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Ps 6 Lillie D Blake

Public Grades PK, KG-5

78^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Better than 97% of New York elementary schools

Summary

Ps 6 Lillie D Blake is an exceptional elementary school located in New York City's District 2, serving 598 students from pre-kindergarten to 5th grade. The school has consistently ranked among the top elementary schools in New York, with a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past several years.

Ps 6 Lillie D Blake stands out for its exceptional academic performance, consistently outperforming the New York City District 2 and the state of New York in proficiency rates for English Language Arts (ELA) and Math on the New York State Assessments. The school's student subgroups, including female, male, Asian, Hispanic, white, special education, and low socioeconomic status students, all perform exceptionally well compared to their peers across the state. Additionally, Ps 6 Lillie D Blake has a relatively high per-student spending of $26,055 and maintains a low student-teacher ratio, suggesting the school is well-resourced and able to provide a high-quality educational experience for its students.

While Ps 6 Lillie D Blake outperforms the nearby schools in most metrics, other high-performing elementary schools in the area, such as Ps 77 Lower Lab School and Ps 290 Manhattan New School, also demonstrate impressive academic results. This suggests that the surrounding area has a concentration of high-performing elementary schools, providing families with quality educational options.

655

Students ?

17.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$26,666

Per pupil spending ?

11.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

45 E 81st St
New York, NY 10028-0262

(212) 452-6650

District: New York City Geographic District # 2

Students who attend Ps 6 Lillie D Blake usually attend:

Middle:

Junior High School 167 Robert F Wagner

Racial breakdown:

White:

62.0%

Asian:

15.9%

Hispanic:

12.1%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 99th percentile in 2015 → 97th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New York average (90% vs 55% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 3% of New York elementary schools

✓Among the top-ranked schools in New York City Geographic District # 2

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school90%

District avg78%

New York avg55%

78^th of 2,445

New York public elementary schools ?

Top 3%▼ down 2 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

6^th of 35Elementary Schools in the New York City Geographic District # 2

352^nd of 874New York City Geographic District # 2 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	95.1	78 of 2445	96.8%	★★★★★
2024	97.0	41 of 2445	98.3%	★★★★★
2023	97.4	28 of 2439	98.9%	★★★★★
2022	95.8	51 of 2434	97.9%	★★★★★
2021	94.5	26 of 2201	98.8%	★★★★★
2019	97.2	49 of 2413	98.0%	★★★★★
2018	95.1	37 of 2395	98.5%	★★★★★
2017	95.9	23 of 2386	99.0%	★★★★★
2016	95.6	25 of 2366	98.9%	★★★★★
2015	95.4	30 of 2352	98.7%	★★★★★
2014	95.6	32 of 2345	98.6%	★★★★★
2013	95.8	23 of 2325	99.0%	★★★★★
2012	90.1	82 of 2320	96.5%	★★★★★
2011	91.2	64 of 2286	97.2%	★★★★★
2010	85.2	177 of 2263	92.2%	★★★★★
2009	74.2	547 of 2257	75.8%	★★★★☆
2008	76.8	439 of 2227	80.3%	★★★★☆
2007	79.9	329 of 2219	85.2%	★★★★☆
2006	79.1	353 of 2206	84.0%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	83.0	71 of 696	89.8%	★★★★☆
2024	87.6	38 of 662	94.3%	★★★★★
2023	83.5	62 of 605	89.8%	★★★★☆
2022	81.5	87 of 671	87.0%	★★★★☆
2019	82.4	58 of 548	89.4%	★★★★☆
2018	85.7	22 of 601	96.3%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	93.8	85 of 2409	96.5%	★★★★★
2024	97.1	27 of 2413	98.9%	★★★★★
2023	96.4	36 of 2403	98.5%	★★★★★
2022	94.8	62 of 2401	97.4%	★★★★★
2021	93.5	27 of 1955	98.6%	★★★★★
2019	96.4	46 of 2357	98.0%	★★★★★
2018	95.3	19 of 2338	99.2%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	95.0	70 of 1569	95.5%	★★★★★
2022	98.4	9 of 1503	99.4%	★★★★★
2021	96.2	14 of 818	98.3%	★★★★★
2019	87.9	106 of 1315	91.9%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	95.0	79 of 2098	96.2%	★★★★★
2024	95.8	71 of 2078	96.6%	★★★★★
2023	95.4	78 of 2041	96.2%	★★★★★
2022	89.8	136 of 2099	93.5%	★★★★★
2021	97.2	19 of 1678	98.9%	★★★★★
2019	95.7	59 of 2032	97.1%	★★★★★
2018	92.7	68 of 2045	96.7%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	94.1	81 of 2407	96.6%	★★★★★
2024	95.0	71 of 2411	97.1%	★★★★★
2023	97.0	26 of 2400	98.9%	★★★★★
2022	95.2	45 of 2400	98.1%	★★★★★
2021	93.2	28 of 1961	98.6%	★★★★★
2019	96.6	49 of 2358	97.9%	★★★★★
2018	93.9	58 of 2340	97.5%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	97.7	50 of 2134	97.7%	★★★★★
2024	98.7	25 of 2110	98.8%	★★★★★
2023	99.4	14 of 2016	99.3%	★★★★★
2022	97.3	23 of 2031	98.9%	★★★★★
2021	98.2	5 of 1044	99.5%	★★★★★
2019	99.5	23 of 1859	98.8%	★★★★★
2018	96.2	39 of 1941	98.0%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	90.1	70 of 1402	95.0%	★★★★★
2024	91.8	57 of 1392	95.9%	★★★★★
2023	93.6	28 of 1337	97.9%	★★★★★
2022	91.2	35 of 1399	97.5%	★★★★★
2021	90.5	24 of 1224	98.0%	★★★★★
2019	93.3	40 of 1338	97.0%	★★★★★
2018	91.6	23 of 1408	98.4%	★★★★★

