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This is a list of public elementary schools in New York City. They are typically referred to as "PS number" (e.g., "PS 46", that is, "Public School 46"). Many PS numbers are ambiguous, being used by more than one school. The sections correspond to New York City DOE Regions.
The history of education in New York City includes schools and schooling from the colonial era to the present. It includes public and private schools, as well as higher education. Annual city spending on public schools quadrupled from $250 million in 1946 to $1.1 billion in 1960.
The Bayard Rustin Educational Complex, also known as the Humanities Educational Complex, is a "vertical campus" of the New York City Department of Education which contains a number of small public schools. Most of them are high schools — grades 9 through 12 – along with one combined middle and high school – grades 6 through 12.
The New York City public school system is the largest in the United States. [33] More than 1.1 million students are taught in more than 1,700 public schools with a budget of nearly $25 billion. [34] The public school system is managed by the New York City Department of Education. It includes Empowerment Schools.
The great school wars: A history of the New York City public schools (1975), a standard scholarly history online; Ravitch, Diane, and Joseph P. Viteritti, eds. City Schools: Lessons from New York (2000) Ravitch, Diane, ed. NYC schools under Bloomberg and Klein what parents, teachers and policymakers need to know (2009) essays by experts online
Draper, Andrew S. Origin and development of the New York common school system : an address delivered before the New York State Teachers' Association, at Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Tuesday evening, July 8, 1890 (1890) 48pp online; Finegan, Thomas E. Free schools; a documentary history of the free school movement in New York state (1921) online; 680pp.
P.S. 158 (Public School #158), named the Bayard Taylor School, is a public elementary school in New York City. [2] The school is located in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. It first opened in the mid-1890s. [3] The school building occupies the entire breadth of York Avenue between 77th and 78th Street. The school reports some of the highest ...
The Calhoun School is a progressive, co-educational, independent school on New York City's Upper West Side, serving students from Pre-K through 12th grade. Founded in 1896, the school currently has approximately 600 students, housed in two separate buildings.