At a Glance
A small PK-12 school serving a student body made up entirely of children with IEPs, tucked into one of the city's wealthiest neighborhoods.
Best suited for
Families of children with IEPs who want a single, stable school community spanning pre-K through 12th grade, value a calm environment with strong family-administrator trust, and don't expect a deep enrichment budget.
What stands out
- Every student in the building is on an IEP, making this a fully specialized setting rather than a general-ed neighborhood school.
- The PK-12 span means families can stay in one school community from pre-K through high school graduation — rare in New York City.
- Zero suspensions recorded — an unusually clean discipline record.
- Parent-principal trust at 95% is among the highest in this data set, suggesting families feel genuinely heard.
- Located inside one of the city's most affluent neighborhoods while serving a high-economic-need student body — an unusual fit of setting and population.
Things to consider
- Academic proficiency data isn't available, so families will want to ask directly about progress measures, portfolio work, or IEP goal attainment.
- PTA fundraising runs at just $8 per student, well below the district average of around $517 — a sign that enrichment dollars are limited.
- Only 44 teachers responded to the climate survey, a modest response that limits how confidently you can read the staff-side numbers.
- With 385 students across 14 grade levels, each grade cohort is small — a plus for individual attention, a minus for the social breadth older kids often want.
- Teacher-rated instruction quality (81%) trails the district average, though this number compares against mostly general-education schools and isn't a perfect benchmark.
Based on 2024-25 data
School SummaryDistrict 2
Compared with the high-scoring District 2 peers listed — P.S. 77 Lower Lab at 99, Success Academy Hell's Kitchen at 96, and a handful of 95-rated schools — P.S. M094 plays a very different role. It isn't competing on general-education academic rankings; it's a specialized setting serving students with IEPs from across the borough, and the District 2 schools above are general-ed programs with very different missions.
Academics
No proficiency data in ELA, math, or science was provided for this school, so academic outcomes can't be assessed against the district averages of roughly 73% ELA and 73% math proficiency. Given that the entire student body has IEPs, expectations for state-test proficiency would differ substantially from a general-ed comparison.
Culture
The day-to-day climate reads as calm and high-trust. There were zero suspensions, teacher-reported safety sits at 96%, and parent-teacher and parent-principal trust are both in the mid-90s. Parent satisfaction (89%) and teacher-rated instruction quality (81%) are both a few points below the district averages of 92% and 90% respectively, though those averages reflect mostly general-education schools and aren't an apples-to-apples comparison. With only 95 family surveys and 44 teacher surveys in the response pool, the picture is solid but built on a relatively small sample.
Community
The student body is majority Hispanic (48%) and Black (30%), with smaller Asian, White, and multiracial populations — a very different racial and economic mix from the surrounding Financial District-Battery Park City, where the poverty rate is just 6.1% and the median household income is around $192,000. The economic need index of 86.8 reflects that students travel in from across the borough, not just the immediate neighborhood. Notably, every student has an IEP, which makes this a fully self-contained special-education setting.
Neighborhood
The school sits in the Financial District-Battery Park City, a neighborhood of glass towers, waterfront parks, and some of the city's priciest condos. About 14% of households here have children, and 82.7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, so most of the families you see on the sidewalk are not necessarily the families inside the school — the student body is drawn more broadly across Manhattan.
Three subway stops are within a short walk: Bowling Green (4, 5), Rector St (1), and Rector St (R, W), each roughly a 5-minute stroll from the school.
Survey Results
NYC School Survey (2025) · 95 families responded (21% rate)
Racial & Ethnic Diversity
NYC DOE InfoHub · 2022-23
PTA Fundraising
Source: DOE Local Law 171 disclosure
Discipline
NYSED Student & Educator Database
Economic Need & Special Populations
How to get in, step by step
P.S. M094 is a District 75 school, part of the city's network of programs for students with significant disabilities. There's no application to file: a child is placed here when their IEP recommends a District 75 setting.
- 1Talk with your child's IEP team about the setting the IEP recommends.
- 2If it recommends a District 75 program, the DOE offers the seat — ask the team which programs they're considering and visit them.
District 75 is the city's citywide district for students with significant disabilities. In the DOE's words, it provides “highly specialized instructional support” for students with challenges such as autism, significant cognitive delays, emotional disabilities, sensory impairments and multiple disabilities.
Its classes run in schools where every student has an IEP, as special classes inside District 1–32 schools, in general education classrooms, and in agencies, hospitals and at home. The IEP team, which includes you, recommends the program and class size.
From NYC Public Schools' District 75 page, read October 17, 2026.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is P.S. M094 a good school?
- Published quality ratings aren't available for P.S. M094 yet on Motley. It's a public school serving grades Pre-K to 12 in Financial District-Battery Park City.
- What grades does P.S. M094 serve?
- P.S. M094 serves grades Pre-K to 12.
- How do students get into P.S. M094?
- P.S. M094 is a District 75 school, part of the city's citywide district for students with significant disabilities. There's no application: a child is placed here when their IEP team recommends a District 75 setting.
- Is P.S. M094 public, charter, or private?
- P.S. M094 is a public school in District 75, the city's citywide special education district.
- What neighborhood is P.S. M094 in?
- P.S. M094 is in Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan.