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School Performance Data

Grade 6 Reading — All High-Minority Public Schools
Grouped by County and Ranked in Descending Order
Based on Spring 1996 Reading Test Scores

County/Borough District School Name % above
minimum		 % above
Mastery
ALBANY Albany Arbor Hill ES 68% 28%
Albany Philip Livingston Magnet Acad 66% 28%
Albany School 20 65% 12%
Albany Philip Schuyler ES 62% 19%
Albany Giffen Memorial School 51% 12%
ERIE Buffalo Herman Badillo Comm. School 88% 24%
Buffalo PS 38 78% 47%
Buffalo PS 63 Campus North 78% 18%
Buffalo PS 57 74% 26%
Buffalo PS 71 68% 45%
Buffalo PS 53 66% 11%
Buffalo PS 68 66% 17%
Buffalo PS 80 64% 31%
Buffalo PS 74 Hamlin Park ES 27% 6%
HAMILTON Raquette Lake Raquette Lake ES 100% 0%
MONROE Rochester School 2 Clara Barton 88% 16%
Rochester School 16 John Walton Spencer 87% 24%
Rochester School 37 Lewis H Morgan 83% 12%
Rochester School 19 Dr. Charles T. Lunsford 80% 16%
Rochester School 39 Andrew J Townson 77% 28%
Rochester School 4 George Mather Forbes 76% 31%
Rochester Charlotte MS 62% 15%
Rochester Nathaniel Rochester Comm. School (6-8) 61% 10%
Rochester School 44 Lincoln Park 57% 15%
Rochester Dr. Freddie Thomas Learning Ctr. 57% 15%
Rochester School 29 Adlai E. Stevenson 56% 8%
Rochester Thomas Jefferson MS 56% 15%
NASSAU Uniondale Walnut Street School 99% 58%
Uniondale Smith Street School 96% 40%
Uniondale California Ave - Cornelius Ct Comple 93% 52%
Roosevelt Ulysses Byas ES 93% 19%
Elmont Gotham Ave School 87% 55%
Hempstead Fulton School 84% 26%
Uniondale Northern Parkway School 82% 34%
NASSAU, cont'd. Roosevelt Centennial Ave School 80% 24%
Westbury Westbury MS 80% 33%
Uniondale Grand Ave School 79% 35%
Roosevelt Washington Rose School 74% 26%
Hempstead Jackson School 72% 33%
Hempstead Franklin School 70% 20%
Hempstead Prospect School 63% 24%
Hempstead Marguerite Golden Rhodes School 58% 21%
MANHATTAN 6 PS / IS 223 Mott Hall 99% 79%
4 PS 171 Patrick Henry School 91% 52%
6 IS 287 87% 47%
4 PS 83 Luis Munoz Rivera School 85% 31%
2 PS 124 Yung Wing School 84% 54%
2 PS 126 Jacob Riis School 84% 35%
1 PS 110 Florence Nightingale School 82% 46%
2 PS / IS 217 81% 36%
2 PS 42 Benjamin Altman School 80% 44%
1 PS 142 Amalia Castro School 79% 29%
2 PS 130 The DeSoto School 77% 31%
4 PS 206 75% 32%
1 PS 19 Asher Levy School 74% 43%
6 Is 164 E. W. Stitt IS 73% 23%
1 PS 63 William McKinley School 71% 19%
2 PS 2 Meyer London School 71% 40%
1 PS 20 Anna Silver School 70% 34%
5 PS 133 Fred Moore School 69% 31%
1 PS 34 Franklin D. Roosevelt School 67% 20%
4 PS 146 Anna M. Short School 67% 14%
5 PS 125 Ralph Bunche School 67% 29%
