Is Is 51 Edwin Markham a good school?

Is 51 Edwin Markham ranks 916 th of 1504 New York middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Is 51 Edwin Markham?

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,205 students attended Is 51 Edwin Markham.

What is the racial makeup of Is 51 Edwin Markham?

Students at Is 51 Edwin Markham are 48% Hispanic, 23% African American, 19% White, 7% Asian, 3% Two or more races.

What high school do graduates of Is 51 Edwin Markham attend?

Students who attend Is 51 Edwin Markham usually go on to attend Port Richmond High School

Is 51 Edwin Markham

Summary:

Is 51 Edwin Markham is a public middle school located in Staten Island, New York, serving 1,205 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #31, which is ranked 410 out of 865 districts in New York and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. Over the past 10 years, Is 51 Edwin Markham has consistently ranked in the bottom half of New York middle schools, with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger for most years.

Is 51 Edwin Markham's academic performance is significantly lower than the district and state averages across all grade levels in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Math on the New York State Assessments. For example, in 2023-2024, only 28.38% of 6th graders, 49.18% of 7th graders, and 44.62% of 8th graders were proficient in ELA, compared to the district averages of 51.17%, 60.08%, and 58.67%, respectively. The school's performance on Regents exams, such as Living Environment, U.S. History and Government, and Algebra I, is generally better than its performance on the state assessments, with proficiency rates ranging from 67.72% to 100%. The school has a high percentage of students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, with 76.85% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year.

The nearby schools, such as Is 75 Frank D Paulo, Is 24 Myra S Barnes, and Marsh Avenue School for Expeditionary Learning, generally outperform Is 51 Edwin Markham on academic measures, with higher proficiency rates on state assessments and Regents exams. Is 51 Edwin Markham has a relatively high per-student spending of $22,112 in the 2022-2023 school year and a low student-teacher ratio of 12.2, but these resources do not appear to be translating into improved academic outcomes for the school.

Detail:

Public 6-8

80 Willowbrook Rd
Staten Island, NY 10302-2499

(718) 981-0502

District: New York City Geographic District #31

SchoolDigger Rank:
916^th of 1,504 New York Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $22,112

Students who attend Is 51 Edwin Markham usually attend:

High:

Port Richmond High School

Feeder schools for Is 51 Edwin Markham:

Elementary:	Port Richmond School For Visionary Learning
	Ps 20 Port Richmond
	Ps 21 Margaret Emery-Elm Park
	Ps 22 Graniteville
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	Ps 30 Westerleigh
	Ps 44 Thomas C Brown

Student/teacher ratio: 12.2

Number of students: 1,205

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

47.6%

African American:

22.7%

White:

18.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 76.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Is 51 Edwin Markham ranks worse than 60.9% of middle schools in New York. It also ranks 9^th among 12 ranked middle schools in the New York City Geographic District #31. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 40.11. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Is 51 Edwin Markham is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (47.6%), African American (22.7%), White (18.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 76.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Is 51 Edwin Markham is 12.2, which is the 5^th best among 12 middle schools in the New York City Geographic District #31. (See more...)

Compare Is 51 Edwin Markham employs 98.6 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Is 51 Edwin Markham is $22,112, which is the 2^nd highest among 12 middle schools in the New York City Geographic District #31.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Is 51 Edwin Markham:

SchoolDigger ranks Is 51 Edwin Markham 916^th of 1504 New York public middle schools. (See Is 51 Edwin Markham in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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New York City Geographic District #31:

SchoolDigger ranks New York City Geographic District #31 410^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all students at Is 51 Edwin Markham

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	26.22	853^rd	1095	22.1%
2007	21.21	908^th	1123	19.1%
2008	25.05	943^rd	1185	20.4%
2009	26.06	970^th	1224	20.8%
2010	22.89	977^th	1243	21.4%
2011	26.21	998^th	1295	22.9%
2012	25.92	1038^th	1337	22.4%
2013	30.52	966^th	1373	29.6%
2014	30.64	991^st	1401	29.3%
2015	29.55	1015^th	1407	27.9%
2016	30.24	1019^th	1429	28.7%
2017	34.62	955^th	1455	34.4%
2018	34.20	966^th	1438	32.8%
2019	35.21	922^nd	1439	35.9%
2021	75.58	225^th	1242	81.9%
2022	34.24	989^th	1479	33.1%
2023	39.48	926^th	1500	38.3%
2024	40.11	916^th	1504	39.1%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Is 51 Edwin Markham

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	28.60	79^th	107	26.2%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Is 51 Edwin Markham

