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River School (The)

Public Grades PK, KG-5

150^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Better than 94% of New York elementary schools

Summary

River School (The) is an exceptional elementary public school in New York City, serving 512 students in grades PK-5. Located in New York City Geographic District #2, the school consistently ranks among the top elementary schools in New York state, with a statewide ranking between 61 and 150 over the past 5 school years and a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

River School (The) excels in academic performance, with students significantly outperforming the district and state in proficiency rates for English Language Arts and Math across all grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's 3rd-grade proficiency rates were 93.18% in ELA and 97.87% in Math, compared to 79.55% and 81.42% for the district, and 54.15% and 59.7% for the state. The school's strong performance extends across diverse student subgroups, including English Language Learners and Special Education students, suggesting a focus on equity and inclusive practices.

While River School (The) outperforms many nearby schools, some institutions like Ps/Is 78 and Success Academy Charter School-Union Square also demonstrate exceptional performance, particularly in math and English Language Arts. The school's high per-student spending of $24,192 in the 2023-2024 school year, which is significantly higher than the state average, likely contributes to its academic success, though further investigation would be needed to determine the specific factors driving the school's exceptional performance.

499

Students ?

15.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$24,866

Per pupil spending ?

22%

Free/discounted lunch ?

425 E 35th St
New York, NY 10016

(212) 251-6640

District: New York City Geographic District # 2

Students who attend River School (The) usually attend:

Middle:

Junior High School 104 Simon Baruch

Racial breakdown:

White:

35.9%

Asian:

35.5%

Hispanic:

16.4%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 92nd percentile in 2018 → 94th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New York average (86% vs 55% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 6% of New York elementary schools

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school86%

District avg78%

New York avg55%

150^th of 2,445

New York public elementary schools ?

Top 6%▲ up 2 pts since 2018

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

12^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	92.3	150 of 2445	93.9%	★★★★★
2024	88.4	240 of 2445	90.2%	★★★★★
2023	95.4	78 of 2439	96.8%	★★★★★
2022	95.3	61 of 2434	97.5%	★★★★★
2021	89.8	122 of 2201	94.5%	★★★★★
2019	93.7	114 of 2413	95.3%	★★★★★
2018	88.1	196 of 2395	91.8%	★★★★★

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2024	40.4	536 of 927	42.2%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	77.3	120 of 696	82.8%	★★★★☆
2024	83.2	79 of 662	88.1%	★★★★☆
2023	82.2	71 of 605	88.3%	★★★★☆
2022	80.0	96 of 671	85.7%	★★★★☆
2021	77.7	65 of 430	84.9%	★★★★☆
2019	77.2	100 of 548	81.8%	★★★★☆
2018	65.0	219 of 601	63.6%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2024	88.1	40 of 1066	96.2%	★★★★★
2023	79.3	93 of 1001	90.7%	★★★★★
2022	97.0	22 of 1027	97.9%	★★★★★
2021	98.2	4 of 454	99.1%	★★★★★
2019	99.6	3 of 860	99.7%	★★★★★
2018	97.3	7 of 938	99.3%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	92.1	121 of 2409	95.0%	★★★★★
2024	89.1	199 of 2413	91.8%	★★★★★
2023	97.2	17 of 2403	99.3%	★★★★★
2022	94.7	65 of 2401	97.3%	★★★★★
2021	87.3	133 of 1955	93.2%	★★★★★
2019	88.4	198 of 2357	91.6%	★★★★★
2018	88.9	140 of 2338	94.0%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	86.9	160 of 1569	89.8%	★★★★☆
2024	81.1	199 of 1531	87.0%	★★★★☆
2023	74.3	257 of 1429	82.0%	★★★★☆
2022	96.3	36 of 1503	97.6%	★★★★★
2018	84.1	142 of 1392	89.8%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	94.3	85 of 2098	95.9%	★★★★★
2024	74.3	377 of 2078	81.9%	★★★★☆
2023	86.6	199 of 2041	90.2%	★★★★★
2022	94.0	75 of 2099	96.4%	★★★★★
2021	93.5	52 of 1678	96.9%	★★★★★
2019	84.8	219 of 2032	89.2%	★★★★☆
2018	85.8	168 of 2045	91.8%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	89.3	180 of 2407	92.5%	★★★★★
2024	84.9	289 of 2411	88.0%	★★★★☆
2023	89.5	199 of 2400	91.7%	★★★★★
2022	92.6	106 of 2400	95.6%	★★★★★
2021	86.0	172 of 1961	91.2%	★★★★★
2019	95.2	68 of 2358	97.1%	★★★★★
2018	85.0	237 of 2340	89.9%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	91.1	130 of 2134	93.9%	★★★★★
2024	83.4	193 of 2110	90.9%	★★★★★
2023	97.1	41 of 2016	98.0%	★★★★★
2022	96.8	30 of 2031	98.5%	★★★★★
2021	91.7	29 of 1044	97.2%	★★★★★
2019	83.3	146 of 1859	92.1%	★★★★★
2018	69.9	328 of 1941	83.1%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	88.3	94 of 1402	93.3%	★★★★★
2024	79.4	239 of 1392	82.8%	★★★★☆
2023	92.5	42 of 1337	96.9%	★★★★★
2022	87.8	82 of 1399	94.1%	★★★★★
2021	83.9	114 of 1224	90.7%	★★★★★
2019	93.4	38 of 1338	97.2%	★★★★★
2018	87.5	78 of 1408	94.5%	★★★★★