5 PS 194 Countee Cullen School 67% 13%
1 PS 140 Nathan Straus School 66% 26%
3 JHS 54 Booker T. Washington JHS 66% 40%
6 IS 143 E. Roosevelt JHS 66% 21%
2 PS 198 Isador & Ida Straus School 65% 19%
3 Is 44 William J. O'Shea IS 65% 23%
4 PS 108 Peter Minuit School 64% 14%
1 PS 134 Henrietta Szold School 63% 15%
2 PS 33 Chelsea School 63% 12%
4 PS 101 63% 15%
4 PS 121 Galileo School 62% 13%
5 PS 123 Mahalia Jackson School 62% 16%
2 PS 1 Alfred E. Smith School 60% 25%
4 PS 50 Vito Marcantonio School 59% 7%
4 PS 96 Joseph C. Lanzetta School 59% 10%
5 PS 46 Tappan School 58% 20%
5 PS 200 James McCune School 58% 11%
2 PS 111 Adolph S. Ochs School 57% 14%
1 PS 61 Anna Howard Shaw School 56% 19%
3 JHS 118 Joan of Arc JHS 56% 19%
4 PS 72 54% 11%
4 PS 7 M. Samuel Stern School 53% 16%
5 PS 129 John H. Finley School 51% 7%
5 PS 161 Pedro Albizu Campus School 50% 20%
4 PS 57 James W. Johnson School 49% 21%
4 PS 102 Cartier School 49% 15%
1 PS 64 Robert Simon School 48% 8%
5 PS 92 Mary M. Bethune School 48% 20%
5 PS 197 John B. Russworm School 48% 14%
5 PS 30 Ralph Hernandez/Langston Hughes 47% 12%
6 PS 528 Bea Fuller Rogers School 47% 13%
1 PS 137 John L. Bernstein School 46% 16%
3 IS 88 Wadleigh IS 45% 8%
5 IS 195 Roberto Clemente School 45% 5%
5 JHS 275 43% 16%
6 IS 52 Inwood Jhs 43% 15%
6 IS 218 Salome Urena Middle Academies 43% 6%
6 PS 252 Mc Burney School 43% 8%
6 IS 90 42% 9%
1 PS 15 Roberto Clemente School 40% 0%
4 PS 155 William Paca School 38% 14%
33 IS 136 Thurgood Marshall IS 37% 4%
1 PS 97 Mangin School 35% 9%
BRONX 7 PS 31 William Lloyd Garrison School 100% 82%
11 IS 181 77% 43%
7 PS 154 Jonathan D. Hyatt School 75% 20%
12 PS 211 73% 16%
7 PS 157 Grove Hill School 71% 15%
11 Is 180 N. E. Educ Park IS 70% 25%
7 PS 43 Jonas Bronck School 67% 17%
7 Is 162 L. Rodriguez De Tio School 66% 17%
10 PS / MS 95 66% 28%
10 MS 118 W. W. Niles MS 66% 36%
8 PS 75 65% 19%
10 PS 51 64% 45%
11 JHS 135 F. D. Whalen JHS 64% 20%
11 IS 144 Michelangelo IS 62% 24%
8 PS 146 Edward J. Collins School 61% 4%
8 PS 152 61% 27%
9 PS 2 Morrisania School 61% 18%
12 PS 61 61% 15%
9 PS 55 60% 18%
8 IS 131 Albert Einstein School 59% 16%
12 PS 67 59% 12%
12 PS 150 Charles James Fox School 57% 9%
7 PS 5 Port Morris School 56% 10%
12 PS 50 Clara Barton School 56% 10%
11 JHS 142 J. P. Sousa JHS 55% 17%
12 IS 158 Theodore Gathings School 55% 11%
11 JHS 127 Castle Hill JHS 54% 17%
12 PS 44 David G. Farragut School 54% 11%
8 IS 174 E. T. Maleska IS 53% 17%
9 PS 58 53% 11%
10 MS 80 Mosholu Parkway School 53% 15%
10 PS 86 53% 18%
10 PS 246 53% 17%
12 IS 98 H. Ridder Campus 51% 16%
10 PS 159 50% 23%
11 JHS 113 Richard R. Green JHS 50% 16%
