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Riverside School For Makers And Artists (The)

Public, Magnet Grades PK, KG-8
2374th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools
Better than 3% of New York elementary schools
Summary

Riverside School For Makers And Artists (The) is a public magnet elementary school serving grades PK-8 in New York City's District #3, with 547 students located in the Upper West Side neighborhood of Manhattan. Despite its high per-student spending of $32,631 in 2023-2024, the school has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of New York elementary schools over the past decade, earning 0-2 out of 5 stars from SchoolDigger.

Riverside School's proficiency rates on state assessments are significantly lower than the district and state averages across all grade levels and subjects. For example, in 2024-2025, only 7.14% of 3rd graders were proficient in ELA, compared to 70.45% in the district and 54.15% statewide. The school performs particularly poorly for subgroups like African American, Hispanic, and English Language Learner students, ranking in the bottom 25% of New York elementary schools for these populations. In contrast, nearby schools like Anderson School, PS 87, PS 9, and PS 199 have significantly higher proficiency rates, often exceeding 80% in ELA and Math.

The high per-student spending at Riverside School does not seem to be effectively translating into improved academic achievement for students, suggesting that simply increasing funding may not be the sole solution. Understanding the practices and strategies employed by the nearby high-performing schools could provide valuable insights for Riverside School to improve and address the significant equity gaps faced by its disadvantaged student subgroups.

480
Students ?
9.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$37,154
Per pupil spending ?
86%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 300 W 61st St
       New York, NY  10023-7803

(347) 478-5228

District: New York City Geographic District # 3

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
65.0%
African American:
18.1%
White:
9.0%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 7th percentile in 2015 → 3rd in 2025
Strengths
Small classes — about 10 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New York average (19% vs 54% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (3rd percentile)
!Algebra I scores 42 pts below the New York average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school19%
District avg63%
New York avg54%
Elementary school
2,374th of 2,445
New York public elementary schools ?
Bottom 3%▼ down 4 pts since 2015
From bottom 7% (2015) to bottom 3% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
1,468th of 1,500
New York public middle schools ?
Bottom 2%▼ down 16 pts since 2015
From bottom 18% (2015) to bottom 2% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
19th of 19Elementary Schools in the New York City Geographic District # 3
507th 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20256.52374 of 24452.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.42378 of 24452.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.72189 of 243910.3%★☆☆☆☆
202221.12014 of 243417.3%★☆☆☆☆
202131.61567 of 220128.8%★☆☆☆☆
201934.41596 of 241333.9%★★☆☆☆
201831.71703 of 239528.9%★☆☆☆☆
201719.22024 of 238615.2%★☆☆☆☆
201610.12230 of 23665.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201511.32197 of 23526.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201420.71946 of 234517.0%★☆☆☆☆
201330.41703 of 232526.8%★☆☆☆☆
201222.71913 of 232017.5%★☆☆☆☆
201124.91838 of 228619.6%★☆☆☆☆
201022.51889 of 226316.5%★☆☆☆☆
200930.21814 of 225719.6%★☆☆☆☆
200821.81871 of 222716.0%★☆☆☆☆
200727.51758 of 221920.8%★☆☆☆☆
200623.31838 of 220616.7%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202514.4861 of 9287.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.7899 of 9273.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202322.0703 of 85718.0%★☆☆☆☆
202240.2535 of 93642.8%★★☆☆☆
201942.3465 of 89147.8%★★☆☆☆
201847.3437 of 94853.9%★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202525.1965 of 111713.6%★☆☆☆☆
202423.9965 of 10669.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202324.6894 of 100110.7%★☆☆☆☆
201836.6614 of 93834.5%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20255.52369 of 24091.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.82361 of 24132.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202313.92214 of 24037.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.72163 of 24019.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202131.91413 of 195527.7%★☆☆☆☆
201930.61704 of 235727.7%★☆☆☆☆
201833.91638 of 233829.9%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202511.11498 of 15694.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.11516 of 15311.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202319.31263 of 142911.6%★☆☆☆☆
202227.61180 of 150321.5%★☆☆☆☆
202136.0535 of 81834.6%★★☆☆☆
201931.6913 of 131530.6%★★☆☆☆
201833.1992 of 139228.7%★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202518.5725 of 7928.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202416.3722 of 7665.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202316.3606 of 6374.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202224.2537 of 62213.7%★☆☆☆☆
201946.4288 of 57049.5%★★☆☆☆
201842.8414 of 73043.3%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20246.52068 of 20780.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.81905 of 20416.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202219.81876 of 209910.6%★☆☆☆☆
201934.31352 of 203233.5%★★☆☆☆
201832.91482 of 204527.5%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202510.52276 of 24075.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.92327 of 24113.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202320.22021 of 240015.8%★☆☆☆☆
202228.31812 of 240024.5%★☆☆☆☆
202130.51443 of 196126.4%★☆☆☆☆
201939.01427 of 235839.5%★★☆☆☆
201832.61679 of 234028.2%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202513.02119 of 21340.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202425.41739 of 211017.6%★☆☆☆☆
202320.91831 of 20169.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202231.81460 of 203128.1%★☆☆☆☆
202125.6861 of 104417.5%★☆☆☆☆
201946.4798 of 185957.1%★★★☆☆
201835.41282 of 194134.0%★★☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20255.71468 of 15002.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.31445 of 15043.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.51415 of 15005.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.21339 of 14799.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202122.01045 of 124215.9%★☆☆☆☆
201923.51145 of 143920.4%★☆☆☆☆
201819.41224 of 143814.9%★☆☆☆☆
201726.21117 of 145523.2%★☆☆☆☆
201624.81111 of 142922.3%★☆☆☆☆
201519.71158 of 140717.7%★☆☆☆☆
201416.31225 of 140112.6%★☆☆☆☆
201322.81072 of 137321.9%★☆☆☆☆
201226.41029 of 133723.0%★☆☆☆☆
201132.4924 of 129528.6%★☆☆☆☆
201026.4951 of 124323.5%★☆☆☆☆
200949.7789 of 122435.5%★★☆☆☆
200836.0865 of 118527.0%★☆☆☆☆
200741.6763 of 112332.1%★★☆☆☆
200626.3851 of 109522.3%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20243.8705 of 7050.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201930.1468 of 65328.3%★☆☆☆☆
201827.3526 of 66320.7%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202533.0468 of 64627.6%★☆☆☆☆
202433.3451 of 61526.7%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20255.51427 of 14572.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.61374 of 14656.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.91366 of 14636.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.11316 of 14549.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201927.81033 of 137024.6%★☆☆☆☆
201824.31120 of 135317.2%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202513.4907 of 9656.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202416.0886 of 9537.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202324.5791 of 94316.1%★☆☆☆☆
202222.1782 of 91414.4%★☆☆☆☆
201930.3600 of 82627.4%★☆☆☆☆
201823.5689 of 81014.9%★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202522.4530 of 60312.1%★☆☆☆☆
202422.8510 of 59414.1%★☆☆☆☆
202314.5518 of 5434.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202222.1438 of 48710.1%★☆☆☆☆
201939.2243 of 39238.0%★★☆☆☆
201847.3210 of 45754.0%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202315.51205 of 12886.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.71230 of 13065.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201932.4860 of 124130.7%★★☆☆☆
201825.71015 of 124518.5%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
20257.91412 of 14553.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.61428 of 14642.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.21380 of 14645.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.61341 of 14557.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201925.01063 of 136622.2%★☆☆☆☆
201817.31221 of 13529.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202419.31234 of 13035.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202316.31284 of 13071.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202238.3753 of 128341.3%★★☆☆☆
201940.2611 of 113946.4%★★☆☆☆
201835.4782 of 117033.2%★★☆☆☆
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
English Language Learner (2025)14th percentile+11 vs school
Homeless (2025)8th percentile+6 vs school
African American (2025)7th percentile+4 vs school
Male (2025)5th percentile+3 vs school
Hispanic (2025)5th percentile~ school
Female (2025)2nd percentile~ school
Special Education (2025)1st percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2024)<1st percentile~ school
Middle school
English Language Learner (2025)28th percentile+25 vs school
Homeless (2025)12th percentile+10 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2023)6th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2025)6th percentile+4 vs school
Special Education (2024)5th percentile~ school
Male (2025)3rd percentile~ school
Female (2025)2nd percentile~ school
African American (2024)<1st percentile-4 vs school
By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?
Life Science Biology23%-35 vs state
Science21%-24 vs state
Math19%-37 vs state
English Language Arts18%-35 vs state
Algebra I14%-42 vs state

