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Ps 44 Thomas C Brown

Public Grades PK, KG-5

2394^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Better than 2% of New York elementary schools

Summary

PS 44 Thomas C Brown is an elementary school located in Staten Island, New York, serving grades PK-5 with a student population of 537. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #31, which is ranked 403 out of 874 districts in the state.

Despite the school's high per-student spending of $41,838 and a relatively low student-teacher ratio, PS 44 Thomas C Brown consistently ranks in the bottom 10% of New York elementary schools, with a statewide ranking between 2097 and 2394 out of around 2,400 schools. The school's performance on state assessments is significantly below the district and state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. It struggles to effectively serve its diverse student population, ranking in the bottom 25% of New York elementary schools for African American, Hispanic, and English Language Learner students, as well as students with disabilities and those from low-socioeconomic backgrounds.

Interestingly, the nearby PS 30 Westerleigh, PS 19 Curtis School, and PS 22 Graniteville generally outperform PS 44 Thomas C Brown on state assessments and have higher statewide rankings, despite serving similar student populations. Additionally, the two charter schools in the area, Hellenic Classical Charter School and New World Preparatory Charter School, significantly outperform PS 44 Thomas C Brown and the district on state assessments, despite serving high-poverty student populations.

521

Students ?

11.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$45,488

Per pupil spending ?

92.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

80 Maple Pkwy
Staten Island, NY 10303-2498

(718) 442-0433

District: New York City Geographic District #31

Students who attend Ps 44 Thomas C Brown usually attend:

Middle:	Is 51 Edwin Markham
High:	Port Richmond High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

50.9%

African American:

37.4%

White:

5.4%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 5th percentile in 2015 → 2nd in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 12 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New York average (19% vs 55% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (2nd percentile)

!Math scores 38 pts below the New York average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school19%

District avg63%

New York avg55%

2,394^th of 2,445

New York public elementary schools ?

Bottom 2%▼ down 3 pts since 2015

From bottom 5% (2015) to bottom 2% (2025)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

49^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	5.6	2394 of 2445	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.6	2356 of 2445	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.5	2290 of 2439	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.4	2237 of 2434	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	7.7	2097 of 2201	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.8	2355 of 2413	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.2	2343 of 2395	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	6.4	2343 of 2386	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	6.9	2310 of 2366	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	10.4	2227 of 2352	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	12.3	2163 of 2345	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	12.4	2179 of 2325	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	11.2	2139 of 2320	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	6.8	2196 of 2286	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	3.2	2243 of 2263	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	2.8	2226 of 2257	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	4.1	2177 of 2227	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	5.0	2154 of 2219	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	5.2	2155 of 2206	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	13.5	873 of 928	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.5	903 of 927	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.8	762 of 857	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.9	692 of 936	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.5	788 of 891	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.7	872 of 948	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2022	16.4	595 of 671	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	19.5	1061 of 1117	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	38.6	622 of 1066	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.2	564 of 1001	43.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	24.7	894 of 1027	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.7	761 of 860	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.1	900 of 938	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	7.4	2335 of 2409	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.5	2326 of 2413	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.6	2284 of 2403	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.1	2277 of 2401	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	7.9	1882 of 1955	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.2	2294 of 2357	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.0	2265 of 2338	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	12.2	1482 of 1569	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	24.5	1255 of 1531	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.2	1184 of 1429	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.3	1313 of 1503	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.8	722 of 818	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	11.2	1267 of 1315	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.7	1289 of 1392	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	40.3	451 of 792	43.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	31.0	552 of 766	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.6	422 of 637	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.8	375 of 622	39.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	17.5	545 of 570	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	25.7	629 of 730	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	14.7	1940 of 2098	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.1	1962 of 2078	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	18.8	1814 of 2041	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.0	1874 of 2099	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.7	1943 of 2032	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.6	1986 of 2045	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	5.9	2354 of 2407	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.4	2299 of 2411	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.8	2179 of 2400	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	19.6	2059 of 2400	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	8.6	1874 of 1961	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.8	2320 of 2358	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.8	2305 of 2340	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	22.6	1826 of 2134	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.9	1635 of 2110	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.8	1635 of 2016	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	33.1	1395 of 2031	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	23.8	1630 of 1859	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.6	1587 of 1941	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2024	2.4	1380 of 1392	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)43rd percentile+41 vs school

Special Education (2025)14th percentile+12 vs school

Asian (2022)11th percentile+3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)8th percentile+5 vs school

African American (2025)6th percentile+4 vs school

Hispanic (2025)6th percentile+3 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)5th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)3rd percentile~ school

Male (2025)2nd percentile~ school

White (2024)1st percentile-3 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts21%-34 vs state

Math20%-38 vs state

Science13%-32 vs state

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by a parent
Monday, May 17, 2010

This school truly sucks . . . I can't think of a better word. Think about this one: My child's teacher has taught his class about dollars and cents. He took it a step further to teach them how to save their hard earned allowences. This brillant instructor made a class project of making banks so the class could spend their money on a class trip. Guess where they are going . . . You guessed right "McDonald's!"

What a lesson . . . save your money to spend it on junk food; not the zoo or on a pony ride, but on something of no true value. Oh I forgot McDonald's does sell salades.