12 PS 66 49% 18%
9 JHS 145 A. Toscanini JHS 48% 13%
10 MS 45 Thomas C. Giordano School 48% 13%
9 IS 166 Roberto Clemente 47% 10%
9 IS 229 Dr. Roland N. Patterson 47% 8%
7 PS 25 Bilingual School 46% 0%
7 PS 40 Saw Mill Brook School 46% 13%
12 PS 134 George F. Bristow School 46% 15%
7 PS 161 Ponce De Leon School 45% 10%
9 JHS 117 Joseph H. Wade JHS 45% 9%
10 MS 143 J. P. Tetard School 45% 12%
10 MS 206 45% 15%
8 JHS 123 J. M. Kiernan JHS 44% 6%
12 PS 102 Joseph O. Loretan School 44% 18%
8 JHS 125 Henry Hudson JHS 43% 13%
9 JHS 82 Macombs JHS 43% 9%
12 IS 200 43% 4%
7 PS 27 St Mary's Park School 42% 10%
12 PS 6 West Farms School 42% 14%
7 IS 183 Paul Robeson School 41% 6%
10 PS 26 Burnside Ave School 41% 5%
12 IS 116 Rafael Hernandez School 41% 11%
7 IS 139 A. Burger IS 40% 6%
8 PS 164 40% 9%
9 IS 147 Diana Sands 40% 9%
7 PS 65 36% 9%
8 PS 140 Eagle School 36% 6%
9 JJS 22 J. L. Mott JHS 36% 12%
7 PS 49 Willis Ave School 35% 4%
10 PS 79 35% 11%
12 PS 129 Twins Parks US 35% 7%
9 PS 64 Pura Belpre 34% 11%
10 MS 115 E. B. Browning MS 34% 6%
9 PS 235 Rafael Hernandez Bilingual 33% 8%
9 IS 148 C. A. Drew IS 30% 5%
7 IS 184 Bilingual IS 29% 3%
12 IS 193 29% 5%
8 IS 74 Peninsula School 28% 4%
10 PS / MS 306 27% 6%
10 MS 137 26% 4%
10 PS / MS 3 23% 5%
10 PS / MS 15 20% 0%
12 PS 212 20% 0%
BROOKLYN 17 PS 161 100% 86%
17 IS 394 Mary McLeod Bethune IS 100% 0%
19 JHS 166 Gershwin JHS 100% 74%
32 IS 383 Philip Schuyler School 97% 71%
16 PS 308 Clara Cardwell School 93% 43%
13 PS 8 Robert Fulton School 85% 51%
13 PS 282 Park Slope ES 83% 38%
13 PS 287 Dr. Bailey K. Ashford School 83% 19%
13 JHS 265 S.S. McKinney JHS 82% 26%
16 PS 21 Crispus Attucks School 82% 22%
13 PS 44 Israel Putnam School 80% 34%
13 PS 3 Bedford Village School 79% 22%
15 PS 15 Patrick F. Daly School 78% 15%
14 PS 120 Carlos Tapia School 77% 40%
19 PS 174 Dumont School 77% 20%
14 PS 19 Roberto Clemente School 76% 34%
15 PS 172 Gowanus School 76% 26%
13 PS 20 Clinton Hill School 75% 30%
14 PS 147 Issac Remsen ES 75% 41%
17 PS 138 75% 28%
17 PS 189 75% 35%
16 PS 40 George W. Carver School 74% 10%
15 PS 131 73% 26%
19 PS 260 Breuckelen School 73% 24%
13 JHS 258 David Ruggles JHS 72% 24%
14 PS 196 The Ten Eyck School 72% 44%
13 PS 11 Purvis J. Behan School 70% 30%
17 PS 167 Parkway School 70% 25%
18 IS 211 J. Wilson JHS 69% 25%
14 ISs 71 Juan Morel Campos IS 68% 20%
15 MS 88 P. Rouget MS 68% 26%
19 PS 346 Abe Stark School 68% 34%
13 PS 56 Lewis Latimer School 67% 16%
13 PS 67 Charles A. Dorsey School 67% 28%
13 PS 93 William H. Prescott School 67% 17%
13 PS 270 DeKalb School 67% 21%
14 PS 17 Woodworth ES 67% 28%