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by a parent
Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Open Quote I love this school. I am very happy and my kindergartener asked me if he can come back for first grade. I couldn't be happier. Close Quote


by a parent
Thursday, March 29, 2018

Open Quote Mismanaged from leadership and it is sad because it’s not the kids fault it is a culture change that is desperately needed to make a difference. Close Quote


by a parent
Monday, December 9, 2013

Open Quote My daughter has been attending this school for two years. We absolutely love it. The staff is warm and caring and enthusiastic and the academics are strong. Very good parent/teacher communication. Wonderful music and dance programs. Great museum partnerships. They are getting a state of the art technology center.
This is a great school! Close Quote


by a teacher
Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Open Quote Don't be fooled. Remember never judge a book by its cover. Our last year's scores do not do us justice. The work we do in our school is amazing. Scores have already improved in the upcoming year. All grades PreK through 8 use inquiry based and project based learning connecting everything to the real world instead of some arbitrary textbook. We have fabulous partnerships with Studio in a School, Lincoln Center Institute, Border Crossers, and more. We recently won a Magnet Grant, which will take our already amazing school and take it to the next level. We have been renamed the Museum Magnet School for Inquiry, Innovation and Imagination. Our excellent and well educated Master Teachers will be able to integrate more museum experiences and aesthetic education into the core curriculum. We are worth taking a look at. Close Quote





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Riverside School For Makers And Artists (The) ranks in the bottom 2.9% of New York elementary schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 480 students attended Riverside School For Makers And Artists (The).

Students at Riverside School For Makers And Artists (The) are 65% Hispanic, 18% African American, 9% White, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more races.


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