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Ps 44 Thomas C Brown	Public	PK, KG-5	80 Maple Pkwy	Staten Island	10303	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 442-0433	521	45	11.6	92.9%	28 (5.4%)	195 (37.4%)	265 (50.9%)	15 (2.9%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	12 (2.3%)	5.6	2394^th of 2445 public elementary schools	2.1%		8.6	2356^th of 2445 public elementary schools	3.6%	38				12.1	26.8	22.1				7.7	27.6	21.6				12.7		$45,488	$3,333	$42,155
Ps 22 Graniteville	Public	PK, KG-5	1860 Forest Ave	Staten Island	10303	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 442-2219	717	72	9.9	83.8%	49 (6.8%)	130 (18.1%)	456 (63.6%)	57 (7.9%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (2.6%)	35.1	1616^th of 2445 public elementary schools	33.9%		31.3	1706^th of 2445 public elementary schools	30.2%	90				34.1	52.4	56.6				32.7	48.8	55.7				32.3		$43,544	$3,056	$40,488
New World Preparatory Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	355 Morningstar Rd	Staten Island	10303	Richmond County	New World Preparatory Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 705-8900	803	71	11.3	93.3%	33 (4.1%)	228 (28.4%)	526 (65.5%)	9 (1.1%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.5%)	54.3	1072^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	56.2%		34.3	1611^th of 2445 public elementary schools	34.1%	539		96.6	89.3	71.2	66.7	52.1	52.4	45.1	53.2	67.1	62.7	31.5	46.8	59.8	53.2	47.9	22.6	$20,929	$1,245	$19,684
Ps 21 Margaret Emery-Elm Park	Public	PK, KG-5	168 Hooker Pl	Staten Island	10302	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 816-3300	380	34	11.1	88.7%	39 (10.3%)	56 (14.7%)	253 (66.6%)	19 (5.0%)	4 (1.1%)	2 (0.5%)	7 (1.8%)	54.3	1076^th of 2445 public elementary schools	56.0%		63.7	811^th of 2445 public elementary schools	66.8%	265				67.4	66.7	52.1				52.1	69.8	64.6				26.7		$40,119	$2,723	$37,396
Staten Island School Of Civic Leadership	Public	PK, KG-8	280 Regis Dr	Staten Island	10314	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 697-5250	843	66	12.8	79.0%	125 (14.8%)	208 (24.7%)	306 (36.3%)	173 (20.5%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	25 (3.0%)	71.9	638^th of 2445 public elementary schools	73.9%		73	578^th of 2445 public elementary schools	76.4%	60	76.9	100.0	85.7	69.3	62.6	66.7	68.5	63.5	64.8	67.1	64.8	76.1	59.6	67.1	63.0	56.8	64.5	$34,578	$2,922	$31,656
Port Richmond School For Visionary Learning	Public	PK, KG-5	1625 Forest Ave	Staten Island	10302	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 816-3377	377	29	13.0	82.2%	53 (14.1%)	79 (21.0%)	187 (49.6%)	41 (10.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.2%)	20.1	2076^th of 2445 public elementary schools	15.1%		33.1	1648^th of 2445 public elementary schools	32.6%	428				31.6	54.4	45.8				19.0	52.2	12.5				14.9		$39,605	$2,956	$36,649
Ps 20 Port Richmond	Public	K-5	161 Park Ave	Staten Island	10302	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 442-4110	277	31	8.9	91.3%	12 (4.3%)	38 (13.7%)	215 (77.6%)	4 (1.4%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (1.8%)	10.9	2287^th of 2445 public elementary schools	6.5%		7.7	2372^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	3.0%	85				43.5	18.0	35.3				31.4	20.4	21.6				15.4		$44,314	$3,363	$40,951
Ps 60 Alice Austen	Public	PK, KG-5	55 Merrill Ave	Staten Island	10314	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 761-3325	599	50	11.9	69.9%	264 (44.1%)	36 (6.0%)	145 (24.2%)	136 (22.7%)	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.0%)	44.5	1351^st of 2445 public elementary schools	44.7%		46.2	1251^st of 2445 public elementary schools	48.8%	100				64.3	56.1	54.0				55.3	45.8	47.5				37.1		$40,648	$2,492	$38,156
Ps 30 Westerleigh	Public	PK, KG-5	200 Wardwell Ave	Staten Island	10314	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	No	(718) 442-0462	689	54	12.7	41.1%	354 (51.4%)	31 (4.5%)	161 (23.4%)	114 (16.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	27 (3.9%)	85.6	292^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	88.1%		89.7	207^th of 2445 public elementary schools	91.5%	85				77.7	73.6	92.0				74.4	81.9	89.9				59.5		$34,149	$1,696	$32,453
Ps 19 Curtis School (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	780 Post Ave	Staten Island	10310	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 442-3860	464	38	12.2	93.8%	24 (5.2%)	66 (14.2%)	347 (74.8%)	21 (4.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	43.6	1373^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	43.8%		21.8	2014^th of 2445 public elementary schools	17.6%	641				51.8	40.6	64.6				72.1	33.3	53.9				36.9		$38,295	$3,208	$35,087

Frequently Asked Questions about Ps 44 Thomas C Brown

What is the racial makeup of Ps 44 Thomas C Brown?

Students at Ps 44 Thomas C Brown are 51% Hispanic, 37% African American, 5% White, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Ps 44 Thomas C Brown attend?

Students who attend Ps 44 Thomas C Brown usually go on to attend:

Middle : Is 51 Edwin Markham
High : Port Richmond High School

What district is Ps 44 Thomas C Brown in?

New York City Geographic District #31

How many students attend Ps 44 Thomas C Brown?

In the 2024-25 school year, 521 students attended Ps 44 Thomas C Brown.

Is Ps 44 Thomas C Brown a good school?

Ps 44 Thomas C Brown ranks in the bottom 2.1% of New York elementary schools.

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