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)

English Language Learner (2024)96th percentile+6 vs school

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

Female (2025)95th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)94th percentile~ school

White (2025)93rd percentile~ school

Male (2025)93rd percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)90th percentile-4 vs school

Asian (2025)83rd percentile-11 vs school

African American (2024)42nd percentile-48 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

Math90%+33 vs state

English Language Arts88%+33 vs state

Science67%+22 vs state

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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	Regents Common Core English Language Arts End of Course	Regents Physics End of Course	Regents Algebra I End of Course	Regents Life Science Biology End of Course	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	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
River School (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	425 E 35th St	New York	10016	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 251-6640	499	32	15.5	22.0%	179 (35.9%)	36 (7.2%)	82 (16.4%)	177 (35.5%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (4.0%)	92.3	150^th of 2445 public elementary schools	93.9%		88.4	240^th of 2445 public elementary schools	90.2%	90					93.2	86.2	85.0				97.9	95.2	78.7				66.7	$24,866	$1,524	$23,342
Ps 116 Mary Lindley Murray	Public	PK, KG-6	210 E 33rd St	New York	10016	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 685-4366	426	27	15.8	53.8%	129 (30.3%)	49 (11.5%)	157 (36.9%)	61 (14.3%)	6 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (5.4%)	45.7	1306^th of 2445 public elementary schools	46.6%		77.1	495^th of 2445 public elementary schools	79.8%	811					56.4	50.0	65.2				50.0	40.0	50.0				48.1	$32,513	$2,035	$30,479
47 American Sign Language And English Lower School (The)	Public	PK, KG-8	223 E 23rd St	New York	10010	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 326-6609	172	34	5.0	73.8%	30 (17.4%)	30 (17.4%)	93 (54.1%)	10 (5.8%)	2 (1.2%)	1 (0.6%)	6 (3.5%)	30.6	1751^st of 2445 public elementary schools	28.4%		64.8	785^th of 2445 public elementary schools	67.9%	966					40.0		83.3		44.4		30.0		33.3		75.0		33.3	$82,485	$2,335	$80,150
Hunters Point Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1-35 57th Ave	Long Island City	11101	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	No	No	No	(718) 391-4667	497	34	14.7	28.0%	173 (34.8%)	55 (11.1%)	109 (21.9%)	115 (23.1%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (8.5%)	84	335^th of 2445 public elementary schools	86.3%		90.4	193^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	92.1%	142					80.0	85.4	88.0				73.3	74.4	84.6				61.5	$26,997	$1,297	$25,700
Ps 40 Augustus Saint-Gaudens	Public	PK, KG-5	320 E 20th St	New York	10003	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 475-5500	538	36	14.9	15.6%	300 (55.8%)	19 (3.5%)	84 (15.6%)	58 (10.8%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	73 (13.6%)	92.2	153^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	93.7%		91.6	170^th of 2445 public elementary schools	93.0%	17					87.4	83.7	88.5				89.6	87.1	86.4				69.3	$27,725	$1,746	$25,979
