P.S. 126 Jacob August Riis

80 CATHERINE STREET, MANHATTAN, NY 10038 · Manhattan · K-8

DBN: 02M126

K-8

Zoned: Elementary

SchoolDigger Elementary: 326 (of 2445)

SchoolDigger Middle: 152 (of 1500)

Niche Elementary: 148 (of 2817)

Niche Middle: 77 (of 1516)

Zones into these middle schools

J.H.S. 104 Simon Baruch M.S. 131

Academic quality

ELA = English Language Arts (reading and writing). Math and Science are self-explanatory.
NY State tests ELA and Math every year in grades 3-8, and Science once, in grade 8 -- a school's numbers below only reflect whichever of those grades it actually serves (no social studies/history state test exists at this level).
"Avg. rating" is DOE's average student score on a 1.0-4.5 scale (higher is better) -- shown here as "value / 4.5" alongside the citywide average for the same metric as a benchmark for what's typical.

Attendance: 93.3%

78.6% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

72.7%(citywide avg: 75.2%)

ELA avg. rating

3.37 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.48 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

79.3%(citywide avg: 77%)

Math avg. rating

3.63 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.55 / 4.5)

By grade

Grade 3 ELA

70.6%

Grade 3 Math

94.3%

Grade 4 ELA

78.3%

Grade 4 Math

76.1%

Grade 5 ELA

67.4%

Grade 5 Math

66%

Grade 6 ELA

74.3%

Grade 6 Math

73.6%

Grade 7 ELA

66.4%

Grade 7 Math

81.8%

Grade 8 ELA

78.1%

Grade 8 Math

85.3%

By student group

English Language Learners -- ELA

50%(citywide avg: 53.6%)

English Language Learners -- Math

71.7%(citywide avg: 73%)

Students with disabilities -- ELA

40.2%

Students with disabilities -- Math

45.1%

Asian students -- ELA

77.5%(citywide avg: 79.4%)

Asian students -- Math

91.2%(citywide avg: 87.7%)

Black students -- ELA

46.9%(citywide avg: 48.2%)

Black students -- Math

34%(citywide avg: 33.2%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

54.3%(citywide avg: 57.3%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

52.1%(citywide avg: 52.3%)

White students -- ELA

93%(citywide avg: 93.5%)

White students -- Math

95.2%(citywide avg: 90.5%)

Multiracial students -- ELA

86.4%(citywide avg: 88.4%)

Multiracial students -- Math

90.5%(citywide avg: 89.5%)

"% proficient" is the share of students scoring Level 3 or 4 on the state test. Citywide comparisons are the average across schools of the same type. Grades and groups with very few tested students are flagged since a handful of kids can swing the percentage a lot; groups too small to report are omitted by DOE for student privacy -- that's also why Science, tested only once, shows up far less often than ELA/Math.Source: NYC Open Data: School Quality Reports Data (2023-24 school year)

See full grade-by-grade test results (ELA, Math, Science) →

Demographics

600 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 77.1%

Race & ethnicity

Asian

61.3%

Black

10.2%

Hispanic or Latino

19.5%

White

Multiracial

3.7%

Native American

0.2%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

21.2%

English Language Learners

11.5%

Living in poverty

78.7%

Female

47.2%

Male

52.8%

Economic Need Index is DOE's estimate of the share of students facing economic hardship, based on eligibility for public assistance, temporary housing status, and household income relative to the poverty line. Some very high values are reported by DOE only as "Above 95%" for student privacy and are shown here as 95%.Source: NYC Open Data: Demographic Snapshot (2021-22 school year)

Kindergarten admissions priority breakdown

Admissions cycle

Zoned

40 seats

Not all seats filled last year

Priority groups, in the order NYC DOE offers seats. Tap a group for NYC DOE's exact wording.

1. Students who live in the zone and have a sibling at the school.

~100% admitted

There were fewer than 5 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~10% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

2. Other students who live in the zone.

~100% admitted

There were about 5 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~13% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

3. Students who live in the district and have a sibling at the school.

~100% admitted

4. Students who live outside the district and have a sibling at the school.

~100% admitted

5. Students who live in the district who are currently enrolled at the school for pre-K.

~100% admitted

6. Students who live outside the district who are currently enrolled at the school for pre-K.

~100% admitted

7. Other students who live in the district who are not zoned to 02M001, 02M002, 02M042, 02M124, and 02M130.

No applicants

There were no applicants in this group.This group's offers alone accounted for ~0% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

8. Other students who live outside the district.

~100% admitted

9. Students zoned to 02M001, 02M002, 02M042, 02M124, and 02M130.

~100% admitted

Estimates derived from NYC DOE's own wording, which rounds and fuzzes small numbers for privacy. Each group's applicant count is independent of the others -- schools are usually oversubscribed, so applicant counts across groups often add up to more than the total seats. That's expected, not an error.Source: NYC DOE MySchools Admissions Data (2025-26 admissions cycle)

Middle School admissions priority breakdown

Admissions cycle

Zone Priority

95 seats

1 applicants per seat

Priority groups, in the order NYC DOE offers seats. Tap a group for NYC DOE's exact wording.

1. Priority to continuing students

~100% admitted

There were about 30 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~32% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

2. Then to applicants whose sibling(s) will be enrolled in this school next year

~100% admitted

There were less than 10 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~9% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

3. Then to residents of the elementary school zone

~100% admitted

4. Then to District 2 students and residents

~100% admitted

There were about 60 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~63% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).

5. Then to New York City residents

~90% admitted

There were less than 10 applicants in this group and almost all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~9% of the program's seats -- not the same as this group's own admit rate above, since offers can exceed seats (not everyone who gets one enrolls).