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Ps 7 Samuel Stern

Public Grades PK, KG-8

2229^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Better than 9% of New York elementary schools

Summary

Ps 7 Samuel Stern is an elementary school serving grades PK-8 in New York City's District 4, with 400 students in a high-poverty area where 94.75% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Academically, Ps 7 Samuel Stern struggles, ranking in the bottom 10% of New York elementary schools in recent years and receiving a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's performance lags significantly behind both the District 4 and statewide averages, with only 18-48% of students proficient or better in ELA and Math, compared to 44-57% for District 4 and 46-60% statewide. The school's performance is particularly weak for male students, English Language Learners, and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, ranking in the bottom 20-30% of New York elementary schools for these subgroups.

While Ps 7 Samuel Stern has relatively high spending per student at $39,129 and a low student-teacher ratio of 10.7, these resources have not translated into improved outcomes. The nearby Ps 96 Joseph Lanzetta, James Weldon Johnson School, Ps 155 William Paca, River East Elementary, Ps 102 Jacques Cartier, and Mosaic Preparatory Academy also struggle academically, with most ranking in the bottom 20-30% of New York elementary schools. However, a few schools, such as River East Elementary and Ps 102 Jacques Cartier, perform slightly better than Ps 7 Samuel Stern. In contrast, the Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 2 and Storefront Academy Harlem Charter School outperform Ps 7 Samuel Stern and the other nearby District 4 schools, with Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 2 ranking in the top 3% of New York elementary schools.

348

Students ?

7.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$49,471

Per pupil spending ?

90.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

160 E 120th St
New York, NY 10035-3595

(212) 860-5827

District: New York City Geographic District # 4

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

66.1%

African American:

27.9%

White:

2.6%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 19th percentile in 2014 → 9th in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 7 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New York average (31% vs 54% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (9th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 10 percentile points since 2014

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school31%

District avg47%

New York avg54%

Elementary school

2,229^th of 2,445

New York public elementary schools ?

Bottom 9%▼ down 20 pts since 2015

From bottom 29% (2015) to bottom 9% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

1,237^th of 1,500

New York public middle schools ?

Bottom 18%▼ down 23 pts since 2015

From bottom 41% (2015) to bottom 18% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

