Young Women's Leadership of Staten Island, Staten Island NY

Original Research by School Decision on Young Women's Leadership of Staten Island

Young Women's Leadership of Staten Island serves grades six through seven as a small school within New York City Geographic District 31. The school enrolls about this size for its grade band in a building at 45 Waverly Place. The student body is predominantly low-income: a substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. In racial composition, the enrollment is majority Black and Hispanic, with smaller numbers of Asian, multiracial, and white students.

The school's state test results show mixed performance. In English language arts, proficiency is notably stronger than in mathematics. In sixth grade, students performed at roughly the midpoint on the ELA state exam, and seventh grade showed similar results. By eighth grade, ELA proficiency rose slightly. In contrast, math proficiency is considerably lower across all grades, dropping in sixth grade to well below the midpoint, recovering some ground in seventh, then dipping again in eighth. Eighth grade science proficiency also sits well below the midpoint. Reading remains the school's clearer strength relative to mathematics and science, though proficiency in all three subjects falls short of where one would want to see middle-grade students positioned for future coursework.

The small enrollment means that absolute counts matter: some grades test only fifty to sixty students, so individual student performance carries weight in the overall picture. Participation rates across assessments are strong, generally in the mid-to-high range, suggesting the school does bring nearly all its students to testing and that these results reflect actual performance rather than selection.

A parent may want to look into further with the school whether there are targeted interventions in mathematics and science, whether the school has supports in place for students who enter below grade level, and how the school structures its transition to high school for its seventh graders. The school's name signals a focus on girls' education and leadership development; the data provided does not offer detail on those program elements or how they shape the experience. The school sits within Staten Island, a borough that has historically been more car-dependent and residential than other parts of the city, with neighborhoods organized around commercial corridors and parks rather than dense urban centers. The district faces a significant elementary school seat shortage, a housing market where home values are appreciating, and major waterfront development underway on the North Shore. That context does not directly shape this school's academics, but it reflects the pace and nature of change in the community.

The school has no graduation rate, no high school course offerings, and no discipline or attendance data in the available information. Those absences reflect the fact that it serves only middle grades, not the full span from elementary through high school where such metrics would apply.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 611%

School 11% · District 56% · ▼ 44 pts below district

▼ 34 pts below state median · ▼ 33 pts below county median

Grade 731%

School 31% · District 68% · ▼ 37 pts below district

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 29 pts below county median

Grade 816%

School 16% · District 60% · ▼ 43 pts below district

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 32 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 645%

School 45% · District 59% · ▼ 14 pts below district

even with state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Grade 746%

School 46% · District 62% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 848%

School 48% · District 61% · ▼ 12 pts below district

even with state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Science

Grade 821%

School 21% · District 47% · ▼ 26 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

This schoolNEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.