Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5
PS 199 Jessie Isador Straus, New York, NY
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 570
- Teachers (FTE)
- 42.0
- Students per teacher
- 13.6
- Grades
- K to 5
This school's ratio is 1.9 higher than the district figure of 11.7. The New York average across schools is 11.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 270 W 70th St, New York, NY 10023
- Phone
- (212)799-1033
- County
- New York County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- City: Large
- NCES school ID
- 360007802677
School meals
- Free lunch
- 131
- Reduced-price lunch
- 5
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 13623.9% of enrollment.
- Community Eligibility Provision
- Yes (CEP school)
Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.
Related schools
Other elementary schools in New York City Geographic District # 3
- PS 87 William Sherman 751 students
- PS 84 Lillian Weber 685 students
- PS 166 Richard Rogers School of the Arts & Science (The) 607 students
- PS 9 Sarah Anderson 529 students
- Anderson School (The) 521 students
- PS 145 Bloomingdale School (The) 490 students
- Riverside School for Makers and Artists (The) 480 students
- PS 163 Alfred E Smith 466 students
- PS 75 Emily Dickinson 453 students
- PS 165 Robert E Simon 448 students
- PS 333 Manhattan School for Children 438 students
- PS 452 404 students
Elementary schools elsewhere in New York
- Equity Project Charter School (The) