Is Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus a good school?

Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus ranks in the bottom 16.5% of New York middle schools.

How many students attend Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus?

In the 2022-23 school year, 501 students attended Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus.

What is the racial makeup of Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus?

Students at Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus are 46% Hispanic, 34% African American, 10% Asian, 7% White, 1% American Indian, 1% Two or more races.

What high school do graduates of Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus attend?

Students who attend Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus usually go on to attend Curtis High School

Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus

Summary:

Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus is a public middle school located in Staten Island, New York, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 501 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. However, over the past 10 school years, Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus has consistently ranked in the bottom quartile of New York middle schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus significantly underperforms compared to the district and state averages on state assessments in English Language Arts and Math. For example, in 2023-2024, only 16.47% of 6th graders, 17.54% of 7th graders, and 33.8% of 8th graders were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the district averages of 51.17%, 60.08%, and 58.67%, respectively. The school's math proficiency rates are also well below the district and state levels, particularly for African American, Hispanic, and Special Education students. Additionally, Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus has an extremely high percentage of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 90.26% to 93.41% over the past 3 school years, which is significantly higher than the district average.

Interestingly, the nearby schools in the same district, such as IS 2 George L Egbert and IS 51 Edwin Markham, significantly outperform Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus on academic measures, with higher proficiency rates in ELA and Math and lower percentages of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch. When comparing Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus to higher-performing schools in other districts, such as Madeleine Brennan School and Christa McAuliffe School, the academic achievement gap is even more pronounced, with proficiency rates that are 2-3 times higher than Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus in many subject areas.

Detail:

Public 6-8

101 Warren St
Staten Island, NY 10304-2501

(718) 727-6040

District: New York City Geographic District #31

SchoolDigger Rank:
1256^th of 1,504 New York Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $28,433

Students who attend Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus usually attend:

High:

Curtis High School

Feeder schools for Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus:

Elementary:	Ps 13 M L Lindemeyer
	Ps 39 Francis J Murphy Junior
	Ps 46 Albert V Maniscalco
	Ps 48 William G Wilcox
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	Ps 57 Hubert H Humphrey
	Ps 78

Student/teacher ratio: 9.2

Number of students: 501

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

46.1%

African American:

33.9%

Asian:

9.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 93.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus ranks worse than 83.5% of middle schools in New York. It also ranks last 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 22.54. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (46.1%), African American (33.9%), Asian (9.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 93.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus is 9.2, which is the lowest among 12 middle schools in the New York City Geographic District #31! (See more...)

Compare Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus employs 53.9 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus is $28,433, which is the highest among 12 middle schools in the New York City Geographic District #31!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus:

SchoolDigger ranks Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus 1256^th of 1504 New York public middle schools. (See Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus in the ranking list.)

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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 49 Berta A Dreyfus

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	14.55	941^st	1095	14.1%
2007	16.98	938^th	1123	16.5%
2008	16.72	1005^th	1185	15.2%
2009	12.64	1097^th	1224	10.4%
2010	14.48	1063^rd	1243	14.5%
2011	14.81	1107^th	1295	14.5%
2012	15.49	1145^th	1337	14.4%
2013	23.14	1065^th	1373	22.4%
2014	21.95	1118^th	1401	20.2%
2015	23.91	1093^rd	1407	22.3%
2016	21.57	1175^th	1429	17.8%
2017	23.99	1162^nd	1455	20.1%
2018	23.77	1155^th	1438	19.7%
2019	16.82	1273^rd	1439	11.5%
2021	24.01	1016^th	1242	18.2%
2022	21.22	1242^nd	1479	16.0%
2023	18.51	1320^th	1500	12.0%
2024	22.54	1256^th	1504	16.5%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	29.96	417^th	503	17.1%
2019	36.46	280^th	473	40.8%
2022	35.02	382^nd	581	34.3%
2023	57.11	136^th	591	77.0%
2024	36.31	399^th	615	35.1%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	30.15	936^th	1170	20.0%
2019	31.37	836^th	1139	26.6%
2022	30.86	977^th	1283	23.9%
2023	27.23	1048^th	1307	19.8%
2024	29.07	996^th	1303	23.6%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	28.11	985^th	1245	20.9%
2019	20.62	1096^th	1241	11.7%
2022	26.78	1044^th	1306	20.1%
2023	23.39	1102^nd	1288	14.4%
2024	28.52	999^th	1296	22.9%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	24.96	386^th	457	15.5%
2019	25.90	338^th	392	13.8%
2022	33.56	348^th	487	28.5%
2023	40.05	339^th	543	37.6%
2024	27.20	487^th	594	18.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	21.64	1156^th	1353	14.6%
2019	12.79	1285^th	1370	6.2%
2022	16.80	1307^th	1454	10.1%
2023	16.86	1315^th	1463	10.1%
2024	18.62	1304^th	1465	11.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	26.37	1056^th	1352	21.9%
2019	22.11	1131^st	1366	17.2%
2022	27.43	1120^th	1455	23.0%
2023	21.37	1250^th	1464	14.6%
2024	28.59	1118^th	1464	23.6%

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Rank History for Asian students at Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	35.85	273^rd	374	27.0%
2019	41.46	261^st	369	29.3%
2022	35.48	275^th	381	27.8%
2023	29.89	312^th	388	19.6%
2024	43.97	261^st	396	34.1%

