P.S. 060 Alice Austen

Test scores are below the district average on both subjects — 58.2% ELA proficiency versus a district average near 61%, and 49.4% math proficiency versus roughly 61% in the district — and the school's overall quality score of 2.15 out of 4 sits below the district mean of about 2.45. The good news is that math has climbed meaningfully over the past decade, from 35.9% proficiency in 2016 to 49.4% in 2025, with a particularly sharp jump from 33.5% in 2022 to 51.1% in 2024. ELA is more of a roller coaster — dipping into the low 40s in 2022 and 2024 before rebounding to 58.2% in 2025 — so consistency isn't yet the story here. Third-graders outperform fourth- and fifth-graders on both subjects, which can happen when curriculum or instruction shifts between grades.

The school feels safe and well-run from the inside. Teachers rate safety at 99% — well above the district average of 95% — and there were zero suspensions in each of the last three reported years. Parents are highly satisfied (93%, in line with the district) and report extraordinary trust in teachers (96%) and strong home-school relationships (100%). Teachers give instruction quality a 97%, also above the district norm. The one softer signal is teacher-principal trust at 81%, lower than the other trust measures and worth noting. The bigger concern sits outside the survey data: chronic absenteeism runs at 74.3%, meaning roughly three out of four students missed 10% or more of school days, even though the overall attendance rate (91.9%) is slightly above average — a reminder that averages can hide how many kids are slipping through the cracks day-to-day.

The student body is mostly White (46%), Hispanic (28%), and Asian (20%), with a small Black population (4%) — a mix that mirrors the surrounding neighborhood of homeowning Staten Island families. About 27% of students have IEPs, noticeably higher than the citywide norm, which means families looking at this school should expect a meaningful special education presence in classrooms. PTA fundraising brings in about $88 per student, well below the district average of $141, so the parent organization is more about volunteers than about writing big checks. Family survey response rate is a healthy 56%, suggesting engaged parents even if the dollars aren't where some peer schools' are.

The school sits in the New Springville–Willowbrook–Bulls Head–Travis area, a car-oriented, middle-to-upper-middle-class corner of Staten Island where 76% of households own their homes, the median home value is around $641,000, and median household income is just over $98,000. About a quarter of households have children at home, and roughly a third of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher — a fairly typical suburban Staten Island profile. The poverty rate of about 10% is well below the citywide average.

There are no subway stations within a 20-minute walk, so families get here by car, school bus, or local Staten Island bus service.