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Ps 76 A Phillip Randolph

Q: Is Ps 76 A Phillip Randolph a good school?

Ps 76 A Phillip Randolph ranks in the bottom 10.7% of New York elementary schools.

Q: How many students attend Ps 76 A Phillip Randolph?

In the 2024-25 school year, 236 students attended Ps 76 A Phillip Randolph.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Ps 76 A Phillip Randolph?

Students at Ps 76 A Phillip Randolph are 53% African American, 35% Hispanic, 11% White.

Public Grades PK, KG-8

2184^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Better than 11% of New York elementary schools

Summary

Ps 76 A Phillip Randolph is an elementary school located in New York, NY that serves grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 268 students. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #3, which is ranked 507 out of 874 districts in New York and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Ps 76 A Phillip Randolph consistently underperforms compared to the district and state averages on the New York State Assessments, with proficiency rates ranging from 12.5% to 60% across different grade levels and subjects in the 2024-2025 school year. The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, ranking in the bottom 25% of New York elementary schools for English Language Learners and Special Education students. Additionally, the school has an extremely high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 95.52% to 96.9% over the past few years, suggesting a high concentration of economically disadvantaged students.

When compared to nearby schools in the same district, Ps 76 A Phillip Randolph generally performs worse academically. For example, Ps 242 Young Diplomats Magnet Academy, Ps 180 Hugo Newman, and Ps 149 Sojourner Truth all have higher proficiency rates on the state assessments. The school's relatively high spending per student, ranging from $22,524 to $39,134 over the past few years, suggests that it may be facing significant challenges that require additional resources to address.

236

Students ?

7.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$41,328

Per pupil spending ?

97%

Free/discounted lunch ?

220 W 121st St
New York, NY 10027-6217

(212) 678-2865

District: New York City Geographic District # 3

Racial breakdown:

African American:

52.5%

Hispanic:

35.2%

White:

10.6%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 1st percentile in 2022 → 11th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 11th (2025) from a 1st-percentile low (2022)

✓Small classes — about 7 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New York average (29% vs 54% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (11th percentile)

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school29%

District avg64%

New York avg54%

Elementary school

2,184^th of 2,445

New York public elementary schools ?

Bottom 11%▼ down 10 pts since 2015

From bottom 20% (2015) to bottom 11% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

1,048^th of 1,500

New York public middle schools ?

Bottom 30%▲ up 5 pts since 2015

From bottom 25% (2015) to bottom 30% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

