★★★
2023	71.5	297 of 1429	79.2%	★★★★☆
2022	89.6	95 of 1503	93.7%	★★★★★
2019	71.8	259 of 1315	80.3%	★★★★☆
2018	71.5	302 of 1392	78.3%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	80.4	287 of 2098	86.3%	★★★★☆
2024	93.6	93 of 2078	95.5%	★★★★★
2023	90.4	142 of 2041	93.0%	★★★★★
2022	87.6	165 of 2099	92.1%	★★★★★
2021	82.3	173 of 1678	89.7%	★★★★☆
2019	83.9	234 of 2032	88.5%	★★★★☆
2018	79.2	279 of 2045	86.4%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	75.5	508 of 2407	78.9%	★★★★☆
2024	84.3	299 of 2411	87.6%	★★★★☆
2023	85.4	288 of 2400	88.0%	★★★★☆
2022	83.0	309 of 2400	87.1%	★★★★☆
2021	78.6	338 of 1961	82.8%	★★★★☆
2019	80.4	388 of 2358	83.5%	★★★★☆
2018	74.8	505 of 2340	78.4%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	67.8	474 of 2134	77.8%	★★★★☆
2024	82.8	198 of 2110	90.6%	★★★★★
2023	79.5	232 of 2016	88.5%	★★★★☆
2022	87.9	116 of 2031	94.3%	★★★★★
2021	87.6	57 of 1044	94.5%	★★★★★
2019	74.6	235 of 1859	87.4%	★★★★☆
2018	73.7	273 of 1941	85.9%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	66.5	455 of 1402	67.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	76.1	285 of 1392	79.5%	★★★★☆
2023	80.7	221 of 1337	83.5%	★★★★☆
2022	73.0	332 of 1399	76.3%	★★★★☆
2021	72.4	311 of 1224	74.6%	★★★★☆
2019	63.8	472 of 1338	64.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	55.7	638 of 1408	54.7%	★★★☆☆

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)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)86th percentile+5 vs school

Female (2025)83rd percentile~ school

Male (2025)79th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)79th percentile-3 vs school

Special Education (2025)78th percentile-4 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)76th percentile-5 vs school

Asian (2025)71st percentile-10 vs school

White (2025)68th percentile-14 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

Math75%+17 vs state

English Language Arts74%+19 vs state

Science56%+11 vs state

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by a parent
Wednesday, June 12, 2013

I like most of the teachers I've met. My children do well academically but they really need to do something about the schoolyard bullies. They have a antibullying policy but do NOT enforce it. They seem to have a cavalier attitude toward complaints that we've made about said bullies and these bullies have assaulted other students in the schoolyard.

