Young Women's Leadership Of Staten Island is a public middle school located in Staten Island, New York, serving grades 6-7 with a total enrollment of 63 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 the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 12.6 and higher per-student spending of $19,808, its academic performance is significantly below the district and state averages. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 34.55% of 6th graders and 46.88% of 7th graders were proficient in English Language Arts, compared to 51.17% and 60.08% for the district, respectively. The math proficiency rates are even lower, with only 20% of 6th graders and 13.56% of 7th graders being proficient, compared to 55.59% and 67.24% for the district. The school's performance on state assessments has been consistently low, with little improvement over the past two years.
Interestingly, the nearby schools, such as IS 72 Rocco Laurie, IS 2 George L Egbert, and IS 51 Edwin Markham, generally perform better than Young Women's Leadership Of Staten Island on state assessments, with higher proficiency rates in both English Language Arts and Math. These nearby schools also have higher rankings on the statewide SchoolDigger scale, indicating a need for Young Women's Leadership Of Staten Island to explore opportunities for collaboration and sharing of best practices to improve its academic outcomes.
Students at Young Women's Leadership Of Staten Island are 49% African American, 35% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races, 3% Asian, 2% White, 2% American Indian.
Young Women's Leadership Of Staten Island ranks in the bottom 18.7% of New York middle schools.
New York City Geographic District #31
In the 2023-24 school year, 127 students attended Young Women's Leadership Of Staten Island.