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Rank History for African American students at Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	22.18	574^th	663	13.4%
2019	18.52	595^th	653	8.9%
2022	23.86	582^nd	706	17.6%
2023	19.72	605^th	696	13.1%
2024	24.79	575^th	705	18.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	31.77	598^th	810	26.2%
2019	23.59	686^th	826	16.9%
2022	23.93	759^th	914	17.0%
2023	21.86	819^th	943	13.1%
2024	22.93	810^th	953	15.0%

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Rank History for White students at Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	45.61	422^nd	763	44.7%
2024	54.94	345^th	778	55.7%

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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 Is 49 Berta A Dreyfus

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	288	435	16	142	2	n/a	n/a	883
1990	281	402	15	141	3	n/a	n/a	842
1991	226	400	24	161	3	n/a	n/a	814
1992	269	379	32	178	0	n/a	n/a	858
1993	238	436	39	208	1	n/a	n/a	922
1994	230	432	29	251	4	n/a	n/a	946
1995	194	398	30	197	8	n/a	n/a	827
1996	194	398	30	197	8	n/a	n/a	827
1997	197	423	34	206	5	n/a	n/a	865
1998	197	427	40	213	3	n/a	n/a	880
1999	201	460	42	227	1	n/a	n/a	931
2000	208	475	47	268	2	n/a	n/a	1000
2001	242	512	58	332	2	n/a	n/a	1146
2002	262	509	88	373	3	n/a	n/a	1235
2003	262	509	88	373	3	n/a	n/a	1235
2004	207	511	94	340	6	n/a	n/a	1158
2005	199	517	103	334	8	n/a	n/a	1161
2006	181	496	91	302	9	n/a	n/a	1079
2007	173	482	84	301	4	n/a	n/a	1044
2008	157	409	92	279	3	n/a	n/a	940
2009	123	398	95	280	6	n/a	n/a	902
2010	113	367	96	305	6	n/a	n/a	887
2011	99	372	101	304	5	0	0	881
2012	92	355	108	302	3	1	1	862
2013	108	317	98	340	3	1	1	868
2014	102	286	92	311	3	0	3	797
2015	93	271	81	300	1	0	1	747
2016	95	279	86	314	1	0	3	778
2017	82	250	74	341	5	4	4	760
2018	58	213	55	292	5	1	2	626
2019	39	189	46	259	6	1	1	541
2020	32	199	50	266	6	1	4	558
2021	45	210	64	287	7	5	8	626
2022	44	198	58	276	8	2	8	594
2023	37	170	49	231	7	1	6	501

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 49 Berta A Dreyfus

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	883	74.0	11.9	n/a
1990	842	73.7	11.4	n/a
1991	814	72.7	11.1	n/a
1992	858	71.7	11.9	n/a
1993	922	73.0	12.6	n/a
1994	946	74.5	12.7	n/a
1995	827	63.8	13.0	n/a
1996	827	63.8	13.0	n/a
1997	865	62.7	13.8	73.4
1998	880	67.5	13.0	72.7
1999	931	70.3	13.2	79.1
2000	1000	66.5	15.0	84
2001	1146	82.3	13.9	85.7
2002	1235	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	1235	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	1158	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1161	77.5	15.0	0
2006	1079	73.0	14.8	90
2007	1044	73.9	14.1	79
2008	940	76.5	12.3	82.1
2009	902	69.6	13.0	80.4
2010	887	63.9	13.8	n/a
2011	881	65.6	13.4	85.5
2012	862	61.1	14.1	84.8
2013	868	55.7	15.5	88.2
2014	797	52.9	15.0	84.1
2015	747	51.0	14.6	81.7
2016	778	58.0	13.4	85
2017	760	58.8	12.9	84.2
2018	626	59.9	10.4	94.1
2019	541	50.9	10.6	90
2020	558	50.0	11.1	93
2021	626	46.0	13.6	90.3
2022	594	60.3	9.8	91.6
2023	501	53.9	9.2	93.4

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 49 Berta A Dreyfus

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	883	74.0	11.9	n/a
1990	842	73.7	11.4	n/a
1991	814	72.7	11.1	n/a
1992	858	71.7	11.9	n/a
1993	922	73.0	12.6	n/a
1994	946	74.5	12.7	n/a
1995	827	63.8	13.0	n/a
1996	827	63.8	13.0	n/a
1997	865	62.7	13.8	73.4
1998	880	67.5	13.0	72.7
1999	931	70.3	13.2	79.1
2000	1000	66.5	15.0	84
2001	1146	82.3	13.9	85.7
2002	1235	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	1235	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	1158	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1161	77.5	15.0	0
2006	1079	73.0	14.8	90
2007	1044	73.9	14.1	79
2008	940	76.5	12.3	82.1
2009	902	69.6	13.0	80.4
2010	887	63.9	13.8	n/a
2011	881	65.6	13.4	85.5
2012	862	61.1	14.1	84.8
2013	868	55.7	15.5	88.2
2014	797	52.9	15.0	84.1
2015	747	51.0	14.6	81.7
2016	778	58.0	13.4	85
2017	760	58.8	12.9	84.2
2018	626	59.9	10.4	94.1
2019	541	50.9	10.6	90
2020	558	50.0	11.1	93
2021	626	46.0	13.6	90.3
2022	594	60.3	9.8	91.6
2023	501	53.9	9.2	93.4

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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