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PS 279 Capt Manuel Rivera Jr Primary School, Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 73 | 73 | 70 | 72 | 72 | 80 | 75 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,046 | 1,005 | 973 | 989 | 958 | 966 | 1,027 | |||||||
| Kindergarten: | 99 | 9.5% | 106 | 10.5% | 100 | 10.3% | 97 | 9.8% | 82 | 8.6% | 75 | 7.8% | 74 | 7.2% |
| Grade 1: | 126 | 12.0% | 96 | 9.6% | 107 | 11.0% | 104 | 10.5% | 92 | 9.6% | 86 | 8.9% | 105 | 10.2% |
| Grade 2: | 104 | 9.9% | 112 | 11.1% | 101 | 10.4% | 103 | 10.4% | 77 | 8.0% | 101 | 10.5% | 106 | 10.3% |
| Grade 3: | 119 | 11.4% | 111 | 11.0% | 105 | 10.8% | 88 | 8.9% | 95 | 9.9% | 80 | 8.3% | 86 | 8.4% |
| Grade 4: | 115 | 11.0% | 99 | 9.9% | 95 | 9.8% | 128 | 12.9% | 90 | 9.4% | 84 | 8.7% | 88 | 8.6% |
| Grade 5: | 102 | 9.8% | 101 | 10.0% | 128 | 13.2% | 127 | 12.8% | 80 | 8.4% | 86 | 8.9% | 92 | 9.0% |
| Grade 6: | 121 | 11.6% | 133 | 13.2% | 117 | 12.0% | 120 | 12.1% | 87 | 9.1% | 101 | 10.5% | 94 | 9.2% |
| Grade 7: | 131 | 12.5% | 120 | 11.9% | 119 | 12.2% | 99 | 10.0% | 111 | 11.6% | 91 | 9.4% | 123 | 12.0% |
| Grade 8: | 126 | 12.0% | 122 | 12.1% | 97 | 10.0% | 118 | 11.9% | 112 | 11.7% | 123 | 12.7% | 132 | 12.9% |
| Ungraded: | 3 | 0.3% | 5 | 0.5% | 4 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.5% | 132 | 13.8% | 139 | 14.4% | 127 | 12.4% |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 519 | 49.6% | 514 | 51.1% | 512 | 52.6% | 522 | 52.8% | 523 | 54.6% | 533 | 55.2% | 555 | 54.0% |
| Female: | 527 | 50.4% | 491 | 48.9% | 461 | 47.4% | 467 | 47.2% | 427 | 44.6% | 425 | 44.0% | 468 | 45.6% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 7 | 0.7% | 8 | 0.8% | 10 | 1.0% | 9 | 0.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.3% | 5 | 0.5% |
| Asian: | 45 | 4.3% | 39 | 3.9% | 34 | 3.5% | 41 | 4.1% | 52 | 5.4% | 62 | 6.4% | 66 | 6.4% |
| Hispanic: | 830 | 79.3% | 804 | 80.0% | 780 | 80.2% | 781 | 79.0% | 759 | 79.2% | 731 | 75.7% | 758 | 73.8% |
| Black: | 162 | 15.5% | 151 | 15.0% | 145 | 14.9% | 157 | 15.9% | 145 | 15.1% | 166 | 17.2% | 193 | 18.8% |
| White: | 2 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.5% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 967 | 92.4% | 924 | 91.9% | 848 | 87.2% | 871 | 88.1% | NA | NA | 803 | 83.1% | 863 | 84.0% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 28 | 2.7% | 27 | 2.7% | 33 | 3.4% | 38 | 3.8% | NA | NA | 77 | 8.0% | 43 | 4.2% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.33 | 13.77 | 13.90 | 13.68 | 13.24 | 12.10 | 13.70 | |||||||
* PS 279 Capt Manuel Rivera Jr Primary School, Students and Teachers was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.