13^th of 17Elementary Schools in the New York City Geographic District # 4

669^th of 874New York City Geographic District # 4 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	13.5	2229 of 2445	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.6	2277 of 2445	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	20.8	2017 of 2439	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.0	2049 of 2434	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	48.8	1188 of 2413	50.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	45.1	1333 of 2395	44.3%	★★☆☆☆
2017	46.0	1295 of 2386	45.7%	★★☆☆☆
2016	40.6	1431 of 2366	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2015	31.5	1668 of 2352	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	22.8	1903 of 2345	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	45.3	1246 of 2325	46.4%	★★☆☆☆
2012	32.8	1702 of 2320	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	25.3	1832 of 2286	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	33.9	1670 of 2263	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	32.3	1774 of 2257	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	18.1	1953 of 2227	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	12.6	2006 of 2219	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	18.1	1910 of 2206	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	29.8	871 of 1117	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.4	856 of 1066	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	43.9	486 of 1001	51.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	63.5	201 of 938	78.6%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	19.6	2069 of 2409	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.0	2064 of 2413	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.1	1952 of 2403	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.8	2019 of 2401	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	50.7	1133 of 2357	51.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	34.0	1637 of 2338	30.0%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	21.6	1346 of 1569	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.9	1371 of 1531	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.5	1195 of 1429	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.5	1160 of 1503	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	58.3	443 of 1315	66.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	61.8	446 of 1392	68.0%	★★★☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	18.8	720 of 792	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	27.6	596 of 766	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.1	477 of 637	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	81.2	52 of 570	90.9%	★★★★★
2018	73.6	116 of 730	84.1%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	25.5	1666 of 2098	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.3	1604 of 2041	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.3	1486 of 2099	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	66.1	522 of 2045	74.5%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	12.4	2233 of 2407	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.6	2315 of 2411	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	18.2	2089 of 2400	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.6	2006 of 2400	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	46.7	1228 of 2358	47.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	48.6	1215 of 2340	48.1%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	33.9	1382 of 2134	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.2	1142 of 2110	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.8	1579 of 2016	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.1	1539 of 2031	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	66.3	388 of 1941	80.0%	★★★★☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	24.3	1237 of 1500	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.5	1277 of 1504	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.0	1133 of 1500	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.0	1115 of 1479	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.4	1130 of 1439	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.3	1201 of 1438	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	36.6	923 of 1455	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2016	31.9	990 of 1429	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2015	40.7	832 of 1407	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2014	41.8	811 of 1401	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2013	29.5	984 of 1373	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	25.8	1040 of 1337	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	27.3	982 of 1295	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	22.1	982 of 1243	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	15.3	1066 of 1224	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	19.4	978 of 1185	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	14.5	966 of 1123	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	34.6	792 of 1095	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	11.5	647 of 676	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	43.9	387 of 696	44.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	31.0	506 of 706	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	51.9	219 of 646	66.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	29.1	512 of 615	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.3	591 of 591	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	24.0	544 of 581	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	26.6	1183 of 1457	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.6	1114 of 1465	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.2	1069 of 1463	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.9	1106 of 1454	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.9	1130 of 1370	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.4	1173 of 1353	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	40.4	594 of 965	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	26.0	764 of 953	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.6	719 of 943	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	36.6	581 of 914	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	35.1	526 of 826	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	34.9	544 of 810	32.8%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	36.6	402 of 603	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	28.7	473 of 594	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.5	475 of 543	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	47.9	223 of 487	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	58.9	110 of 392	71.9%	★★★★☆
2018	45.2	222 of 457	51.4%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2018	31.6	896 of 1245	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	28.9	1118 of 1455	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.6	1297 of 1464	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.1	1152 of 1464	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.8	1065 of 1455	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.7	1024 of 1366	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.0	1103 of 1352	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	26.4	1060 of 1298	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.2	1122 of 1303	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	43.2	649 of 1307	50.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	40.5	695 of 1283	45.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	28.4	922 of 1139	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	34.2	824 of 1170	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆

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

Special Education (2025)35th percentile+26 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)22nd percentile+13 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)21st percentile+12 vs school

Hispanic (2025)14th percentile+5 vs school

Female (2025)14th percentile+5 vs school

Homeless (2025)9th percentile~ school

Male (2025)7th percentile~ school

Middle school

English Language Learner (2025)66th percentile+49 vs school

Hispanic (2025)38th percentile+21 vs school

Homeless (2025)33rd percentile+16 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2018)28th percentile+12 vs school

Male (2025)23rd percentile+6 vs school

Female (2025)19th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)18th percentile~ school

African American (2025)4th percentile-13 vs school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