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)

Special Education (2025)98th percentile~ school

Male (2025)97th percentile~ school

Female (2025)96th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)96th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)96th percentile~ school

White (2025)95th percentile~ school

Asian (2025)90th percentile-7 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

Math93%+35 vs state

English Language Arts90%+35 vs state

Science79%+34 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 English Language Arts 6th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 7th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 8th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 3rd Grade	NY State Assessments Math 4th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 5th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 6th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 7th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 8th Grade	NY State Assessments Science 5th Grade	NY State Assessments Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Ps 6 Lillie D Blake	Public	PK, KG-5	45 E 81st St	New York	10028	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 452-6650	655	37	17.5	11.8%	406 (62.0%)	7 (1.1%)	79 (12.1%)	104 (15.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (9.0%)	95.1	78^th of 2445 public elementary schools	96.8%		97	41^st of 2445 public elementary schools	98.3%	37	90.9	88.2	89.8				92.6	94.9	89.8				79.3		$26,666	$1,410	$25,256
Ps 290 Manhattan New School	Public	PK, KG-5	311 E 82nd St	New York	10028	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 734-7127	444	28	15.7	12.8%	274 (61.7%)	5 (1.1%)	40 (9.0%)	74 (16.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	50 (11.3%)	96.1	51^st of 2445 public elementary schools	97.9%		95.2	85^th of 2445 public elementary schools	96.5%	34	88.5	100.0	92.7				95.1	96.2	97.6				78.1		$29,060	$1,452	$27,608
Yorkville Community School	Public	PK, KG-5	421 E 88th St	New York	10128	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 722-5240	320	31	10.3	29.4%	158 (49.4%)	30 (9.4%)	77 (24.1%)	27 (8.4%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (8.1%)	79.1	450^th of 2445 public elementary schools	81.6%		78.4	465^th of 2445 public elementary schools	81.0%	15	71.8	66.7	79.1				70.0	76.2	81.8				58.1		$35,009	$1,456	$33,553
Ps 527 East Side School For Social Action	Public	K-5	323 E 91st St	New York	10128	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 828-2710	378	31	12.2	22.0%	197 (52.1%)	19 (5.0%)	69 (18.3%)	50 (13.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (11.1%)	91	177^th of 2445 public elementary schools	92.8%		94.3	109^th of 2445 public elementary schools	95.5%	68	83.9	75.0	87.3				87.5	85.3	90.5				71.2		$29,234	$1,949	$27,285
Ps 158 Bayard Taylor	Public	PK, KG-5	1458 York Ave	New York	10075	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 744-6562	605	39	15.5	14.0%	408 (67.4%)	15 (2.5%)	54 (8.9%)	81 (13.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	45 (7.4%)	93.7	113^th of 2445 public elementary schools	95.4%		94.4	105^th of 2445 public elementary schools	95.7%	8	93.8	90.1	90.4				90.4	87.7	87.4				71.3		$27,379	$1,497	$25,882
