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Is 61 William A Morris

Public, Magnet Grades 6-8

1348^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,500 New York Middle Schools

Better than 10% of New York middle schools

Summary

Is 61 William A Morris is a public middle school in Staten Island, New York, serving grades 6-8 with an enrollment of 926 students. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #31, which is ranked 403 out of 874 districts in the state. Over the past 10 years, Is 61 William A Morris has consistently ranked in the bottom 25% of New York middle schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Is 61 William A Morris underperforms compared to the district and state in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math proficiency rates across all grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's ELA proficiency rates were 33.33% for 6th grade, 35.07% for 7th grade, and 38.25% for 8th grade, compared to the district's 58.84%, 62.14%, and 60.65%, respectively. The school also underperforms in Science and Regents exams. Additionally, Is 61 William A Morris has a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students, with 83.69% receiving free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year.

Interestingly, the nearby schools, such as Is 2 George L Egbert, Is 72 Rocco Laurie, and Is 51 Edwin Markham, generally outperform Is 61 William A Morris in academic proficiency, with higher ELA and Math scores across all grade levels and higher overall rankings from SchoolDigger. The data suggests that Is 61 William A Morris has significant room for improvement, and implementing targeted interventions and evidence-based practices may help the school to close the achievement gap with its higher-performing peers.

871

Students ?

10.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$36,574

Per pupil spending ?

84.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

445 Castleton Ave
Staten Island, NY 10301-2199

(718) 727-8481

District: New York City Geographic District #31

Students who attend Is 61 William A Morris usually attend:

High:

Curtis High School

Feeder schools for Is 61 William A Morris:

Elementary:	Fort Hill Collaborative Elementary School
	Ps 16 John J Driscoll
	Ps 31 William T Davis
	Ps 45 John Tyler
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	Ps 74 Future Leaders Elementary School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

50.1%

African American:

32.0%

White:

10.1%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 29th percentile in 2015 → 10th in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New York average (34% vs 56% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (10th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 19 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school34%

District avg60%

New York avg56%

1,348^th of 1,500

New York public middle schools ?

Bottom 10%▼ down 19 pts since 2015

From bottom 29% (2015) to bottom 10% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

12^th of 12Middle Schools in the New York City Geographic District #31

403^rd of 874New York City Geographic District #31 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	17.3	1348 of 1500	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.2	1240 of 1504	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.5	1213 of 1500	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.8	1199 of 1479	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	36.6	801 of 1242	35.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	29.0	1031 of 1439	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.6	1064 of 1438	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	30.0	1046 of 1455	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	22.7	1146 of 1429	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	30.8	999 of 1407	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	33.2	944 of 1401	32.6%	★★☆☆☆
2013	28.6	1000 of 1373	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	25.9	1037 of 1337	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	20.3	1054 of 1295	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	26.3	954 of 1243	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	25.6	973 of 1224	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	34.9	873 of 1185	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	26.3	875 of 1123	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	26.1	855 of 1095	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	24.8	548 of 676	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.4	580 of 705	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.5	544 of 696	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	33.5	485 of 706	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	58.7	83 of 253	67.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	33.5	431 of 653	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	34.1	445 of 663	32.9%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	20.9	350 of 406	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	50.6	231 of 396	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	46.0	240 of 388	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	49.6	221 of 381	42.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	49.8	213 of 369	42.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	35.1	275 of 374	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	37.2	408 of 646	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	34.4	432 of 615	29.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.2	421 of 591	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	33.0	419 of 581	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	30.6	375 of 473	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	36.4	322 of 503	36.0%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	17.2	1305 of 1457	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.5	1204 of 1465	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.6	1174 of 1463	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.1	1198 of 1454	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	42.5	597 of 1066	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	27.6	1037 of 1370	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.6	1063 of 1353	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	23.9	821 of 965	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.1	685 of 953	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.4	678 of 943	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.5	714 of 914	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	45.4	227 of 449	49.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	30.4	599 of 826	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	33.3	568 of 810	29.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	26.3	500 of 603	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.5	475 of 594	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.2	443 of 543	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.3	376 of 487	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.3	350 of 392	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	35.7	307 of 457	32.8%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	17.6	1172 of 1283	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	22.6	1105 of 1296	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.1	1087 of 1288	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.0	1088 of 1306	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	41.6	512 of 935	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	27.6	950 of 1241	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.7	918 of 1245	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	19.6	1287 of 1455	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.5	1217 of 1464	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.1	1208 of 1464	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.8	1162 of 1455	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	50.9	475 of 1071	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	29.5	962 of 1366	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.0	1005 of 1352	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2023	32.1	141 of 208	32.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	53.4	80 of 190	57.9%	★★★☆☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2023	20.2	16 of 20	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	30.0	967 of 1298	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.8	888 of 1303	31.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	32.8	915 of 1307	30.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.0	946 of 1283	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.8	940 of 1139	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.1	909 of 1170	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New York percentile	Rating
2025	48.1	413 of 775	46.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	47.8	408 of 778	47.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	46.0	428 of 772	44.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	39.4	450 of 748	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	53.2	340 of 716	52.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	42.3	463 of 763	39.3%	★★☆☆☆

