Is David N Dinkins School a good school?

David N Dinkins School ranks 937 th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend David N Dinkins School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 446 students attended David N Dinkins School.

What is the racial makeup of David N Dinkins School?

Students at David N Dinkins School are 34% African American, 32% Asian, 28% Hispanic, 3% American Indian, 2% White.

What schools do graduates of David N Dinkins School attend?

Students who attend David N Dinkins School usually go on to attend: Middle : Emerson School (The) Middle : Junior High School 8 Richard S Grossley

David N Dinkins School

Summary:

David N Dinkins School is an elementary school located in Jamaica, New York, serving 408 students in grades PK-5. This school is part of the New York City Geographic District #28, which is ranked 429 out of 865 districts in New York and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

David N Dinkins School consistently outperforms the district and state in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math assessments across grades 3-5, with proficiency rates ranging from 50% to 62.9% in ELA and 45.31% to 71.43% in Math, compared to the district's 50.37% to 59.28% in ELA and 57.46% to 66.67% in Math. The school's performance is particularly strong for its African American and English Language Learner (ELL) student populations, ranking in the top 25% and 20% of New York elementary schools, respectively. The school also serves a high-need student population, with a high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients and a relatively low student-teacher ratio.

When compared to other nearby elementary schools in the same district, such as PS 50 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School, PS/IS 116 William C Hughley, and PS 182 Samantha Smith, David N Dinkins School generally outperforms its peers in academic assessments, particularly in Math. This suggests the school is providing a more effective educational experience for its diverse student population.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

108-29 155th St
Jamaica, NY 11433-1914

(718) 558-6700

District: New York City Geographic District #28

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $21,146

Students who attend David N Dinkins School usually attend:

Middle:	Emerson School (The)
	Junior High School 8 Richard S Grossley

Student/teacher ratio: 13.4

Number of students: 446

Racial breakdown:

African American:

34.1%

Asian:

31.6%

Hispanic:

28.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 91%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details David N Dinkins School ranks better than 61.7% of elementary schools in New York. It also ranks 13^th among 27 ranked elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #28. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 58.53. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at David N Dinkins School is diverse. Racial makeup is: African American (34.1%), Asian (31.6%), Hispanic (28.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 91% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at David N Dinkins School is 13.4, which is the 9^th best among 27 elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #28. (See more...)

Compare David N Dinkins School employs 33.2 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at David N Dinkins School is $21,146, which is the 4^th highest among 27 elementary schools in the New York City Geographic District #28.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

David N Dinkins School:

SchoolDigger ranks David N Dinkins School 937^th of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See David N Dinkins School in the ranking list.)

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New York City Geographic District #28:

SchoolDigger ranks New York City Geographic District #28 429^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all students at David N Dinkins School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	31.85	1691^st	2206	23.3%
2007	30.26	1714^th	2219	22.8%
2008	26.65	1807^th	2227	18.9%
2009	29.16	1830^th	2257	18.9%
2010	14.73	2041^st	2263	9.8%
2011	21.92	1893^rd	2286	17.2%
2012	23.71	1890^th	2320	18.5%
2013	19.21	1993^rd	2325	14.3%
2014	28.16	1760^th	2345	24.9%
2015	36.46	1535^th	2352	34.7%
2016	49.65	1197^th	2366	49.4%
2017	39.87	1446^th	2386	39.4%
2018	43.76	1372^nd	2395	42.7%
2019	50.15	1158^th	2413	52.0%
2021	44.67	1224^th	2201	44.4%
2022	56.55	1010^th	2434	58.5%
2023	51.88	1110^th	2439	54.5%
2024	58.53	937^th	2445	61.7%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at David N Dinkins School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	50.69	371^st	938	60.4%
2019	58.28	222^nd	860	74.2%
2021	66.82	101^st	454	77.8%
2022	60.16	265^th	1027	74.2%
2023	38.10	594^th	1001	40.7%
2024	67.41	182^nd	1066	82.9%

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Rank History for Special Education students at David N Dinkins School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	54.51	639^th	1941	67.1%
2019	60.04	458^th	1859	75.4%
2022	47.77	854^th	2031	58.0%
2023	47.82	839^th	2016	58.4%
2024	57.22	634^th	2110	70.0%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at David N Dinkins School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	55.65	758^th	2045	62.9%
2019	63.62	572^nd	2032	71.9%
2022	67.40	511^th	2099	75.7%
2023	63.16	588^th	2041	71.2%
2024	52.82	834^th	2078	59.9%

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Rank History for Homeless students at David N Dinkins School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	62.35	200^th	730	72.6%
2019	44.37	310^th	570	45.6%
2021	66.54	17^th	70	75.7%
2022	70.12	121^st	622	80.5%
2023	52.28	260^th	637	59.2%
2024	55.20	263^rd	766	65.7%

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Rank History for Female students at David N Dinkins School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	47.81	1265^th	2338	45.9%
2019	55.14	1021^st	2357	56.7%
2021	36.78	1282^nd	1955	34.4%
2022	60.01	894^th	2401	62.8%
2023	48.32	1208^th	2403	49.7%
2024	64.52	753^rd	2413	68.8%

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Rank History for Male students at David N Dinkins School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	40.85	1417^th	2340	39.4%
2019	46.77	1221^st	2358	48.2%
2021	47.76	1022^nd	1961	47.9%
2022	52.96	1074^th	2400	55.3%
2023	54.85	1025^th	2400	57.3%
2024	50.80	1131^st	2411	53.1%

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Rank History for Asian students at David N Dinkins School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	34.80	451^st	601	25.0%
2019	44.93	367^th	548	33.0%
2021	44.90	286^th	430	33.5%
2022	61.34	300^th	671	55.3%
2023	38.54	427^th	605	29.4%
2024	55.47	329^th	662	50.3%

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Rank History for African American students at David N Dinkins School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	64.56	256^th	948	73.0%
2019	67.62	217^th	891	75.6%
2021	57.75	142^nd	427	66.7%
2022	70.12	231^st	936	75.3%
2023	67.57	216^th	857	74.8%
2024	72.17	196^th	927	78.9%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at David N Dinkins School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	38.18	881^st	1392	36.7%
2019	47.08	633^rd	1315	51.9%
2021	28.07	631^st	818	22.9%
2022	65.57	410^th	1503	72.7%
2023	51.87	618^th	1429	56.8%
2024	40.73	874^th	1531	42.9%

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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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Enrollment information for David N Dinkins School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	1	347	0	19	1	n/a	n/a	0	368
1990	0	335	3	20	1	n/a	n/a	0	359
1991	0	335	1	13	0	n/a	n/a	31	380
1992	0	367	1	19	1	n/a	n/a	0	388
1993	3	336	4	33	4	n/a	n/a	0	380
1994	5	349	2	25	4	n/a	n/a	0	385
1995	3	367	2	30	4	n/a	n/a	0	406
1996	3	367	2	30	4	n/a	n/a	0	406
1997	3	360	2	39	5	n/a	n/a	0	409
1998	5	362	3	44	4	n/a	n/a	0	418
1999	7	340	2	42	1	n/a	n/a	0	392
2000	4	357	7	30	0	n/a	n/a	0	398
2001	7	344	7	19	2	n/a	n/a	0	379
2002	6	351	10	26	5	n/a	n/a	0	398
2003	6	351	10	26	5	n/a	n/a	0	398
2004	6	342	10	44	6	n/a	n/a	0	408
2005	5	314	18	44	5	n/a	n/a	0	386
2006	9	332	12	66	8	n/a	n/a	0	427
2007	4	285	22	48	5	n/a	n/a	0	364
2008	5	275	25	43	4	n/a	n/a	0	352
2009	8	267	32	52	5	n/a	n/a	0	364
2010	9	269	39	53	7	n/a	n/a	0	377
2011	10	252	40	59	7	0	0	0	368
2012	2	281	37	61	8	2	5	0	396
2013	0	348	46	67	14	1	5	0	481
2014	0	350	64	68	17	0	4	0	503
2015	3	384	59	87	20	0	10	0	563
2016	5	386	76	97	13	0	11	0	588
2017	7	362	97	118	22	2	13	0	621
2018	9	326	109	119	24	4	12	0	603
2019	9	286	103	129	24	4	8	0	563
2020	6	269	117	120	21	4	7	0	544
2021	8	241	123	114	17	5	6	0	514
2022	6	203	121	99	16	6	3	0	454
2023	5	167	123	96	10	4	3	0	408
2024	8	152	141	127	13	4	1	0	446

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 David N Dinkins School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	368	28.9	12.7	n/a
1990	359	21.9	16.3	n/a
1991	380	22.9	16.5	n/a
1992	388	22.9	16.9	n/a
1993	380	24.0	15.8	n/a
1994	385	24.2	15.9	n/a
1995	406	24.2	16.8	n/a
1996	406	24.2	16.8	n/a
1997	409	23.0	17.8	83.9
1998	418	28.0	14.9	88
1999	392	27.1	14.5	82.4
2000	398	23.0	17.3	77.9
2001	379	33.0	11.5	80.7
2002	398	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	398	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	408	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	386	31.0	12.5	0
2006	427	33.0	12.9	91.6
2007	364	28.0	13.0	85.7
2008	352	26.0	13.5	76.7
2009	364	26.0	14.0	89.3
2010	377	22.5	16.7	n/a
2011	368	25.0	14.7	86.7
2012	396	25.0	15.8	78.8
2013	481	24.0	20.0	77.1
2014	503	31.0	16.2	75.7
2015	563	35.0	16.0	78.2
2016	588	41.0	14.3	81.6
2017	621	44.8	13.8	88.7
2018	603	38.6	15.6	90.5
2019	563	40.0	14.0	89
2020	544	35.0	15.5	88.4
2021	514	35.6	14.4	89.9
2022	454	35.6	12.7	87.7
2023	408	30.0	13.6	89
2024	446	33.2	13.4	91

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 David N Dinkins School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	368	28.9	12.7	n/a
1990	359	21.9	16.3	n/a
1991	380	22.9	16.5	n/a
1992	388	22.9	16.9	n/a
1993	380	24.0	15.8	n/a
1994	385	24.2	15.9	n/a
1995	406	24.2	16.8	n/a
1996	406	24.2	16.8	n/a
1997	409	23.0	17.8	83.9
1998	418	28.0	14.9	88
1999	392	27.1	14.5	82.4
2000	398	23.0	17.3	77.9
2001	379	33.0	11.5	80.7
2002	398	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	398	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	408	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	386	31.0	12.5	0
2006	427	33.0	12.9	91.6
2007	364	28.0	13.0	85.7
2008	352	26.0	13.5	76.7
2009	364	26.0	14.0	89.3
2010	377	22.5	16.7	n/a
2011	368	25.0	14.7	86.7
2012	396	25.0	15.8	78.8
2013	481	24.0	20.0	77.1
2014	503	31.0	16.2	75.7
2015	563	35.0	16.0	78.2
2016	588	41.0	14.3	81.6
2017	621	44.8	13.8	88.7
2018	603	38.6	15.6	90.5
2019	563	40.0	14.0	89
2020	544	35.0	15.5	88.4
2021	514	35.6	14.4	89.9
2022	454	35.6	12.7	87.7
2023	408	30.0	13.6	89
2024	446	33.2	13.4	91

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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