The Waverly Academy of Empowered Learners

45 Waverly Place, Staten Island, NY 10304 · Staten Island · Elementary

DBN: 31R084

Elementary

Unzoned

Academic quality

No academic quality data is available for this school -- likely a newly opened school, or one reported under a NYC DOE category (District 75, YABC/transfer programs) this site doesn't currently pull in.

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Demographics

217 students enrolled

Economic Need Index: 89.07%

Race & ethnicity

Asian and Pacific Islander

3.23%

Black

35.02%

Hispanic or Latino

53%

White

4.61%

Multiracial

0.92%

Native American

3.23%

Missing race/ethnicity data

Other groups

Students with disabilities

48.85%

English Language Learners

18.43%

Living in poverty

91.71%

Female

53%

Male

47%

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

25 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 fewer than 5 applicants in this group and all received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~16% 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

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.

No applicants

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

No applicants

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.

~80% admitted

There were about 25 applicants in this group and about 20 received offers last year.This group's offers alone accounted for ~80% 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 fewer than 5 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.

~0% admitted

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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