Is Is 27 Anning S Prall a good school?

Is 27 Anning S Prall ranks 909 th of 1504 New York middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Is 27 Anning S Prall?

In the 2023-24 school year, 869 students attended Is 27 Anning S Prall.

What is the racial makeup of Is 27 Anning S Prall?

Students at Is 27 Anning S Prall are 45% Hispanic, 20% African American, 20% White, 13% Asian, 2% Two or more races.

What high school do graduates of Is 27 Anning S Prall attend?

Students who attend Is 27 Anning S Prall usually go on to attend Susan E Wagner High School

Is 27 Anning S Prall

Summary:

Is 27 Anning S Prall is a public magnet middle school in Staten Island, New York, serving grades 6-8 with an enrollment of 952 students. 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.

While Is 27 Anning S Prall generally performs below the district and state averages in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math proficiency, the school excels in Regents exams, with 87% proficiency in Living Environment and 80.39% proficiency in Algebra I in 2023-2024. However, the school's performance varies across different student subgroups, with White and multi-racial students tending to perform better than Asian, African American, and Hispanic students. Additionally, English Language Learners and students with disabilities also perform below the school's overall averages. The school's high percentage of students (75.84% in 2022-2023) receiving free or reduced-price lunch indicates a relatively low-income student population.

Compared to nearby schools, such as Is 2 George L Egbert and Marsh Avenue School For Expeditionary Learning, Is 27 Anning S Prall generally performs worse in ELA and Math proficiency but better in Regents exam proficiency. The school's performance has also fluctuated over the years, with a notable decline in its statewide ranking from 2020-2021 to 2023-2024. The school's socioeconomic challenges and performance gaps across student subgroups present opportunities for further analysis and targeted interventions to support student success.

Detail:

Public, Magnet 6-8

11 Clove Lake Pl
Staten Island, NY 10310-2798

(718) 981-8800

District: New York City Geographic District #31

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $20,697

Students who attend Is 27 Anning S Prall usually attend:

High:

Susan E Wagner High School

Feeder schools for Is 27 Anning S Prall:

Elementary:	Ps 18 John G Whittier
	Ps 19 Curtis School (The)
	Ps 29 Bardwell
	Ps 35 Clove Valley School (The)

Student/teacher ratio: 11.3

Number of students: 869

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

44.6%

African American:

20.0%

White:

19.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 77%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Is 27 Anning S Prall ranks worse than 60.4% of middle schools in New York. It also ranks 8^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 40.28. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Is 27 Anning S Prall is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (44.6%), African American (20%), White (19.6%). (See more...)

Compare Details 77% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Is 27 Anning S Prall is 11.3, which is the 3^rd best among 12 middle schools in the New York City Geographic District #31. (See more...)

Compare Is 27 Anning S Prall employs 76.4 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Is 27 Anning S Prall is $20,697, which is the 3^rd highest among 12 middle schools in the New York City Geographic District #31.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Is 27 Anning S Prall:

SchoolDigger ranks Is 27 Anning S Prall 909^th of 1504 New York public middle schools. (See Is 27 Anning S Prall 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 Is 27 Anning S Prall

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Rank History for all students at Is 27 Anning S Prall

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	20.48	895^th	1095	18.3%
2007	22.59	900^th	1123	19.9%
2008	21.63	964^th	1185	18.6%
2009	19.47	1023^rd	1224	16.4%
2010	28.58	935^th	1243	24.8%
2011	35.15	900^th	1295	30.5%
2012	34.56	950^th	1337	28.9%
2013	35.49	887^th	1373	35.4%
2014	41.58	815^th	1401	41.8%
2015	50.28	654^th	1407	53.5%
2016	47.71	706^th	1429	50.6%
2017	56.24	576^th	1455	60.4%
2018	63.25	471^st	1438	67.2%
2019	58.31	526^th	1439	63.4%
2021	73.36	252^nd	1242	79.7%
2022	50.31	681^st	1479	54.0%
2023	41.50	895^th	1500	40.3%
2024	40.28	909^th	1504	39.6%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Is 27 Anning S Prall

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	58.86	80^th	208	61.5%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Is 27 Anning S Prall

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	90.83	11^th	503	97.8%
2019	32.80	341^st	473	27.9%
2022	30.55	462^nd	581	20.5%
2023	45.89	246^th	591	58.4%
2024	39.47	351^st	615	42.9%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Is 27 Anning S Prall