15 PS 10 Louisa M. Alcott School 67% 29%
15 PS 32 Sprole School 67% 29%
15 PS 38 The Pacific School 67% 18%
16 PS 25 Eubie Blake School 67% 13%
17 PS 12 67% 34%
18 Is 285 Meyer Levin JHS 67% 24%
23 PS 332 Charles Hamilton Houston School 66% 10%
13 PS 9 Teunis G. Bergen School 65% 17%
19 PS 65 The Little Red School House 65% 14%
16 PS 81 Thaddeus Stevens School 64% 25%
19 PS 202 Ernest S. Jenkins School 64% 9%
14 ISs 318 E.M. Dehostos IS 63% 23%
19 PS 273 Wortman School 62% 19%
23 PS 183 Gen. D. Chappie James School 62% 20%
18 IS 232 Winthrop JHS 61% 22%
16 PS 262 El Haj Malik Shabazz 60% 9%
16 PS 335 60% 14%
23 PS 41 Walter F. White School 60% 18%
15 PS 124 Silas B. Dutcher School 59% 19%
16 PS 5 Ronald E. McNair School 59% 14%
19 PS 213 The New Lots School 59% 18%
15 PS 261 Philip Livingston School 58% 25%
16 PS 309 George E. Wibecan School 58% 23%
14 PS 16 Leonard Dunkly School 57% 16%
19 IS 292 Margaret S. Douglas School 57% 20%
20 IS 62 Ditmas IS 56% 16%
20 IS 220 J. J Pershing IS 56% 18%
16 PS 35 S. Decatur School 55% 12%
19 PS 13 Roberto Clemente School 55% 25%
23 PS 165 John Lott School 55% 11%
23 IS 271 John M. Coleman School 55% 12%
13 PS 133 James A. Butler School 54% 21%
23 PS 73 William J. Morrison School 54% 11%
16 PS 243 Weeksville School 53% 18%
23 PS 298 The Glenmore School 53% 8%
13 PS 46 Edward C. Blum School 51% 18%
17 PS 191 Paul Robeson School 51% 11%
19 PS 306 Ethan Allen School 51% 16%
19 PS 328 C. Phyllis Wheatley School 51% 15%
19 PS 72 Annette P. Goldman School 50% 14%
19 IS 218 J. P. Sinnott IS 50% 15%
19 PS 345 Patrolman R. Bolden School 50% 10%
13 PS 305 Dr. Peter Ray School 49% 11%
23 JHS 263 Esther Clark Hunter JHS 49% 15%
23 JHS 275 Thelma Hamilton JHS 49% 9%
14 PS 23 Carter G. Woodson School 48% 10%
19 IS 171 A. Lincoln IS 48% 11%
32 IS 111 Enrico Fermi IS 48% 6%
16 PS 28 The Warren School 47% 12%
19 PS 149 Danny Kaye School 47% 11%
15 PS 27 Agnes Y. Humphrey School 46% 11%
16 PS 304 The Pulaski School 45% 20%
17 IS 2 45% 9%
17 IS 391 Mahalia Jackson IS 45% 10%
19 IS 302 Rafael Cordero School 45% 11%
32 JHS 162 Willoughby JHS 45% 9%
13 PS 307 D. H. Williams School 44% 15%
23 PS 284 Lew Wallace School 44% 4%
13 PS 54 Samuel C. Barnes School 43% 11%
14 PS 84 Jose De Diego School 43% 13%
16 PS 26 Jesse Owens School 43% 16%
13 PS 256 Benjamin Banneker School 42% 16%
17 IS 61 Atwell IS 41% 7%
17 IS 320 41% 6%
17 IS 390 41% 12%
15 MS 136 C. O. Dewey MS 40% 6%
17 IS 246 Walt Whitman IS 40% 7%
19 PS 158 Warwick School 40% 10%
18 IS 252 A.S. Somers JHS 39% 5%
14 IS 33 Mark Hopkins IS 37% 11%
19 PS 224 The Old Mill School 37% 5%
21 PS 288 Shirley Tanyhill School 37% 5%