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	43.56	232^nd	503	53.9%
2019	32.53	344^th	473	27.3%
2022	39.62	323^rd	581	44.4%
2023	37.37	352^nd	591	40.4%
2024	37.00	385^th	615	37.4%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Is 51 Edwin Markham

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	36.09	761^st	1170	35.0%
2019	40.21	610^th	1139	46.4%
2022	38.98	733^rd	1283	42.9%
2023	38.91	763^rd	1307	41.6%
2024	45.02	600^th	1303	54.0%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Is 51 Edwin Markham

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	32.74	877^th	1245	29.6%
2019	34.63	813^th	1241	34.5%
2021	70.94	190^th	935	79.7%
2022	32.30	929^th	1306	28.9%
2023	38.28	812^th	1288	37.0%
2024	41.53	749^th	1296	42.2%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Is 51 Edwin Markham

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	29.88	345^th	457	24.5%
2019	37.04	258^th	392	34.2%
2022	37.02	312^th	487	35.9%
2023	48.24	247^th	543	54.5%
2024	41.95	331^st	594	44.3%

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Rank History for Female students at Is 51 Edwin Markham

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	34.26	946^th	1353	30.1%
2019	35.92	899^th	1370	34.4%
2022	35.04	961^st	1454	33.9%
2023	36.03	979^th	1463	33.1%
2024	36.29	975^th	1465	33.4%

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Rank History for Foster Care students at Is 51 Edwin Markham

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	17.51	1^st	2	50.0%
2023	13.33	1^st	1	0.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Is 51 Edwin Markham

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	34.29	903^rd	1352	33.2%
2019	34.90	874^th	1366	36.0%
2022	33.66	983^rd	1455	32.4%
2023	43.72	820^th	1464	44.0%
2024	44.16	786^th	1464	46.3%

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Rank History for Asian students at Is 51 Edwin Markham

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	35.64	274^th	374	26.7%
2019	41.29	262^nd	369	29.0%
2022	27.44	307^th	381	19.4%
2023	37.87	280^th	388	27.8%
2024	34.86	296^th	396	25.3%

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Rank History for African American students at Is 51 Edwin Markham

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	37.69	412^th	663	37.9%
2019	28.02	498^th	653	23.7%
2022	26.50	546^th	706	22.7%
2023	30.83	506^th	696	27.3%
2024	30.08	529^th	705	25.0%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Is 51 Edwin Markham

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	33.28	567^th	810	30.0%
2019	34.20	540^th	826	34.6%
2022	37.46	568^th	914	37.9%
2023	43.01	513^th	943	45.6%
2024	47.40	477^th	953	49.9%

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Rank History for White students at Is 51 Edwin Markham

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	45.22	427^th	763	44.0%
2019	59.87	292^nd	716	59.2%
2022	52.49	342^nd	748	54.3%
2023	58.65	310^th	772	59.8%
2024	60.64	288^th	778	63.0%

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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 parent
Tuesday, July 30, 2019

School ok overall. Teachers were mostly average .
Admin brings in good programs.

Some students were placed in honors from elementary then put in Arista, making it a farse they couldn’t handle a lot of the harder work so acted out & were a distraction, loud & annoying in ppls face minding others business.

Looking at the proficiency of the school not lot of smart kids go here. There were several years back a few who had report cards that look good tho bc their past school must’ve bolstered their work to get a better grade so they looked like honors but they weren’t in any way, quit the opposite, proof of this is some could not handle math, common core, higher level regents & classes nor handle the SAT. There comes a time kids need to achieve & perform on own. It’s a leap for such types to be able to pass career subject test like teacher or speech therapist, or lawyer etc so don’t put them in honors it’s a false persona.

Do honors classes & Arista better &get the distractions who also struggle {math etc} to another class , it would be better for all. Typical of kids w attitude problems when behaviors called out get defensive & blame noticeably bullyish so don’t put such types in honors to begin with , the school will get more out of authentic honors kids & will reduce the incidences of gossip, drama in top classes bc the kids who didn’t belong their weren't put there to begin with or switch them out.

