Naples Street Elementary School

Naples Street's academic trajectory is one of the more striking turnarounds in the data: in 2017, only 40% of students were proficient in math and 63.6% in ELA; by 2025, those numbers are 98.6% and 95.8% — math nearly doubled while ELA climbed roughly 30 points. Compared to the district averages (61% ELA, 61% math), this school is performing at roughly the 96th–99th percentile locally, with grade-level results consistently at or near 100% in both subjects. The story isn't just high — it's steadily upward across the last four measured years.

The climate picture is overwhelmingly positive on trust and instruction: 100% of responding teachers rate their principal relationship, instructional quality, and safety as strong, and parent trust in teachers and the principal sits at 97–98%. Zero suspensions across three school years (2021–22 through 2023–24) points to a calm, well-managed building. Attendance is solid at 95.2% versus the district's 91.4%, though the underlying chronic absenteeism figure (90.8%) is high enough to raise an eyebrow — worth asking the school directly what they make of it and how the picture varies by subgroup.

With about 284 students, the school is intimate enough that most families know each other. The student body is moderately diverse (47% White, 25% Hispanic, 13% Black, 13% Asian), reflecting a Grasmere-area population that leans toward homeowners with median household income near $82K and a 31.7% college-degree rate. The 41.6 economic need index sits below the citywide average, and 28% of students have IEPs — a meaningful inclusion story that the high overall proficiency makes all the more notable.

The Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills area around the school is a predominantly homeowner neighborhood — 63% of households own their homes, with a median home value around $651K — and families with kids make up roughly a fifth of all households. Income and education levels are close to or slightly above city averages, and the 10.2% poverty rate reflects a solidly middle-class stretch of Staten Island. The school sits within easy walking distance of the Staten Island Railway, which is how most commuters from outside the immediate blocks get here.

The school is a roughly 7-minute walk from the Grasmere SIR station and about 9 minutes from the Old Town SIR station — practical for local families, but anyone commuting from another borough should plan on the ferry plus the SIR.