Independent · Every figure sourced
NYC Schools: the most complete picture of a NYC public school, with every figure traced to its source.
Admissions odds by priority group, test scores, demographics, zoned partner schools, and independent rankings from both SchoolDigger and Niche -- reprocessed from NYC DOE, NYC Open Data, and both ranking providers into one page per school, with sources cited for every figure.
P.S. 255 Barbara Reing School
ELA proficiency
68.5%
Math proficiency
72.2%
Zoned + sibling priority -- admitted
100%
Why this exists
Every number here traces back to a cited, dated source.
Most school-search sites summarize or sell. This one reprocesses official NYC DOE and NYC Open Data records for admissions, test scores, and demographics -- plus independently computed rankings from both SchoolDigger and Niche, shown side by side since they weigh different things and don't always agree. Neither is a public record like the rest, but both are cited and dated the same way -- and this site shows its work.
Admissions, by the numbers
What share of seats actually went to each priority group last cycle -- sibling, zoned, in-district -- parsed straight from DOE's own MySchools offer data, not summarized secondhand.
Quality, with citations
Test scores, attendance, and demographics per school, broken out by grade and student group -- each figure links back to the exact NYC Open Data table and the year it reflects.
Zoning, mapped honestly
Plus which zoned middle schools a given elementary school actually feeds into, computed from NYC's own zone boundary files.
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Six ways into the data
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Find My Zoned Schools
Enter an address, or share your location, to see the zoned elementary, middle, and high schools on a map -- mapped from the DOE's own zone boundary files.
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Compare Schools
Put up to 4 schools side by side: zoning, SchoolDigger and Niche rank, test scores, attendance, and enrollment.
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School Directory
Browse every NYC public school, filterable by borough, grade level, and zoned status -- then open any school for its admissions odds.
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Zone Overlaps
Browse every zoned elementary school and the middle school(s) it feeds into, ranked and filterable by borough.
Reference
Data Sources
Every dataset this site is built on, with direct links and the exact year each figure reflects.
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Save & Share
Sign in with Google to bookmark schools and comparisons and pick up where you left off on any device -- no account needed to share one, though: every school and comparison has its own link.