18^th of 19Elementary Schools in the New York City Geographic District # 3

507^th of 874New York City Geographic District # 3 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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	15.4	2184 of 2445	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.1	1971 of 2445	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.2	2033 of 2439	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	5.8	2403 of 2434	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	26.0	1715 of 2201	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	9.7	2295 of 2413	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.7	2290 of 2395	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	11.5	2233 of 2386	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	15.4	2109 of 2366	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	22.3	1877 of 2352	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	26.7	1804 of 2345	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	18.2	2017 of 2325	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	18.7	1983 of 2320	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	11.6	2110 of 2286	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	5.1	2213 of 2263	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	11.0	2124 of 2257	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	4.1	2175 of 2227	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	7.1	2112 of 2219	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	7.9	2116 of 2206	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	33.3	630 of 928	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	39.9	540 of 927	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	32.0	583 of 857	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	13.8	894 of 936	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	23.3	743 of 891	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.8	786 of 948	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2022	12.3	1026 of 1027	0.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	17.3	920 of 938	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	11.7	2262 of 2409	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	26.9	1849 of 2413	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.2	2004 of 2403	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	5.9	2373 of 2401	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.2	2296 of 2357	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.6	2238 of 2338	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2023	45.0	755 of 1429	47.2%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	13.5	768 of 792	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	27.2	501 of 637	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.4	603 of 622	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	36.4	395 of 570	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	32.1	557 of 730	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	12.9	1985 of 2098	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	35.7	1328 of 2078	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.0	1579 of 2041	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	7.6	2070 of 2099	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.2	2006 of 2045	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	9.6	2292 of 2407	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	25.0	1902 of 2411	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.8	2066 of 2400	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	7.9	2338 of 2400	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	15.2	2118 of 2358	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	10.8	2229 of 2340	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2019	24.6	1594 of 1859	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.5	1634 of 1941	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	32.8	1048 of 1500	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	35.9	999 of 1504	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	28.0	1148 of 1500	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.5	1313 of 1479	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	34.1	851 of 1242	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	26.1	1094 of 1439	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.3	1185 of 1438	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	20.9	1223 of 1455	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	25.4	1100 of 1429	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	27.0	1050 of 1407	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	23.0	1096 of 1401	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	14.5	1216 of 1373	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	12.9	1171 of 1337	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	23.1	1023 of 1295	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	51.2	299 of 676	55.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	54.0	272 of 705	61.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	39.9	428 of 696	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	27.1	540 of 706	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	37.0	387 of 653	40.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	44.7	340 of 663	48.7%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2018	31.3	391 of 503	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	42.5	861 of 1457	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.3	974 of 1465	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.2	1146 of 1463	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.3	1216 of 1454	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.1	1046 of 1370	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.6	1208 of 1353	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	51.8	264 of 603	56.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	50.0	253 of 594	57.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	63.6	136 of 543	75.0%	★★★★☆
2022	28.1	389 of 487	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	44.2	198 of 392	49.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	43.4	235 of 457	48.6%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	16.2	1189 of 1283	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	33.2	902 of 1296	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.4	865 of 1288	32.8%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	24.0	1211 of 1455	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	36.1	962 of 1464	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	29.7	1091 of 1464	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.3	1310 of 1455	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.6	1030 of 1366	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.3	999 of 1352	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2022	43.0	630 of 1283	50.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	46.2	478 of 1139	58.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	40.9	658 of 1170	43.8%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Elementary school

Hispanic (2023)47th percentile+31 vs school

African American (2025)32nd percentile+21 vs school

Special Education (2019)14th percentile+9 vs school

Female (2025)6th percentile-5 vs school

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

Male (2025)5th percentile-6 vs school

Homeless (2025)3rd percentile-8 vs school

English Language Learner (2022)<1st percentile~ school

Middle school

Homeless (2025)56th percentile+26 vs school

African American (2025)56th percentile+26 vs school

Special Education (2022)51st percentile+40 vs school

Female (2025)41st percentile+11 vs school

English Language Learner (2018)22nd percentile+5 vs school

Male (2025)17th percentile-13 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)7th percentile-23 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