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)

White (2025)47th percentile+37 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)37th percentile+27 vs school

Multi-racial (2023)32nd percentile+13 vs school

Special Education (2025)26th percentile+15 vs school

Native American (2023)20th percentile~ school

African American (2025)19th percentile+9 vs school

Homeless (2025)17th percentile+7 vs school

Hispanic (2025)15th percentile+5 vs school

Asian (2025)14th percentile+4 vs school

Male (2025)12th percentile~ school

Female (2025)10th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)9th percentile~ school

By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?

U.S. History and Government75%~ state avg

Life Science Biology51%-7 vs state

Algebra I38%-18 vs state

English Language Arts36%-16 vs state

Math23%-29 vs state

Science22%-22 vs state

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Friday, May 12, 2017

My daughter got attack one the school yard. the sad part about it was that before she was attack my daughter went to her 6 grade guidance counselor to ask for help. The guidance counselors response was " I am busy right now with another student. I will try to get to to you later" the next period at lunch time my daughter was attacked by that student. Horrible, the principal actually tried to justified the situation by saying "that the school was short staff. Really! I had my daughter transferred. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Regents U.S. History and Government (2025)	Regents Algebra I (2025)	Regents Life Science Biology (2025)	Regents Earth and Space Sciences (2025)	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	Regents U.S. History and Government End of Course	Regents Algebra I End of Course	Regents Life Science Biology End of Course	Regents Earth and Space Sciences End of Course	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 6th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 7th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 8th Grade	NY State Assessments Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Is 61 William A Morris	Public, Magnet	6-8	445 Castleton Ave	Staten Island	10301	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 727-8481	871	82	10.6	84.5%	88 (10.1%)	279 (32.0%)	436 (50.1%)	32 (3.7%)	9 (1.0%)	4 (0.5%)	23 (2.6%)	17.3	1348^th of 1500 public middle schools	10.1%		23.2	1240^th of 1504 public middle schools	17.6%	108	75.4	38.3	51.3		33.3	35.1	38.3	24.5	30.0	4.6	21.7	$36,574	$2,928	$33,646
Is 27 Anning S Prall	Public, Magnet	6-8	11 Clove Lake Pl	Staten Island	10310	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 981-8800	836	73	11.4	78.2%	149 (17.8%)	159 (19.0%)	384 (45.9%)	115 (13.8%)	7 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	21 (2.5%)	45.8	799^th of 1500 public middle schools	46.7%		40.3	909^th of 1504 public middle schools	39.6%	110		100.0	86.6		49.1	54.5	51.5	38.4	59.3	44.3	19.4	$36,171	$2,798	$33,372
Young Women's Leadership Of Staten Island	Public	6-8	45 Waverly Pl	Staten Island	10304	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(929) 560-8040	180	16	11.6	92.8%	8 (4.4%)	73 (40.6%)	71 (39.4%)	9 (5.0%)	2 (1.1%)	1 (0.6%)	16 (8.9%)	24	1243^rd of 1500 public middle schools	17.1%		24.3	1223^rd of 1504 public middle schools	18.7%	20					45.2	45.8	48.3	11.3	30.6	16.1	21.1	$31,452	$2,205	$29,247
Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus	Public	6-8	101 Warren St	Staten Island	10304	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 727-6040	330	47	6.9	94.8%	22 (6.7%)	93 (28.2%)	171 (51.8%)	33 (10.0%)	4 (1.2%)	3 (0.9%)	4 (1.2%)	18.5	1330^th of 1500 public middle schools	11.3%		22.5	1256^th of 1504 public middle schools	16.5%	74		58.1			29.4	30.3	33.0	20.2	36.3	34.2	24.6	$51,537	$4,588	$46,949
Is 51 Edwin Markham	Public	6-8	80 Willowbrook Rd	Staten Island	10302	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 981-0502	1,072	94	11.4	77.9%	184 (17.2%)	197 (18.4%)	577 (53.8%)	74 (6.9%)	10 (0.9%)	2 (0.2%)	28 (2.6%)	48.6	745^th of 1500 public middle schools	50.3%		40.1	916^th of 1504 public middle schools	39.1%	171	72.2	100.0	83.2		48.8	45.7	48.6	44.0	58.5	63.8	18.8	$36,573	$2,784	$33,790
Is 2 George L Egbert	Public	6-8	333 Midland Ave	Staten Island	10306	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 987-5336	980	92	10.6	77.9%	358 (36.5%)	46 (4.7%)	277 (28.3%)	267 (27.2%)	4 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	26 (2.7%)	50.2	716^th of 1500 public middle schools	52.3%		56.6	599^th of 1504 public middle schools	60.2%	117	94.7	100.0	94.3		52.7	50.2	50.8	44.9	53.7	45.5	46.5	$31,093	$2,633	$28,461
Middle School 936 Arts Off 3rd	Public	6-8	270 59th St	Brooklyn	11220	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(347) 646-5160	441	38	11.7	77.3%	77 (17.5%)	3 (0.7%)	314 (71.2%)	37 (8.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.8%)	67.1	430^th of 1500 public middle schools	71.3%		62.8	491^st of 1504 public middle schools	67.4%	61	79.3	98.3	82.8		58.4	61.3	69.4	50.4	61.7	65.6	46.0	$30,259	$2,729	$27,530
School Of Technology Arts And Research	Public	6	650 86th St	Brooklyn	11228	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(718) 551-6218	112	10	10.7	77.7%	49 (43.8%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (37.5%)	17 (15.2%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.7%)								(n/a)					67.0			68.5				$40,029	$2,138	$37,891
Is 72 Rocco Laurie	Public	6-8	33 Ferndale Ave	Staten Island	10314	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 698-5757	1,532	126	12.1	70.0%	533 (34.8%)	64 (4.2%)	411 (26.8%)	482 (31.5%)	10 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	31 (2.0%)	63.4	497^th of 1500 public middle schools	66.9%		61.2	527^th of 1504 public middle schools	65.0%	30	100.0	99.4		97.1	56.3	60.7	59.7	55.0	68.2	47.5	42.7	$35,628	$2,573	$33,055
Junior High School 259 William McKinley	Public	6-8	7305 Ft Hamilton Pkwy	Brooklyn	11228	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 833-1000	1,780	121	14.7	82.4%	379 (21.3%)	17 (1.0%)	359 (20.2%)	986 (55.4%)	4 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	33 (1.9%)	88.8	147^th of 1500 public middle schools	90.2%		90.2	132^nd of 1504 public middle schools	91.2%	15	67.3	99.5	95.0		73.6	74.4	67.2	79.1	85.8	81.3	66.7	$26,397	$2,445	$23,952

Frequently Asked Questions about Is 61 William A Morris

How many students attend Is 61 William A Morris?

In the 2024-25 school year, 871 students attended Is 61 William A Morris.

Is Is 61 William A Morris a good school?

Is 61 William A Morris ranks in the bottom 10.1% of New York middle schools.

What high school do graduates of Is 61 William A Morris attend?

Students who attend Is 61 William A Morris usually go on to attend Curtis High School

What is the racial makeup of Is 61 William A Morris?

Students at Is 61 William A Morris are 50% Hispanic, 32% African American, 10% White, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more races, 1% American Indian.

What district is Is 61 William A Morris in?

New York City Geographic District #31

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