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	57.83	326^th	1170	72.1%
2019	46.46	470^th	1139	58.7%
2021	79.00	40^th	522	92.3%
2022	46.04	559^th	1283	56.4%
2023	46.67	580^th	1307	55.6%
2024	45.65	584^th	1303	55.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Is 27 Anning S Prall

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	60.98	369^th	1245	70.4%
2019	53.82	464^th	1241	62.6%
2021	64.33	237^th	935	74.7%
2022	48.93	568^th	1306	56.5%
2023	41.19	743^rd	1288	42.3%
2024	37.27	828^th	1296	36.1%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Is 27 Anning S Prall

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	63.65	110^th	457	75.9%
2019	40.74	227^th	392	42.1%
2022	46.27	235^th	487	51.7%
2023	34.39	380^th	543	30.0%
2024	33.98	420^th	594	29.3%

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Rank History for Female students at Is 27 Anning S Prall

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	64.44	446^th	1353	67.0%
2019	59.04	506^th	1370	63.1%
2021	57.40	394^th	1066	63.0%
2022	53.03	638^th	1454	56.1%
2023	41.58	870^th	1463	40.5%
2024	40.21	901^st	1465	38.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Is 27 Anning S Prall

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	60.04	475^th	1352	64.9%
2019	57.32	503^rd	1366	63.2%
2021	82.54	134^th	1071	87.5%
2022	48.16	693^rd	1455	52.4%
2023	41.62	865^th	1464	40.9%
2024	41.10	860^th	1464	41.3%

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Rank History for Asian students at Is 27 Anning S Prall

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	74.87	84^th	374	77.5%
2021	35.41	179^th	236	24.2%
2022	54.97	194^th	381	49.1%
2023	59.53	175^th	388	54.9%
2024	51.81	217^th	396	45.2%

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Rank History for African American students at Is 27 Anning S Prall

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	53.63	247^th	663	62.7%
2019	41.44	351^st	653	46.2%
2022	47.58	323^rd	706	54.2%
2023	36.53	448^th	696	35.6%
2024	35.70	469^th	705	33.5%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Is 27 Anning S Prall

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	56.95	310^th	810	61.7%
2019	46.42	391^st	826	52.7%
2021	55.97	156^th	449	65.3%
2022	43.64	482^nd	914	47.3%
2023	33.27	652^nd	943	30.9%
2024	32.61	666^th	953	30.1%

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Rank History for White students at Is 27 Anning S Prall

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	74.17	161^st	763	78.9%
2019	76.48	143^rd	716	80.0%
2021	83.83	73^rd	614	88.1%
2022	61.27	268^th	748	64.2%
2023	55.37	350^th	772	54.7%
2024	58.97	300^th	778	61.4%

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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

Review counts

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50%

Reviews:

by a parent
Sunday, June 21, 2015

Does what it needs to get by. After 6 years of promising parents to have a working website there is none. No longer a magnet school. Close Quote

by a student
Tuesday, January 19, 2010

I graduated from this school one year ago, and it certainly had its flaws. But there was also a lot of great things about Prall, for instance the Ms. Penegacos and Ms. Suter (The Drama and Chorus teachers). They really try to form a good teacher-student relationship with every student from the moment you enter their room and take their plays very seriously.

Also, they had a fantastic After-School program, it included DJing, Dancing, Art, Cooking, Wall Street, Lego Robotics, Academics, Cheerleading and Teen Club. As you can see, there was definitely a lot to choose from when you are handed that survey.

Although I can't speak for every student, there a few fights but in general there is nothing too chaotic really going on. And getting into mischief, like anywhere else, can easily be avoided.

But if you are deciding between IS 27 and another school, I think you should go here, because it has some of the best teachers on Staten Island and I really think my three years there has made me a lot smarter book-wise, and honestly, street-wise too. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Is 27 Anning S Prall