Ps/Is 78	Public	PK, KG-8	48-09 Center Blvd	Long Island City	11109	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	No	No	No	(718) 392-5402	799	48	16.5	23.2%	287 (35.9%)	36 (4.5%)	154 (19.3%)	250 (31.3%)	5 (0.6%)	5 (0.6%)	61 (7.6%)	91.2	173^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	92.9%		93	147^th of 2445 public elementary schools	94.0%	26			100.0	67.3	87.4	80.0	85.2	82.9	81.3	75.6	85.6	88.0	80.0	79.7	84.0	52.9	71.3	$23,471	$1,296	$22,175
Success Academy Charter School-Union Square	Public, Charter	K-8	40 Irving Pl-2nd Fl	New York	10003	New York County	Success Academy Charter School-Union Square	Yes	No	No	Yes	(646) 790-2161	967			58.8%	144 (14.9%)	217 (22.4%)	317 (32.8%)	233 (24.1%)	7 (0.7%)	3 (0.3%)	46 (4.8%)	97	27^th of 2445 public elementary schools	98.9%		97.6	24^th of 2445 public elementary schools	99.0%	3	97.0	54.5	99.0		91.9	94.2	92.8	95.1	98.3		98.0	96.5	96.7	97.6	98.3		79.6	$17,817	$00	$17,817
Ps 59 Beekman Hill International	Public	PK, KG-5	231-249 E 56th St	New York	10022	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 888-7870	531	35	15.1	13.0%	313 (58.9%)	19 (3.6%)	44 (8.3%)	125 (23.5%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.1%)	90.1	193^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	92.1%		93.9	121^st of 2445 public elementary schools	95.1%	72					87.5	84.1	82.4				93.8	90.1	84.1				56.7	$26,603	$1,724	$24,879
East Village Community School (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	185 1st Ave	New York	10003	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 1	No	No	No	No	(212) 533-5340	477	48	9.9	45.1%	184 (38.6%)	40 (8.4%)	164 (34.4%)	38 (8.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (10.3%)	85.1	300^th of 2445 public elementary schools	87.7%		79.8	429^th of 2445 public elementary schools	82.5%	129					77.1	83.0	81.8				73.5	80.9	86.1				56.4	$39,986	$1,589	$38,398
Children's Workshop School (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	610 E 12th St	New York	10009	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 1	No	No	No	No	(212) 614-9531	277	25	11.2	51.6%	103 (37.2%)	24 (8.7%)	101 (36.5%)	20 (7.2%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (9.4%)	71.9	637^th of 2445 public elementary schools	73.9%		51.1	1140^th of 2445 public elementary schools	53.4%	503					74.2	80.6	63.3				56.7	75.0	60.0				60.0	$33,049	$1,638	$31,411

Frequently Asked Questions about River School (The)

How many students attend River School (The)?

In the 2024-25 school year, 499 students attended River School (The).

What district is River School (The) in?

New York City Geographic District # 2

What is the racial makeup of River School (The)?

Students at River School (The) are 36% White, 35% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 7% African American, 4% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of River School (The) attend?

Students who attend River School (The) usually go on to attend:

Middle : Junior High School 104 Simon Baruch

Is River School (The) a good school?

Yes. River School (The) ranks in the top 6.1% of New York elementary schools.

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