I.S. 072 Rocco Laurie

33 FERNDALE AVENUE, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10314 · Staten Island · Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

DBN: 31R072

Junior High-Intermediate-Middle

Zoned: Middle

SchoolDigger: 497 (of 1500)

Niche: 238 (of 1516)

Fed by these elementary schools

P.S. 023 Richmondtown P.S./I.S. 26 The Carteret School P.S. 030 Westerleigh P.S. 054 Charles W. Leng P.S. 032 The Gifford School P.S. 029 Bardwell Staten Island School of Civic Leadership Space Shuttle Columbia School P.S. 069 Daniel D. Tompkins P.S. 060 Alice Austen P.S. 11 Thomas Dongan School P.S. 022 Graniteville P.S. 044 Thomas C. Brown

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%

70.8% attend 90%+ of days

Subject

Student group

Overall proficiency

ELA % proficient

59%(citywide avg: 65.9%)

ELA avg. rating

3.11 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.27 / 4.5)

Math % proficient

63.1%(citywide avg: 63.2%)

Math avg. rating

3.18 / 4.5(citywide avg: 3.24 / 4.5)

Science % proficient (Grade 8 only)

54.5%

Science avg. rating (Grade 8 only)

2.97 / 4.5

By grade

Grade 6 ELA

56.1%

Grade 6 Math

55%

Grade 7 ELA

60.9%

Grade 7 Math

68.7%

Grade 8 ELA

59.7%

Grade 8 Math

65.3%

By student group

English Language Learners -- ELA

33.8%(citywide avg: 41.5%)

English Language Learners -- Math

49.8%(citywide avg: 50.9%)

Students with disabilities -- ELA

24.6%

Students with disabilities -- Math

32.2%

Asian students -- ELA

75.8%(citywide avg: 78.3%)

Asian students -- Math

82.9%(citywide avg: 80.3%)

Black students -- ELA

40.7%(citywide avg: 47.5%)

Black students -- Math

34.6%(citywide avg: 35.4%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- ELA

39.4%(citywide avg: 47.1%)

Hispanic/Latino students -- Math

37.3%(citywide avg: 40.3%)

White students -- ELA

59.2%(citywide avg: 65.7%)

White students -- Math

65.6%(citywide avg: 63.6%)

Multiracial students -- ELA

65.5%(citywide avg: 67.8%)

Multiracial students -- Math

64.3%(citywide avg: 65.1%)

"% 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

1483 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 51.5%

Race & ethnicity

Asian

27.8%

Black

5.6%

Hispanic or Latino

23.7%

White

40.4%

Multiracial

2.2%

Native American

0.2%

Other groups

Students with disabilities

22.7%

English Language Learners

5.6%

Living in poverty

62.6%

Female

46.4%

Male

53.6%

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

ASD/ACES Program

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

No applicants

There were no applicants in this group.

2. Then to New York City residents

No applicants

There were no applicants in this group.

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)