The William Lynch School

1750 AMSTERDAM AVENUE, MANHATTAN, NY 10031 · Manhattan · Elementary

DBN: 06M368

Elementary

Unzoned

SchoolDigger: 1257 (of 2445)

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: 89.1%

62% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

41.5%(citywide avg: 51.5%)

ELA avg. rating

2.77 / 4.5(citywide avg: 2.96 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

53.1%(citywide avg: 53.9%)

Math avg. rating

2.96 / 4.5(citywide avg: 2.98 / 4.5)

By grade

Grade 3 ELA

52.5%

Grade 3 Math

70.7%

Grade 4 ELA

41.7%

Grade 4 Math

36.8%

Grade 5 ELA

41.7%

Grade 5 Math

58.3%

By student group

English Language Learners -- ELA

22.9%(citywide avg: 32.3%)

English Language Learners -- Math

50%(citywide avg: 46.7%)

Students with disabilities -- ELA

23.4%

Students with disabilities -- Math

29.8%

Black students -- ELA

30.8%(citywide avg: 43.1%)

Black students -- Math

43.6%(citywide avg: 45.9%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

29.7%(citywide avg: 41.1%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

46.8%(citywide avg: 47.3%)

White students -- ELA

91.3%(citywide avg: 90.7%)

White students -- Math

87%(citywide avg: 87.6%)

"% 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

218 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 67.8%

Race & ethnicity

Asian

2.8%

Black

22%

Hispanic or Latino

49.1%

White

22.5%

Multiracial

3.7%

Native American

Other groups

Students with disabilities

20.6%

English Language Learners

15.6%

Living in poverty

64.2%

Female

46.8%

Male

53.2%

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

Non-Zoned

50 seats

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

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

~100% admitted

There were about 10 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~20% 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. Students who live outside the district 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 ~8% 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 who are currently enrolled at the school for pre-K.

~100% admitted

There were about 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).

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

~100% admitted

5. Other students who live in the district.

~100% admitted

There were about 20 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~40% 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).

6. Other students who live outside the district.

~50% admitted

There were about 10 applicants in this group and about 5 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).

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

Open

40 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 20 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~50% 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 ~23% 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 District 6 students and residents

~100% admitted

There were about 10 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~25% 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).

4. Then to New York City residents

~100% admitted