51 is on the up & up tho. Still Offers help after school & test prep. Give it a try. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Is 51 Edwin Markham

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	764	147	36	92	1	n/a	n/a	1040
1990	758	186	40	100	0	n/a	n/a	1084
1991	718	217	41	120	1	n/a	n/a	1097
1992	705	223	49	172	1	n/a	n/a	1150
1993	695	225	60	181	1	n/a	n/a	1162
1994	622	242	69	191	3	n/a	n/a	1127
1995	650	275	62	209	6	n/a	n/a	1202
1996	650	275	62	209	6	n/a	n/a	1202
1997	629	283	60	226	4	n/a	n/a	1202
1998	638	291	55	243	4	n/a	n/a	1231
1999	646	287	53	297	2	n/a	n/a	1285
2000	659	317	58	365	6	n/a	n/a	1405
2001	655	334	79	401	4	n/a	n/a	1473
2002	596	398	90	474	8	n/a	n/a	1566
2003	596	398	90	474	8	n/a	n/a	1566
2004	535	366	90	508	8	n/a	n/a	1507
2005	464	383	92	482	20	n/a	n/a	1441
2006	376	334	87	464	17	n/a	n/a	1278
2007	344	307	94	445	18	n/a	n/a	1208
2008	319	275	96	482	4	n/a	n/a	1176
2009	309	266	106	487	2	n/a	n/a	1170
2010	277	222	105	476	1	n/a	n/a	1081
2011	243	209	79	450	1	0	0	982
2012	217	205	74	401	1	2	0	900
2013	224	242	68	459	3	1	2	999
2014	259	254	71	526	7	0	6	1123
2015	300	276	71	570	8	0	12	1237
2016	335	276	71	553	8	0	14	1257
2017	336	307	71	552	4	10	13	1293
2018	337	308	61	577	2	11	15	1311
2019	304	300	61	644	5	5	16	1335
2020	272	281	69	658	8	1	21	1310
2021	278	302	80	674	9	2	29	1374
2022	275	308	82	658	8	2	32	1365
2023	226	274	86	573	6	4	36	1205

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

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Is 51 Edwin Markham

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	1040	62.7	16.5	n/a
1990	1084	66.9	16.2	n/a
1991	1097	65.9	16.6	n/a
1992	1150	64.9	17.7	n/a
1993	1162	68.0	17.1	n/a
1994	1127	66.1	17.0	n/a
1995	1202	61.1	19.7	n/a
1996	1202	61.1	19.7	n/a
1997	1202	63.1	19.0	48.5
1998	1231	63.2	19.5	48.3
1999	1285	66.2	19.4	49.5
2000	1405	66.3	21.2	52.2
2001	1473	74.4	19.8	55.5
2002	1566	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	1566	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	1507	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1441	88.0	16.4	0
2006	1278	80.0	16.0	71.5
2007	1208	76.5	15.8	75.7
2008	1176	82.0	14.3	74.5
2009	1170	72.0	16.3	74.4
2010	1081	68.9	15.6	n/a
2011	982	65.9	14.8	80.9
2012	900	58.9	15.2	78.6
2013	999	66.1	15.0	77.8
2014	1123	65.0	17.2	76.6
2015	1237	73.0	16.9	73.8
2016	1257	87.0	14.4	74.8
2017	1293	93.7	13.7	75.9
2018	1311	85.2	15.3	78.3
2019	1335	96.0	13.9	77.9
2020	1310	101.0	12.9	79.4
2021	1374	102.0	13.4	73.8
2022	1365	101.3	13.4	74.9
2023	1205	98.6	12.2	76.8

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 Is 51 Edwin Markham

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	1040	62.7	16.5	n/a
1990	1084	66.9	16.2	n/a
1991	1097	65.9	16.6	n/a
1992	1150	64.9	17.7	n/a
1993	1162	68.0	17.1	n/a
1994	1127	66.1	17.0	n/a
1995	1202	61.1	19.7	n/a
1996	1202	61.1	19.7	n/a
1997	1202	63.1	19.0	48.5
1998	1231	63.2	19.5	48.3
1999	1285	66.2	19.4	49.5
2000	1405	66.3	21.2	52.2
2001	1473	74.4	19.8	55.5
2002	1566	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	1566	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	1507	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1441	88.0	16.4	0
2006	1278	80.0	16.0	71.5
2007	1208	76.5	15.8	75.7
2008	1176	82.0	14.3	74.5
2009	1170	72.0	16.3	74.4
2010	1081	68.9	15.6	n/a
2011	982	65.9	14.8	80.9
2012	900	58.9	15.2	78.6
2013	999	66.1	15.0	77.8
2014	1123	65.0	17.2	76.6
2015	1237	73.0	16.9	73.8
2016	1257	87.0	14.4	74.8
2017	1293	93.7	13.7	75.9
2018	1311	85.2	15.3	78.3
2019	1335	96.0	13.9	77.9
2020	1310	101.0	12.9	79.4
2021	1374	102.0	13.4	73.8
2022	1365	101.3	13.4	74.9
2023	1205	98.6	12.2	76.8

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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