I.S. 061 William A Morris

445 CASTLETON AVENUE, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10301 · Staten Island · Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

DBN: 31R061

Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

Zoned: Middle

SchoolDigger: 1348 (of 1500)

Fed by these elementary schools

P.S. 35 The Clove Valley School P.S. 045 John Tyler P.S. 031 William T. Davis P.S. 018 John G. Whittier

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: 86.6%

52.1% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

35.9%(citywide avg: 48.4%)

ELA avg. rating

2.68 / 4.5(citywide avg: 2.91 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

22.8%(citywide avg: 42.7%)

Math avg. rating

2.39 / 4.5(citywide avg: 2.80 / 4.5)

Science % proficient (Grade 8 only)

23%

Science avg. rating (Grade 8 only)

2.40 / 4.5

By grade

Grade 6 ELA

34.4%

Grade 6 Math

24.5%

Grade 7 ELA

34.9%

Grade 7 Math

29.7%

Grade 8 ELA

38.5%

Grade 8 Math

13.2%

By student group

English Language Learners -- ELA

19.1%(citywide avg: 28.1%)

English Language Learners -- Math

13.4%(citywide avg: 29.5%)

Students with disabilities -- ELA

12.9%

Students with disabilities -- Math

Asian students -- ELA

60.7%(citywide avg: 67.2%)

Asian students -- Math

58.1%(citywide avg: 70.8%)

Black students -- ELA

29.7%(citywide avg: 41.9%)

Black students -- Math

16.9%(citywide avg: 35.1%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

34.2%(citywide avg: 47.5%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

18.7%(citywide avg: 40.6%)

White students -- ELA

62.1%(citywide avg: 71.5%)

White students -- Math

45.2%(citywide avg: 61.5%)

Multiracial students -- ELA

38.1%(citywide avg: 45.6%)

Multiracial students -- Math

31.6%(citywide avg: 47.5%)

Small sample (19 students) -- treat as directional.

"% 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

992 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 79.3%

Race & ethnicity

Asian

3.1%

Black

30.3%

Hispanic or Latino

53.2%

White

10.2%

Multiracial

2.6%

Native American

0.2%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

27.9%

English Language Learners

10.9%

Living in poverty

78.5%

Female

54.9%

Male

45.1%

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

Open

18 seats

0 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 students and residents of District 31

~100% admitted

There were less than 10 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 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)