Is Ps 87 William Sherman a good school?

Yes! Ps 87 William Sherman is one of the best elementary schools in the state. It ranks 65 th of 2445 New York elementary schools.

How many students attend Ps 87 William Sherman?

In the 2023-24 school year, 726 students attended Ps 87 William Sherman.

What is the racial makeup of Ps 87 William Sherman?

Students at Ps 87 William Sherman are 59% White, 19% Hispanic, 10% Two or more races, 9% Asian, 3% African American.

Ps 87 William Sherman

Summary:

PS 87 William Sherman is an exceptional elementary school in New York City's District 3, serving 667 students from pre-kindergarten to 5th grade. This top-ranked school has consistently outperformed the district and state averages in academic proficiency, making it a standout institution in the New York education landscape.

PS 87 William Sherman's academic performance is truly impressive, with 92.11% of 5th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts (ELA) in the 2023-2024 school year, compared to just 62.29% in District 3 and 43.68% statewide. The school also excels in serving diverse student populations, with top-100 rankings for female, male, white, and special education students in New York state. Additionally, the school's low student-teacher ratio of 14.8 and high per-student spending of $18,617 in 2022-2023 likely contribute to its strong academic outcomes.

While PS 87 William Sherman is a standout, it is not the only high-performing elementary school in the area. Nearby schools like PS 166 Richard Rogers School Of The Arts & Science (The) and PS 9 Sarah Anderson also demonstrate exceptional academic performance, suggesting a concentration of quality elementary education options in the local area. However, the low percentage of free/reduced lunch recipients at PS 87 William Sherman (10.94%) may raise questions about the school's accessibility and equity for students from lower-income families, an issue that warrants further investigation.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

160 W 78th St
New York, NY 10024-6701

(212) 678-2826

District: New York City Geographic District # 3

SchoolDigger Rank:
65^th of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $18,617

Student/teacher ratio: 15.8

Number of students: 726

Racial breakdown:

White:

59.4%

Hispanic:

19.1%

Two or more races:

9.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 14.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Ps 87 William Sherman ranks better than 97.3% of elementary schools in New York. It also ranks 3^rd among 19 ranked elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District # 3. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 95.88. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Ps 87 William Sherman has the largest elementary school student body size in the New York City Geographic District # 3. Racial makeup is: White (59.4%), Hispanic (19.1%), two or more races (9.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 14.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ps 87 William Sherman is 15.8. 15 elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District # 3 have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Ps 87 William Sherman employs 45.8 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ps 87 William Sherman is $18,617. 15 elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District # 3 spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Ps 87 William Sherman:

SchoolDigger ranks Ps 87 William Sherman 65^th of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See Ps 87 William Sherman in the ranking list.)

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New York City Geographic District # 3:

SchoolDigger ranks New York City Geographic District # 3 494^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Ps 87 William Sherman

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Rank History for all students at Ps 87 William Sherman

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	76.27	470^th	2206	78.7%
2007	73.27	620^th	2219	72.1%
2008	76.55	448^th	2227	79.9%
2009	75.62	476^th	2257	78.9%
2010	84.02	215^th	2263	90.5%
2011	88.03	144^th	2286	93.7%
2012	88.24	136^th	2320	94.1%
2013	94.12	60^th	2325	97.4%
2014	95.49	33^rd	2345	98.6%
2015	93.88	54^th	2352	97.7%
2016	91.77	97^th	2366	95.9%
2017	91.77	119^th	2386	95.0%
2018	93.00	84^th	2395	96.5%
2019	94.26	99^th	2413	95.9%
2021	87.07	196^th	2201	91.1%
2022	96.49	32^nd	2434	98.7%
2023	93.47	136^th	2439	94.4%
2024	95.88	65^th	2445	97.3%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Ps 87 William Sherman

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	95.92	4^th	202	98.0%
2019	92.18	8^th	180	95.6%
2021	76.01	45^th	143	68.5%
2023	93.37	13^th	223	94.2%
2024	89.10	29^th	279	89.6%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Ps 87 William Sherman

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	47.85	424^th	1001	57.6%
2024	47.51	431^st	1066	59.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Ps 87 William Sherman

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	95.80	44^th	1941	97.7%
2019	94.49	60^th	1859	96.8%
2021	76.69	141^st	1044	86.5%
2022	95.52	40^th	2031	98.0%
2023	96.13	51^st	2016	97.5%
2024	95.52	59^th	2110	97.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ps 87 William Sherman

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	87.07	156^th	2045	92.4%
2019	89.95	142^nd	2032	93.0%
2022	68.24	493^rd	2099	76.5%
2023	63.78	580^th	2041	71.6%
2024	70.81	445^th	2078	78.6%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Ps 87 William Sherman

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	42.60	403^rd	766	47.4%

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Rank History for Female students at Ps 87 William Sherman

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	91.28	93^rd	2338	96.0%
2019	91.85	127^th	2357	94.6%
2021	84.27	209^th	1955	89.3%
2022	95.85	32^nd	2401	98.7%
2023	91.64	164^th	2403	93.2%
2024	95.26	67^th	2413	97.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Ps 87 William Sherman

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	92.96	73^rd	2340	96.9%
2019	95.19	69^th	2358	97.1%
2021	85.67	189^th	1961	90.4%
2022	95.75	35^th	2400	98.5%
2023	93.15	111^th	2400	95.4%
2024	94.83	74^th	2411	96.9%

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Rank History for Asian students at Ps 87 William Sherman

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	72.83	145^th	601	75.9%
2019	77.32	98^th	548	82.1%
2021	54.18	239^th	430	44.4%
2022	81.54	86^th	671	87.2%
2024	82.26	88^th	662	86.7%

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Rank History for African American students at Ps 87 William Sherman

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	83.64	115^th	948	87.9%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Ps 87 William Sherman

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	87.30	97^th	1392	93.0%
2019	89.32	92^nd	1315	93.0%
2021	87.40	59^th	818	92.8%
2022	94.64	50^th	1503	96.7%
2023	78.32	207^th	1429	85.5%
2024	83.70	173^rd	1531	88.7%

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Rank History for White students at Ps 87 William Sherman

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	88.84	60^th	1408	95.7%
2019	90.74	67^th	1338	95.0%
2021	79.75	196^th	1224	84.0%
2022	93.85	21^st	1399	98.5%
2023	92.33	46^th	1337	96.6%
2024	94.58	31^st	1392	97.8%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: NY State Education Department

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by a student
Wednesday, November 2, 2016

I went to this school for three years. Before moving to a different state and changing schools I never realize what a bad situation I was in at William Sherman. I had a problem in my my mouth which made my tooth look a little weird this led to relentless bullying kids had thrown rocks and sticks at me called me ugly to my face and even my third grade teachers basically called me up to their desks in the middle of class work and had me show them my tooth one teacher then told the other " Wouldn't you like to look at that all day" My own teachers had called my disgusting to my face almost every day my mom had to write the school a note telling the principal and my teachers about a bullying situation. Close Quote

by a parent
Wednesday, March 4, 2015

The Dual Language program in this school is amazing and feel extremely lucky to be part of it.
The fact that my daughter will be bilingual from a public school education is notable and commend worthy. More schools should have programs such as this. Language is a powerful tool. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Ps 87 William Sherman