14 IS 49 W.J. Gaynor IS 36% 5%
23 IS 55 Ocean Hill IS 35% 8%
32 IS 291 35% 5%
32 JHS 296 Halsey JHS 33% 3%
19 PS 190 29% 6%
32 IS 300 0% 0%
QUEENS 25 PS 163 88% 59%
29 PS 131 Abigail Adams School 87% 44%
27 PS 66 Oxford School 85% 46%
29 PS 38 Rosedale School 85% 29%
29 PS 195 William Haberle School 85% 45%
29 PS 138 Sunrise School 84% 29%
30 PS 152 - Gwendoline N. Alleyne School 83% 13%
25 PS 154 81% 29%
27 PS 124 81% 40%
25 PS 22 Thomas Jefferson School 80% 30%
28 PS 160 Walter F. Bishop School 79% 38%
25 PS 20 Bowne ES 78% 41%
28 PS 121 78% 36%
25 PS 24 Andrew Jackson School 77% 34%
28 PS 55 The Maure School 77% 38%
30 PS 11 Kathryn Phelan School 77% 44%
28 PS 50 Talfourd Lawn School 76% 14%
25 PS 120 75% 36%
27 PS 223 74% 32%
28 PS 54 Hillside Ave School 74% 18%
29 PS 156 the Laurelton School 74% 34%
29 PS 181 Brookfield School 73% 26%
27 PS 96 71% 19%
27 PS 100 Glen Morris School 70% 32%
27 PS 108 69% 25%
27 PS 183 Beach Park School 68% 27%
28 PS 80 Robert W. Higbie School 68% 18%
29 Is 109 Jean Nuzzi School 68% 28%
28 PS 140 Edward Ellington School 66% 17%
27 PS 45 Clarence E. Witherspoon School 65% 22%
29 PS 52 65% 28%
30 IS 145 J. Pulitzer IS 65% 25%
24 IS 125 Woodside IS 63% 29%
29 IS 59 Springfield Gardens School 63% 28%
24 IS 73 W. Cowper IS 62% 28%
28 PS 40 Samuel Huntington School 62% 18%
28 PS 82 The Hammond School 62% 13%
28 PS 48 William Wordsworth School 61% 24%
29 PS 37 Springfield School 61% 20%
28 PS 86 59% 26%
29 Is 238 Susan B. Anthony School 57% 18%
30 Is 204 O. W. Holmes School 56% 20%
28 PS 30 55% 18%
27 PS 155 54% 16%
27 IS 53 52% 15%
30 IS 126 Astoria IS 51% 18%
27 PS 123 50% 24%
27 PS 42 R. Vernam School 49% 14%
29 IS 192 Linden IS 47% 11%
27 JHS 198 B. M. Cardozo JHS 43% 8%
30 PS 127 East Elmhurst School 43% 13%
24 IS 61 Leonardo Da Vinci IS 40% 12%
NIAGARA Niagara-Wheatfield Tuscarora ES 100% 54%
ONONDAGA LaFayette Onondaga Nation School 100% 44%
Syracuse Beard School 78% 11%
SUFFOLK Central Islip Charles A. Mulligan School 93% 36%
Wyandanch Milton L. Olive MS 55% 12%
WESTCHESTER Mount Vernon Longfellow School 98% 26%
Mount Vernon Traphagen School 98% 62%
Mount Vernon Hamilton School 94% 25%
Mount Vernon Washington School 94% 34%
Mount Vernon Edward Williams School 92% 28%
Mount Vernon Cecil H. Parker School 90% 23%
Mount Vernon Graham School 90% 28%
Elmsford Alice E. Grady ES 82% 24%
Yonkers School 16 82% 21%
Yonkers School 14 81% 25%
Yonkers Enrico Fermi School - Perf Arts 71% 11%
Yonkers School 5 67% 20%
Yonkers Eugenio Maria De Hostos Microsociety 42% 9%

All data courtesy New York State Department of Education.

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