P.S. 004 Maurice Wollin

P.S. 004's 2025 results are a meaningful jump from the pandemic-era dip. ELA proficiency landed at 66.3%, up from 52.4% the year before, and math hit 70.7%, well above the district average of about 61%. The longer arc shows real growth: ELA hovered in the low 50s from 2016 through 2017, climbed into the low 60s pre-pandemic, dipped back during COVID recovery, and is now at its highest point on record. Scores by grade are notably strong — fourth graders hit 71% in ELA and 75% in math, fifth graders 68.9% and 70.5%. The overall quality score of 2.74 out of 4 places P.S. 004 clearly above the District 31 average of 2.45.

The culture data here is one of the school's strongest selling points. Teacher-reported safety is 98%, parent-teacher trust is 96%, and 97% of staff say there are strong relationships — all higher than district averages. Parent satisfaction sits at 88%, slightly below the district's 93%, but parents rate trust with teachers and the principal in the low-to-mid 90s, suggesting they feel connected even when not formally 'satisfied.' Discipline is essentially a non-issue: zero suspensions over three consecutive years, against a district average suspension rate of about 0.4%. Attendance is decent at 93.4% (above the 91.4% district average), but chronic absenteeism is high at 79.9% — that figure means roughly four out of five students miss 10% or more of the school year, which is a citywide pattern in this metric but worth knowing about.

P.S. 004's student body mirrors its neighborhood closely. White students make up 59% of enrollment, Hispanic 20%, Asian 16%, with small Black and multiracial shares — a fairly close match to the surrounding Arden Heights-Rossville census tract, where the poverty rate is just 4.9% and most households are homeowners. The economic need index of 35.4% is meaningfully lower than you'd see in most city elementary schools, reflecting the area's relative affluence. With 29% of students having IEPs, the school serves a notable share of children with disabilities, which is above typical citywide averages and suggests real inclusion practices on the special education side.

Arden Heights-Rossville is one of Staten Island's more suburban-feeling neighborhoods — 85.6% homeownership, a median home value north of half a million dollars, and a median household income around $104,843. The BA+ education rate of 35.9% tracks with the working-professional demographic that tends to send kids here. With nearly three in ten households including children, the area is genuinely family-dense, and P.S. 004 is one of the anchors for those families.

There are no subway stations within a 20-minute walk of the school — families almost certainly drive or rely on school buses, which is typical for this part of Staten Island