P.S. 206 Jose Celso Barbosa

508 East 120 Street, Manhattan, NY 10035 · Manhattan · K-8

DBN: 04M206

K-8

Unzoned

SchoolDigger Elementary: 1635 (of 2445)

SchoolDigger Middle: 1037 (of 1500)

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: 85.5%

45.9% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

40.6%(citywide avg: 42.6%)

ELA avg. rating

2.75 / 4.5(citywide avg: 2.78 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

37.9%(citywide avg: 40.9%)

Math avg. rating

2.67 / 4.5(citywide avg: 2.73 / 4.5)

Science % proficient (Grade 8 only)

26.3%

Science avg. rating (Grade 8 only)

2.62 / 4.5

By grade

Grade 3 ELA

51.9%

Grade 3 Math

51.8%

Grade 4 ELA

41.2%

Grade 4 Math

34.5%

Grade 5 ELA

40.7%

Grade 5 Math

24.6%

Grade 6 ELA

53.4%

Grade 6 Math

57.6%

Grade 7 ELA

26.5%

Grade 7 Math

42.3%

Grade 8 ELA

27.8%

Grade 8 Math

16.1%

By student group

English Language Learners -- ELA

30.9%(citywide avg: 33.1%)

English Language Learners -- Math

38.6%(citywide avg: 37.1%)

Students with disabilities -- ELA

35%

Students with disabilities -- Math

30.5%

Black students -- ELA

32.8%(citywide avg: 35%)

Black students -- Math

18.2%(citywide avg: 25.6%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

40.2%(citywide avg: 42.8%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

40.9%(citywide avg: 41.5%)

"% 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

451 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 92.6%

Race & ethnicity

Asian

1.6%

Black

22%

Hispanic or Latino

72.7%

White

2.7%

Multiracial

0.9%

Native American

0.2%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

44.6%

English Language Learners

19.1%

Living in poverty

88.9%

Female

41.5%

Male

58.5%

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)

Middle School admissions priority breakdown

Admissions cycle

Zone Priority

62 seats

1 applicants per seat

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. 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 ~48% 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

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).

3. Then to residents of the elementary school zone

No applicants

4. Then to District 4 students and residents

~100% admitted

There were less than 10 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~15% 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

~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)