Life Science Biology35%-23 vs state

English Language Arts34%-19 vs state

Math27%-28 vs state

Science27%-18 vs state

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Ps 7 Samuel Stern	Public	PK, KG-8	160 E 120th St	New York	10035	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 4	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 860-5827	348	49	7.1	90.5%	9 (2.6%)	97 (27.9%)	230 (66.1%)	4 (1.1%)	4 (1.1%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	13.5	2229^th of 2445 public elementary schools	8.8%		12.6	2277^th of 2445 public elementary schools	6.9%	48			34.8	18.2	25.0	48.5	24.0	34.5	44.4	17.4	26.1	18.2	33.3	33.3	39.1	26.7		$49,471	$4,568	$44,903
Ps 96 Joseph Lanzetta	Public	PK, KG-8	216 E 120th St	New York	10035	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 4	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 860-5851	394	41	9.7	97.5%	14 (3.6%)	62 (15.7%)	309 (78.4%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.0%)	5.8	2387^th of 2445 public elementary schools	2.4%		11	2316^th of 2445 public elementary schools	5.3%	71				19.4	20.0	23.1	21.2	27.8	18.6	18.9	9.5	15.2	26.3	20.5	19.6	0.0	12.0	$42,071	$3,894	$38,177
James Weldon Johnson School	Public	PK, KG-8	176 E 115th St	New York	10029	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 4	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 876-5522	516	46	11.1	95.5%	3 (0.6%)	94 (18.2%)	403 (78.1%)	6 (1.2%)	8 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	20.4	2064^th of 2445 public elementary schools	15.6%		16.6	2162^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	11.6%	98				44.4	33.3	48.8	31.9	35.0	41.8	55.2	22.2	25.0	21.4	25.4	27.9	34.0	40.7	$37,356	$3,306	$34,049
Ps 155 William Paca	Public	PK, KG-5	319 E 117th St	New York	10035	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 4	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 860-5885	192	22	8.7	98.4%	3 (1.6%)	16 (8.3%)	157 (81.8%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.7%)	5 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8.9	2323^rd of 2445 public elementary schools	5.0%		12.5	2280^th of 2445 public elementary schools	6.7%	43				33.3	38.9	25.0				16.7	29.2	11.1				19.4		$48,803	$4,037	$44,766
River East Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2351 1st Ave	New York	10035	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 4	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 802-3035	236	21	11.2	87.7%	16 (6.8%)	70 (29.7%)	141 (59.7%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (2.1%)	52.3	1150^th of 2445 public elementary schools	53.0%		34.6	1602^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	34.5%	452				36.4	71.1	70.6				33.3	62.2	55.6				47.1		$35,991	$3,229	$32,761
Harlem Village Academy East Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	2351 1st Ave-4th Fl	New York	10035	New York County	Harlem Village Academy East Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(646) 812-9400	349	33	10.5	90.3%	3 (0.9%)	194 (55.6%)	129 (37.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.0%)	92.9	134^th of 2445 public elementary schools	94.5%		81.1	407^th of 2445 public elementary schools	83.4%	273	79.2	83.3		89.7	85.2	94.4	80.8	89.5	96.0	100.0	100.0	97.1	80.0	100.0		57.1	60.0	$26,378	$26,378	$00
Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 2	Public, Charter	K-4	144 E 128th St-3rd Fl	New York	10035	New York County	Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 2	Yes	No	No	Yes	(646) 442-6600	240			88.3%	2 (0.8%)	145 (60.4%)	78 (32.5%)	3 (1.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.2%)	96	56^th of 2445 public elementary schools	97.7%		98.1	16^th of 2445 public elementary schools	99.3%	40				90.5	94.3					100.0	92.5							$20,314	$00	$20,314
Ps 30 Hernandez/Hughes	Public	PK, KG-5	144-176 E 128th St	New York	10035	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 5	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 876-1825	218	20	10.7	98.6%	2 (0.9%)	89 (40.8%)	118 (54.1%)	2 (0.9%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.8%)	41.1	1444^th of 2445 public elementary schools	40.9%		40.2	1442^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	41.0%	2				45.5	78.6	66.7				35.7	33.3	50.0				31.3		$51,712	$3,647	$48,065
Ps 102 Jacques Cartier	Public	PK, KG-5	315 E 113th St	New York	10029	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 4	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 860-5834	221	24	9.2	93.7%	8 (3.6%)	53 (24.0%)	147 (66.5%)	6 (2.7%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.8%)	23.3	1976^th of 2445 public elementary schools	19.2%		23.2	1968^th of 2445 public elementary schools	19.5%	8				46.7	39.1	36.8				44.8	45.8	20.0				26.3		$51,375	$3,297	$48,078
Mosaic Preparatory Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	141 E 111th St	New York	10029	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 4	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 722-3109	206	22	9.4	96.1%	8 (3.9%)	70 (34.0%)	119 (57.8%)	1 (0.5%)	5 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	10.7	2291^st of 2445 public elementary schools	6.3%		9.6	2339^th of 2445 public elementary schools	4.3%	48				19.4	13.0	47.8				37.5	13.8	16.0				24.0		$47,180	$3,333	$43,848

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Ps 7 Samuel Stern ranks in the bottom 8.8% of New York elementary schools.

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New York City Geographic District # 4

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In the 2024-25 school year, 348 students attended Ps 7 Samuel Stern.

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Students at Ps 7 Samuel Stern are 66% Hispanic, 28% African American, 3% White, 1% Asian, 1% American Indian.

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