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	465	231	42	95	1	n/a	n/a	834
1990	468	234	48	100	1	n/a	n/a	851
1991	445	253	37	124	1	n/a	n/a	860
1992	425	241	56	157	3	n/a	n/a	882
1993	404	253	55	162	3	n/a	n/a	877
1994	431	281	59	183	3	n/a	n/a	957
1995	396	268	59	216	8	n/a	n/a	947
1996	396	268	59	216	8	n/a	n/a	947
1997	353	257	58	207	14	n/a	n/a	889
1998	307	299	54	221	10	n/a	n/a	891
1999	290	329	55	224	1	n/a	n/a	899
2000	313	327	59	231	1	n/a	n/a	931
2001	330	338	50	243	1	n/a	n/a	962
2002	301	346	70	293	2	n/a	n/a	1012
2003	301	346	70	293	2	n/a	n/a	1012
2004	293	310	73	307	1	n/a	n/a	984
2005	273	306	77	301	1	n/a	n/a	958
2006	288	282	75	357	2	n/a	n/a	1004
2007	268	247	77	347	1	n/a	n/a	940
2008	264	223	73	364	3	n/a	n/a	927
2009	283	237	97	387	3	n/a	n/a	1007
2010	326	253	119	422	4	n/a	n/a	1124
2011	321	241	133	395	3	0	0	1093
2012	301	248	121	392	5	0	1	1068
2013	289	225	125	410	6	0	6	1061
2014	286	244	120	450	7	0	16	1123
2015	279	254	124	438	9	0	19	1123
2016	260	248	103	414	2	0	17	1044
2017	254	236	98	408	2	2	9	1009
2018	269	220	88	409	5	1	9	1001
2019	267	232	105	416	5	6	14	1045
2020	257	212	126	444	3	7	17	1066
2021	223	219	129	443	2	6	25	1047
2022	196	200	118	447	4	4	25	994
2023	185	194	120	418	3	1	31	952
2024	170	174	109	388	6	1	21	869

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 Is 27 Anning S Prall

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	834	54.9	15.1	n/a
1990	851	52.9	16.0	n/a
1991	860	55.8	15.4	n/a
1992	882	55.9	15.7	n/a
1993	877	54.8	16.0	n/a
1994	957	59.7	16.0	n/a
1995	947	60.1	15.8	n/a
1996	947	60.1	15.8	n/a
1997	889	60.9	14.6	57.5
1998	891	59.6	14.9	57.2
1999	899	56.1	16.0	55.4
2000	931	58.1	16.0	67.6
2001	962	61.0	15.8	55.8
2002	1012	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	1012	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	984	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	958	72.0	13.3	0
2006	1004	75.0	13.4	71.4
2007	940	65.9	14.3	76.3
2008	927	76.6	12.1	65.3
2009	1007	74.0	13.6	64.3
2010	1124	82.9	13.5	n/a
2011	1093	78.9	13.8	67.3
2012	1068	71.9	14.8	67.9
2013	1061	74.0	14.3	66.9
2014	1123	70.9	15.8	66.6
2015	1123	72.0	15.5	67.2
2016	1044	67.0	15.5	67
2017	1009	65.4	15.4	72.9
2018	1001	62.5	16.0	73
2019	1045	66.7	15.6	73.3
2020	1066	72.0	14.8	72.4
2021	1047	73.6	14.2	76.6
2022	994	77.3	12.8	75.1
2023	952	81.5	11.6	75.8
2024	869	76.4	11.3	77

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 27 Anning S Prall

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	834	54.9	15.1	n/a
1990	851	52.9	16.0	n/a
1991	860	55.8	15.4	n/a
1992	882	55.9	15.7	n/a
1993	877	54.8	16.0	n/a
1994	957	59.7	16.0	n/a
1995	947	60.1	15.8	n/a
1996	947	60.1	15.8	n/a
1997	889	60.9	14.6	57.5
1998	891	59.6	14.9	57.2
1999	899	56.1	16.0	55.4
2000	931	58.1	16.0	67.6
2001	962	61.0	15.8	55.8
2002	1012	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	1012	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	984	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	958	72.0	13.3	0
2006	1004	75.0	13.4	71.4
2007	940	65.9	14.3	76.3
2008	927	76.6	12.1	65.3
2009	1007	74.0	13.6	64.3
2010	1124	82.9	13.5	n/a
2011	1093	78.9	13.8	67.3
2012	1068	71.9	14.8	67.9
2013	1061	74.0	14.3	66.9
2014	1123	70.9	15.8	66.6
2015	1123	72.0	15.5	67.2
2016	1044	67.0	15.5	67
2017	1009	65.4	15.4	72.9
2018	1001	62.5	16.0	73
2019	1045	66.7	15.6	73.3
2020	1066	72.0	14.8	72.4
2021	1047	73.6	14.2	76.6
2022	994	77.3	12.8	75.1
2023	952	81.5	11.6	75.8
2024	869	76.4	11.3	77

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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