Best Public Schools in Zip Code 10034

Summary:

The 10034 zip code in New York City is home to 13 schools, including 9 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 3 high schools. This area has a mix of high-performing and struggling schools, with some standout institutions like Zeta Charter School - Inwood, Washington Heights Academy, and Muscota leading the way in test scores and overall performance.

The charter schools in the area, Inwood Academy For Leadership Charter School and Zeta Charter School - Inwood, significantly outperform the traditional public schools on metrics like test scores, graduation rates, and dropout rates. These charter schools have impressive proficiency rates, with Zeta Charter School - Inwood ranking 119th out of 2,445 New York elementary schools and earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

In contrast, some of the traditional public schools in the 10034 zip code, such as Ps 5 Ellen Lurie, Ps 98 Shorac Kappock, and Ps 18 Park Terrace, struggle with significantly lower proficiency rates in English Language Arts and math compared to the city and state averages. Spending per student also varies widely, from $20,194 at Muscota to $46,970 at Harold O Levy School, without a clear correlation to student outcomes.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				Regents Common Core Algebra I (2024)	Regents Chemistry (2024)	Regents Common Core Algebra II (2024)	Regents Common Core English Language Arts (2024)	Regents Common Core Geometry (2024)	Regents Earth Science (2024)	Regents Global History and Geography (2024)	Regents Living Environment (2024)	Regents U.S. History and Government (2024)	Regents Algebra I (2024)	NY State Assessments English Language Arts (2024)						NY State Assessments Math (2024)						NY State Assessments Science (2024)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Regents Common Core Algebra I End of Course	Regents Chemistry End of Course	Regents Common Core Algebra II End of Course	Regents Common Core English Language Arts End of Course	Regents Common Core Geometry End of Course	Regents Earth Science End of Course	Regents Global History and Geography End of Course	Regents Living Environment End of Course	Regents U.S. History and Government End of Course	Regents Algebra I End of Course	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 4th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 5th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 6th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 7th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 8th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 3rd Grade	NY State Assessments Math 4th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 5th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 6th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 7th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 8th Grade	NY State Assessments Science 5th Grade	NY State Assessments Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Ps 5 Ellen Lurie	Public	PK, KG-5	3703 10th Ave	New York	10034	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 567-8109	385	33	11.5	93.5%	3 (0.8%)	26 (6.8%)	347 (90.1%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	16.8	2154^th of 2445 public elementary schools	11.9%		10.8	2310^th of 2439 public elementary schools	5.3%	156											18.8	20.3	27.8				36.1	36.6	27.7				15.2		$27,100	$2,778	$24,323
Ps 18 Park Terrace	Public	K-8	4124 9th Ave	New York	10034	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	Yes	(917) 521-2220	220	29	7.6	96.8%	1 (0.5%)	10 (4.5%)	206 (93.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	20	2059^th of 2445 public elementary schools	15.8%		32.2	1682^nd of 2439 public elementary schools	31.0%	377										66.7	10.5	27.3	15.8	21.1	41.2	45.2	18.2	21.7	40.9	63.6	46.2	31.8	4.6	14.0	$28,710	$2,732	$25,977
Ps 98 Shorac Kappock	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	512 W 212th St	New York	10034	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	Yes	No	Yes	(212) 927-7870	286	24	11.9	91.6%	12 (4.2%)	15 (5.2%)	256 (89.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	21.2	2029^th of 2445 public elementary schools	17.0%		39.7	1453^rd of 2439 public elementary schools	40.4%	576											27.0	28.6	35.0				39.5	34.2	34.8				3.7		$28,583	$5,224	$23,360
Harold O Levy School	Public	6-8	650 Academy St	New York	10034	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 567-9162	134	26	5.2	97.0%	1 (0.7%)	11 (8.2%)	122 (91.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8.6	1452^nd of 1504 public middle schools	3.5%		11.4	1416^th of 1500 public middle schools	5.6%	36								25.0		26.9				12.9	27.3	25.0				2.8	27.9				$46,970	$4,024	$42,946