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	529	215	60	245	2	n/a	n/a	1051
1990	571	200	68	246	0	n/a	n/a	1085
1991	571	207	81	237	0	n/a	n/a	1096
1992	554	220	90	263	0	n/a	n/a	1127
1993	549	211	82	255	1	n/a	n/a	1098
1994	529	239	85	256	3	n/a	n/a	1112
1995	513	259	79	235	6	n/a	n/a	1092
1996	513	259	79	235	6	n/a	n/a	1092
1997	508	254	75	235	6	n/a	n/a	1078
1998	472	249	79	222	6	n/a	n/a	1028
1999	457	224	64	213	1	n/a	n/a	959
2000	424	222	58	219	1	n/a	n/a	924
2001	426	209	59	208	1	n/a	n/a	903
2002	396	198	77	225	1	n/a	n/a	897
2003	396	198	77	225	1	n/a	n/a	897
2004	406	196	73	224	1	n/a	n/a	900
2005	407	195	74	227	1	n/a	n/a	904
2006	406	192	73	217	1	n/a	n/a	889
2007	434	165	73	201	1	n/a	n/a	874
2008	493	151	62	191	2	n/a	n/a	899
2009	536	143	52	182	6	n/a	n/a	919
2010	623	127	66	184	4	n/a	n/a	1004
2011	653	100	65	158	4	0	0	980
2012	662	76	70	145	5	1	4	963
2013	647	57	64	140	7	2	32	949
2014	608	43	65	132	7	0	47	902
2015	572	41	59	129	4	0	55	860
2016	553	42	58	126	6	0	76	861
2017	550	52	55	125	5	4	82	873
2018	565	36	55	124	4	10	87	881
2019	580	32	61	128	3	8	83	895
2020	574	23	54	135	1	8	77	872
2021	425	21	44	107	1	7	78	683
2022	373	18	51	107	0	6	74	629
2023	398	17	61	114	0	4	73	667
2024	431	20	63	139	2	0	71	726

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Ps 87 William Sherman

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	1051	50.6	20.7	n/a
1990	1085	53.9	20.1	n/a
1991	1096	53.9	20.3	n/a
1992	1127	56.9	19.8	n/a
1993	1098	56.0	19.6	n/a
1994	1112	58.0	19.2	n/a
1995	1092	57.0	19.2	n/a
1996	1092	57.0	19.2	n/a
1997	1078	58.0	18.6	23.2
1998	1028	57.0	18.0	26.6
1999	959	57.5	16.7	23.5
2000	924	56.7	16.3	29.5
2001	903	55.5	16.3	28.9
2002	897	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	897	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	900	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	904	55.0	16.4	0
2006	889	51.0	17.4	49.4
2007	874	54.5	16.0	21.6
2008	899	57.0	15.8	19.4
2009	919	58.2	15.8	16.4
2010	1004	59.8	16.7	n/a
2011	980	64.3	15.2	12.3
2012	963	60.2	15.9	9.1
2013	949	61.0	15.5	9.4
2014	902	59.0	15.2	8.5
2015	860	55.0	15.6	9.2
2016	861	61.0	14.1	7
2017	873	55.7	15.6	8.7
2018	881	63.0	13.9	11.7
2019	895	62.0	14.4	10.2
2020	872	56.9	15.3	8
2021	683	50.0	13.6	10.4
2022	629	47.8	13.1	11
2023	667	44.8	14.8	10.9
2024	726	45.8	15.8	14.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Ps 87 William Sherman

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	1051	50.6	20.7	n/a
1990	1085	53.9	20.1	n/a
1991	1096	53.9	20.3	n/a
1992	1127	56.9	19.8	n/a
1993	1098	56.0	19.6	n/a
1994	1112	58.0	19.2	n/a
1995	1092	57.0	19.2	n/a
1996	1092	57.0	19.2	n/a
1997	1078	58.0	18.6	23.2
1998	1028	57.0	18.0	26.6
1999	959	57.5	16.7	23.5
2000	924	56.7	16.3	29.5
2001	903	55.5	16.3	28.9
2002	897	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	897	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	900	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	904	55.0	16.4	0
2006	889	51.0	17.4	49.4
2007	874	54.5	16.0	21.6
2008	899	57.0	15.8	19.4
2009	919	58.2	15.8	16.4
2010	1004	59.8	16.7	n/a
2011	980	64.3	15.2	12.3
2012	963	60.2	15.9	9.1
2013	949	61.0	15.5	9.4
2014	902	59.0	15.2	8.5
2015	860	55.0	15.6	9.2
2016	861	61.0	14.1	7
2017	873	55.7	15.6	8.7
2018	881	63.0	13.9	11.7
2019	895	62.0	14.4	10.2
2020	872	56.9	15.3	8
2021	683	50.0	13.6	10.4
2022	629	47.8	13.1	11
2023	667	44.8	14.8	10.9
2024	726	45.8	15.8	14.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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