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PS 503 The School Of Discovery

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

330 59th St

Brooklyn NY, 11220, Kings County

Phone: 718-439-5962

Ranking:

(2,923 out of 3,424, bottom 15%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

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:	86		92		81		82		78		75		66
Total Students:	1,028		990		944		891		844		806		768
Kindergarten:	170	16.5%	214	21.6%	180	19.1%	156	17.5%	128	15.2%	108	13.4%	132	17.2%
Grade 1:	217	21.1%	178	18.0%	158	16.7%	148	16.6%	114	13.5%	133	16.5%	120	15.6%
Grade 2:	173	16.8%	153	15.5%	157	16.6%	138	15.5%	137	16.2%	124	15.4%	134	17.4%
Grade 3:	163	15.9%	159	16.1%	139	14.7%	154	17.3%	127	15.0%	135	16.7%	120	15.6%
Grade 4:	161	15.7%	135	13.6%	147	15.6%	134	15.0%	130	15.4%	121	15.0%	113	14.7%
Grade 5:	142	13.8%	149	15.1%	140	14.8%	137	15.4%	119	14.1%	114	14.1%	87	11.3%
Ungraded:	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	5	0.5%	6	0.7%	72	8.5%	53	6.6%	44	5.7%
Student By Gender:
Male:	559	54.4%	523	52.8%	499	52.9%	464	52.1%	432	51.2%	397	49.3%	385	50.1%
Female:	469	45.6%	467	47.2%	445	47.1%	427	47.9%	404	47.9%	401	49.8%	379	49.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	174	16.9%	182	18.4%	166	17.6%	177	19.9%	168	19.9%	125	15.5%	109	14.2%
Hispanic:	804	78.2%	761	76.9%	738	78.2%	682	76.5%	641	75.9%	644	79.9%	621	80.9%
Black:	9	0.9%	10	1.0%	9	1.0%	8	0.9%	7	0.8%	11	1.4%	11	1.4%
White:	36	3.5%	32	3.2%	29	3.1%	24	2.7%	28	3.3%	26	3.2%	27	3.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	3	0.3%	3	0.3%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	953	92.7%	910	91.9%	868	91.9%	829	93.0%	NA	NA	666	82.6%	0	0.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	33	3.2%	36	3.6%	36	3.8%	31	3.5%	NA	NA	72	8.9%	0	0.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.95		10.72		11.73		10.87		10.82		10.70		11.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
NY State Assessments
2008	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	41%	67%	N/A
2009	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	58%	78%	N/A
2010	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	29%	53%	N/A
2011	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	31%	55%	N/A
2012	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	35%	58%	N/A
2013	English Language Arts	3rd Grade	% met std	12.1%	36.6%	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	92%	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	95%	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	45%	67%	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	37%	67%	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	47%	71%	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	19.8%	50.5%	N/A
2008	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	64%	74%	N/A
2009	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	50%	74%	N/A
2010	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	34%	57%	N/A
2011	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	22%	58%	N/A
2012	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	35%	63%	N/A
2013	English Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	12.7%	36.6%	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77%	89%	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84%	91%	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	55%	73%	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	42%	77%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	61%	82%	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	21.3%	53.9%	N/A
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	66%	84%	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	71%	86%	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	67%	86%	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	67%	88%	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	78%	88%	N/A
2008	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	59%	76%	N/A
2009	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	75%	82%	N/A
2010	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	28%	58%	N/A
2011	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	35%	59%	N/A
2012	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	28%	61%	N/A
2013	English Language Arts	5th Grade	% met std	12%	39.7%	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70%	90%	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86%	92%	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	41%	73%	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71%	77%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51%	78%	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	13.9%	49%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	56%	82%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	76%	82%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	5th Grade	% met std	52%	82%	N/A

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* PS 503 The School Of Discovery was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.