Paula Hedbavny School	Public	K-8	421 W 219th St	New York	10034	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 521-2060	290	35	8.2	71.4%	33 (11.4%)	14 (4.8%)	237 (81.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.7%)	37.7	1516^th of 2445 public elementary schools	38.0%		41.3	1409^th of 2439 public elementary schools	42.2%	107										57.1	25.0	33.3	47.6	33.3	65.8	55.3	52.6	43.8	36.4	48.9	61.5		31.8	47.1	$23,428	$2,550	$20,877
Amistad Dual Language School	Public	K-8	4862 Broadway	New York	10034	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 544-8021	393	42	9.4	84.0%	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.0%)	384 (97.7%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	58.4	939^th of 2445 public elementary schools	61.6%		47	1245^th of 2439 public elementary schools	49.0%	306										80.9	51.5	48.6	37.1	60.0	54.1	69.1	58.8	63.9	55.6	59.1	60.5		22.9	63.8	$23,086	$2,300	$20,786
Muscota	Public	K-5	4862 Broadway	New York	10034	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	No	(212) 544-0614	283	20	14.4	33.2%	129 (45.6%)	5 (1.8%)	114 (40.3%)	8 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (9.5%)	87.4	262^nd of 2445 public elementary schools	89.3%		89.3	228^th of 2439 public elementary schools	90.7%	34											68.6	86.7	68.6				86.1	86.7	56.8				52.9		$20,194	$2,008	$18,186
Washington Heights Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	202 Sherman Ave	New York	10034	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 304-3320	477	34	14.0	90.6%	10 (2.1%)	12 (2.5%)	449 (94.1%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	88.6	236^th of 2445 public elementary schools	90.3%		82.9	382^nd of 2439 public elementary schools	84.3%	146										100.0	67.7	73.0	80.8	76.5	69.4	90.0	73.3	71.1	83.3	84.4	75.8	96.7	54.6	80.0	$20,429	$2,461	$17,968
High School For Excellence And Innovation	Public	9-12	650 Academy St	New York	10034	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 569-1022	188	24	7.7	97.9%	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.9%)	177 (94.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19.6	987^th of 1242 public high schools	20.5%		12.2	1065^th of 1228 public high schools	13.3%	78	88.9			57.1	0.0		53.1	28.8	40.0	56.4															$28,106	$3,020	$25,086
Inwood Early College For Health And Information Technologies	Public	9-12	650 Academy St	New York	10034	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 567-1394	358	37	9.7	96.1%	2 (0.6%)	16 (4.5%)	337 (94.1%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	25.3	905^th of 1242 public high schools	27.1%		14.3	1026^th of 1228 public high schools	16.4%	121	39.3	19.2	26.0	59.2	25.0	37.7	63.9	54.2	76.6	24.4															$22,134	$2,683	$19,451
Inwood Academy For Leadership Charter School	Public, Charter	5-12	3896 10th Ave	New York	10034	New York County	Inwood Academy For Leadership Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(212) 304-0103	950	43	22.0	86.4%	7 (0.7%)	49 (5.2%)	887 (93.4%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	14.2	1066^th of 1242 public high schools	14.2%		17.9	970^th of 1228 public high schools	21.0%	96	10.7	22.2	57.1	63.4	16.8	19.9	51.1	36.5	57.5	43.0			21.6	26.3	31.7	40.0			15.7	27.7	39.0		11.1	32.5	$25,017	$2,393	$22,624
Zeta Charter School - Inwood	Public, Charter	PK, KG-6	401 W 218th St	New York	10034	New York County	Zeta Charter School - Inwood	Yes	No	No	Yes	(929) 447-5281	668			81.4%	15 (2.2%)	92 (13.8%)	546 (81.7%)	6 (0.9%)	6 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	93.9	119^th of 2445 public elementary schools	95.1%		92.4	165^th of 2439 public elementary schools	93.2%	46											69.2	76.7	82.1	77.4			95.2	94.0	70.2	88.7			76.2		$21,112	$2,565	$18,547
Amber Charter School Inwood	Public, Charter	K-3	532 W 215th St	New York	10034	New York County	Amber Charter School Inwood	Yes	No	No	Yes	(212) 534-9667	145	12	12.6	88.3%	4 (2.8%)	18 (12.4%)	121 (83.4%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)								(n/a)											54.6						57.6								$25,678	$5,201	$20,477

Cities Near Zip Code 10034

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
New York	0.11 mi	361	442^nd
Bronx	0.71 mi	469	595^th
Yonkers	3.44 mi	41	602^nd
Mount Vernon	4.93 mi	18	586^th
East Elmhurst	5.69 mi	7	555^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the WNYC and the New York State Department of Health and the NY State Education Department.

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