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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 32 Gifford School (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	232 Barlow Ave	Staten Island	10308	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	No	(718) 984-1688	694	44	15.6	51.3%	358 (51.6%)	17 (2.4%)	119 (17.1%)	181 (26.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	17 (2.4%)	78.9	457^th of 2445 public elementary schools	81.3%		89.1	226^th of 2445 public elementary schools	90.8%	231	75.3	76.8	68.6	77.5	79.1	67.6	56.4	$31,141	$1,492	$29,648
Ps 8 Shirlee Solomon	Public	PK, KG-5	112 Lindenwood Rd	Staten Island	10308	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	No	(718) 356-2800	542	28	19.5	49.4%	295 (54.4%)	6 (1.1%)	89 (16.4%)	139 (25.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.0%)	95.2	74^th of 2445 public elementary schools	97.0%		97.6	26^th of 2445 public elementary schools	98.9%	48	93.6	79.1	97.3	98.4	90.0	100.0	84.7	$30,078	$1,771	$28,307
Ps 42 Eltingville	Public	PK, KG-5	380 Genesee Ave	Staten Island	10312	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	No	(718) 984-3800	995	65	15.3	48.9%	579 (58.2%)	13 (1.3%)	156 (15.7%)	226 (22.7%)	3 (0.3%)	4 (0.4%)	14 (1.4%)	74.7	563^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	77.0%		80.6	418^th of 2445 public elementary schools	82.9%	145	61.3	74.7	75.6	57.9	75.2	79.3	61.3	$33,294	$1,605	$31,688
Barbara Esselborn School (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	330 Durant Ave	Staten Island	10308	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	No	(718) 987-8020	806	50	16.1	52.0%	402 (49.9%)	13 (1.6%)	129 (16.0%)	241 (29.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	19 (2.4%)	89.8	201^st of 2445 public elementary schools	91.8%		90.5	190^th of 2445 public elementary schools	92.2%	11	82.5	83.3	83.1	80.2	86.8	82.1	71.9	$34,120	$1,843	$32,277
Ps 23 Richmondtown	Public	PK, KG-5	30 Natick St	Staten Island	10306	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	No	(718) 351-1155	608	43	14.1	40.0%	353 (58.1%)	4 (0.7%)	85 (14.0%)	142 (23.4%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.5%)	90.6	186^th of 2445 public elementary schools	92.4%		90.1	197^th of 2445 public elementary schools	91.9%	11	79.3	77.8	89.1	92.7	77.8	91.3	72.5	$34,027	$1,790	$32,236
Ps 50 Frank Hankinson	Public	PK, KG-5	200 Adelaide Ave	Staten Island	10306	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	No	(718) 987-0396	750	48	15.4	55.7%	343 (45.7%)	15 (2.0%)	128 (17.1%)	243 (32.4%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	18 (2.4%)	90	196^th of 2445 public elementary schools	92.0%		95.6	74^th of 2445 public elementary schools	97.0%	122	81.6	84.1	80.2	91.2	83.3	85.9	65.7	$33,652	$1,542	$32,110
Ps 55 Henry M Boehm	Public	PK, KG-5	54 Osborne St	Staten Island	10312	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	No	(718) 697-5200	512	41	12.3	43.9%	367 (71.7%)	1 (0.2%)	73 (14.3%)	59 (11.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.0%)	85.6	294^th of 2445 public elementary schools	88.0%		84	337^th of 2445 public elementary schools	86.2%	43	74.3	74.1	82.9	81.3	77.1	87.2	64.5	$37,227	$1,882	$35,344
Space Shuttle Columbia School	Public	PK, KG-5	77 Marsh Ave	Staten Island	10314	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	No	(718) 761-2155	720	70	10.2	65.4%	264 (36.7%)	40 (5.6%)	168 (23.3%)	231 (32.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	15 (2.1%)	66	795^th of 2445 public elementary schools	67.5%		72.9	579^th of 2445 public elementary schools	76.3%	216	62.1	67.6	65.5	58.8	73.8	60.7	53.4	$38,062	$1,846	$36,216
Ps 36 J C Drumgoole	Public	PK, KG-5	255 Ionia Ave	Staten Island	10312	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	No	(718) 984-1422	866	56	15.5	45.7%	545 (62.9%)	13 (1.5%)	117 (13.5%)	163 (18.8%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (2.8%)	74.3	575^th of 2445 public elementary schools	76.5%		72.2	594^th of 2445 public elementary schools	75.7%	19	66.1	73.3	71.8	70.6	67.2	74.8	55.4	$33,880	$1,693	$32,187
Ps 4 Maurice Wollin	Public	PK, KG-5	200 Nedra Lane	Staten Island	10312	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	No	(718) 984-1197	862	81	10.6	47.8%	451 (52.3%)	10 (1.2%)	177 (20.5%)	199 (23.1%)	6 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	18 (2.1%)	72.9	619^th of 2445 public elementary schools	74.7%		66.8	732^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	70.1%	113	60.2	70.5	69.9	67.8	74.3	71.8	57.7	$45,730	$1,685	$44,046

Frequently Asked Questions about Ps 32 Gifford School (The)

What is the racial makeup of Ps 32 Gifford School (The)?

Students at Ps 32 Gifford School (The) are 52% White, 26% Asian, 17% Hispanic, 2% African American, 2% Two or more races.

How many students attend Ps 32 Gifford School (The)?

In the 2024-25 school year, 694 students attended Ps 32 Gifford School (The).

What district is Ps 32 Gifford School (The) in?

New York City Geographic District #31

What schools do graduates of Ps 32 Gifford School (The) attend?

Students who attend Ps 32 Gifford School (The) usually go on to attend:

High : Susan E Wagner High School

Is Ps 32 Gifford School (The) a good school?

Ps 32 Gifford School (The) ranks 457^th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

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