Science40%-4 vs state

English Language Arts38%-16 vs state

Math24%-33 vs state

Algebra I3%-53 vs state

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Ps 76 A Phillip Randolph	Public	PK, KG-8	220 W 121st St	New York	10027	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 3	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 678-2865	236	33	7.2	97.0%	25 (10.6%)	124 (52.5%)	83 (35.2%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	15.4	2184^th of 2445 public elementary schools	10.7%		23.1	1971^st of 2445 public elementary schools	19.4%	213	3.2		37.5	18.8	42.9	21.4	26.3	60.0	37.5	12.5	35.7	30.8	11.8		33.3	43.5	$41,328	$4,422	$36,906
Ps 242 Young Diplomats Magnet Academy (The)	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	134 W 122nd St	New York	10027	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 3	No	Yes	No	Yes	(212) 678-2908	145	17	8.5	94.5%	2 (1.4%)	46 (31.7%)	92 (63.4%)	3 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	22.1	2018^th of 2445 public elementary schools	17.5%		22.1	1999^th of 2445 public elementary schools	18.2%	19			27.8	31.6	47.1				30.0	36.8	26.3				50.0		$48,798	$4,449	$44,349
Future Leaders Institute Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	134 W 122nd St	New York	10027	New York County	Future Leaders Institute Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(212) 678-2868	252	21	12.0	90.5%	0 (0.0%)	173 (68.7%)	72 (28.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	2 (0.8%)	3 (1.2%)	21.5	2039^th of 2445 public elementary schools	16.6%		24.7	1915^th of 2445 public elementary schools	21.7%	124	28.6		55.6	19.2	37.9	30.3	62.2	65.2	47.1	30.8	51.9	21.9	60.0	56.5	26.7	44.7	$27,018	$1,085	$25,933
New York French-American Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	311 W 120th St	New York	10027	New York County	New York French-American Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(212) 666-4134	286	18	15.8	80.4%	14 (4.9%)	209 (73.1%)	48 (16.8%)	3 (1.0%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.8%)	44.6	1347^th of 2445 public elementary schools	44.9%		48	1215^th of 2445 public elementary schools	50.3%	132			58.6	71.4	51.4	59.1	68.8	70.6	42.4	57.1	42.1	45.5	48.6	65.7	37.8	76.5	$20,657	$844	$19,813
Ps 180 Hugo Newman	Public	PK, KG-8	370 W 120th St	New York	10027	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 3	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 678-2849	344	36	9.5	79.4%	38 (11.0%)	167 (48.5%)	135 (39.2%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46.6	1283^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	47.5%		43.5	1339^th of 2445 public elementary schools	45.2%	56	10.0	0.0	50.0	64.0	64.3	44.4	36.4	42.1	55.0	46.2	42.9	33.3	36.4	35.0	46.4		$40,587	$4,009	$36,578
Harlem Village Academy West Charter School	Public, Charter	K-4	74 W 124th St	New York	10027	New York County	Harlem Village Academy West Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(646) 812-9700	446	18	24.7	89.0%	4 (0.9%)	318 (71.3%)	104 (23.3%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.4%)	96.8	34^th of 2445 public elementary schools	98.6%		95.4	81^st of 2445 public elementary schools	96.7%	47			89.7	96.8					100.0	98.3							$31,757	$31,757	$00
Ps 154 Harriet Tubman	Public	PK, KG-5	250 W 127th St	New York	10027	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 5	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 864-2400	182	20	9.1	96.2%	5 (2.7%)	115 (63.2%)	59 (32.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	29	1803^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	26.3%		26.7	1855^th of 2445 public elementary schools	24.1%	52			50.0	45.0	36.7				50.0	76.2	31.3				16.1		$50,960	$3,541	$47,419
Ps 149 Sojourner Truth	Public	PK, KG-8	41 W 117th St	New York	10026	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 3	No	No	No	Yes	(646) 672-9020	249	29	8.6	94.4%	8 (3.2%)	107 (43.0%)	121 (48.6%)	9 (3.6%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	32.2	1706^th of 2445 public elementary schools	30.2%		22	2001^st of 2445 public elementary schools	18.2%	295			40.0	38.5	56.5	9.1	47.1	47.6	71.4	76.9	45.8	12.0	65.0	68.9	33.3	26.7	$40,696	$3,780	$36,916
Ps 125 Ralph Bunche	Public	PK, KG-5	425 W 123rd St	New York	10027	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 5	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 666-6400	260	24	10.6	58.8%	58 (22.3%)	75 (28.8%)	86 (33.1%)	22 (8.5%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.5%)	85	302^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	87.6%		82.5	372^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	84.8%	70			93.8	87.5	69.6				93.8	93.8	62.5				68.2		$40,185	$3,610	$36,575
Stem Institute Of Manhattan	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	240 W 113th St	New York	10026	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 3	No	Yes	No	Yes	(212) 678-2898	140	18	7.8	95.0%	3 (2.1%)	75 (53.6%)	55 (39.3%)	2 (1.4%)	3 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	19.7	2090^th of 2445 public elementary schools	14.5%		28.7	1780^th of 2445 public elementary schools	27.2%	310			36.4	35.0	37.5				30.0	20.0	75.0				25.0		$53,505	$4,981	$48,524

Frequently Asked Questions about Ps 76 A Phillip Randolph

What is the racial makeup of Ps 76 A Phillip Randolph?

Students at Ps 76 A Phillip Randolph are 53% African American, 35% Hispanic, 11% White.

Is Ps 76 A Phillip Randolph a good school?

Ps 76 A Phillip Randolph ranks in the bottom 10.7% of New York elementary schools.

What district is Ps 76 A Phillip Randolph in?

New York City Geographic District # 3

How many students attend Ps 76 A Phillip Randolph?

In the 2024-25 school year, 236 students attended Ps 76 A Phillip Randolph.

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