P.S. 65 The Academy of Innovative Learning

98 GRANT STREET, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10301 · Staten Island · Elementary

DBN: 31R065

Elementary

Unzoned

SchoolDigger: 790 (of 2445)

Niche: A- · 587 (of 2807)

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: 92.7%

73.9% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

67.1%(citywide avg: 61.7%)

ELA avg. rating

3.24 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.17 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

64.8%(citywide avg: 60.3%)

Math avg. rating

3.17 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.12 / 4.5)

By grade

Grade 3 ELA

63.6%

Grade 3 Math

76.8%

Grade 4 ELA

71.2%

Grade 4 Math

61.5%

Grade 5 ELA

66.7%

Grade 5 Math

56.1%

By student group

Students with disabilities -- ELA

42.3%

Students with disabilities -- Math

47.2%

Black students -- ELA

70.3%(citywide avg: 63.7%)

Black students -- Math

67.6%(citywide avg: 60.8%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

57.6%(citywide avg: 53.5%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

57%(citywide avg: 53.3%)

White students -- ELA

90.5%(citywide avg: 85.4%)

White students -- Math

85.7%(citywide avg: 83.6%)

"% 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 (2024-25 school year (latest published; checked Oct 16, 2026))

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Demographics

320 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 70.83%

Race & ethnicity

Asian and Pacific Islander

1.88%

Black

23.44%

Hispanic or Latino

54.06%

White

14.69%

Multiracial

5.94%

Native American

Missing race/ethnicity data

Other groups

Students with disabilities

32.5%

English Language Learners

2.81%

Living in poverty

78.75%

Female

54.69%

Male

45.31%

Neither female nor male

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 DOE: Demographic Snapshot (2025-26 school year (latest published; checked Oct 16, 2026))

Kindergarten admissions priority breakdown

Admissions cycle

For seats starting the 2025-26 school year. NYC DOE reports these seat/applicant figures under the school year they're for, not the cycle that filled them.

Non-Zoned

32 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, have a sibling at the school, and who are eligible for Free or Reduced Price lunch and/or English Language Learners.

~100% admitted

There were about 10 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~31% 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 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 ~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 outside the district, have a sibling at the school, and who are eligible for Free or Reduced Price lunch and/or English Language Learners.

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).

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

No applicants

5. Students who live in the district, are currently enrolled at the school for pre-K, and who are eligible for Free or Reduced Price lunch and/or English Language Learners.

~100% admitted

There were about 15 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~47% 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 in the district who are currently enrolled at the school for pre-K.

~100% admitted

7. Students who live outside the district, are currently enrolled at the school for pre-K, and who are eligible for Free or Reduced Price lunch and/or English Language Learners.

No applicants

8. Other students who live outside the district who are currently enrolled at the school for pre-K.

No applicants

9. Students who live in the district and who are eligible for Free or Reduced Price lunch and/or English Language Learners.

~20% admitted

There were about 20 applicants in this group and fewer than 5 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).

10. Other students who live in the district.

~0% admitted

There were about 10 applicants in this group and none received offers last year.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).

11. Students who are eligible for Free or Reduced Price lunch and/or English Language Learners.

No applicants

12. Other students who live outside the district.

No applicants

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 (Through the 2025-26 cycle for middle school, 2024-25 for kindergarten (2025-26 kindergarten results not yet published; checked Oct 16, 2026))

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