Ps 198 Isador E Ida Straus	Public	PK, KG-5	1700 3rd Ave	New York	10128	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 289-3702	516	35	14.7	39.5%	212 (41.1%)	39 (7.6%)	162 (31.4%)	73 (14.1%)	11 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.7%)	88.8	219^th of 2445 public elementary schools	91.0%		87.7	257^th of 2445 public elementary schools	89.5%	38	85.2	88.9	80.0				89.3	89.2	76.5				60.6		$27,599	$1,818	$25,781
Ps 77 Lower Lab School	Public, Magnet	K-5	1700 3rd Ave	New York	10128	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	Yes	No	No	(212) 427-2798	364	19	19.1	9.9%	122 (33.5%)	3 (0.8%)	27 (7.4%)	162 (44.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	48 (13.2%)	98	7^th of 2445 public elementary schools	99.7%		98.9	4^th of 2445 public elementary schools	99.8%	3	100.0	96.6	100.0				98.3	100.0	100.0				100.0		$25,861	$1,258	$24,603
Ella Baker School	Public	PK, KG-8	317 E 67th St	New York	10065	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 717-8809	337	32	10.5	50.7%	106 (31.5%)	51 (15.1%)	125 (37.1%)	33 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.5%)	77.8	488^th of 2445 public elementary schools	80.0%		79.4	441^st of 2445 public elementary schools	82.0%	47	90.0	71.4	85.0	55.6	54.6	66.7	95.0	54.2	71.4	61.1	50.0	66.7	66.7	66.7	$34,202	$1,828	$32,374
Ps 9 Sarah Anderson	Public	PK, KG-5	100 W 84th St	New York	10024	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 3	No	No	No	No	(212) 678-2812	529	36	14.6	14.6%	324 (61.2%)	13 (2.5%)	82 (15.5%)	46 (8.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (11.7%)	93.3	121^st of 2445 public elementary schools	95.1%		95.6	73^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	97.0%	48	79.3	90.5	92.5				89.3	86.5	88.2				85.3		$29,348	$1,511	$27,836
Ps 84 Lillian Weber	Public	PK, KG-5	32 W 92nd St	New York	10025	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 3	No	No	No	No	(212) 799-2534	685	41	16.6	34.0%	344 (50.2%)	69 (10.1%)	206 (30.1%)	16 (2.3%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	47 (6.9%)	81.9	372^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	84.8%		75.5	523^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	78.6%	151	77.1	73.2	78.2				77.4	70.1	75.9				69.1		$29,743	$2,087	$27,656

Frequently Asked Questions about Ps 6 Lillie D Blake

What schools do graduates of Ps 6 Lillie D Blake attend?

Students who attend Ps 6 Lillie D Blake usually go on to attend:

Middle : Junior High School 167 Robert F Wagner

What is the racial makeup of Ps 6 Lillie D Blake?

Students at Ps 6 Lillie D Blake are 62% White, 16% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races, 1% African American.

Is Ps 6 Lillie D Blake a good school?

Yes! Ps 6 Lillie D Blake is one of the best elementary schools in the state. It ranks 78^th of 2445 New York elementary schools.

How many students attend Ps 6 Lillie D Blake?

In the 2024-25 school year, 655 students attended Ps 6 Lillie D Blake.

What district is Ps 6 Lillie D Blake in?

New York City Geographic District # 2

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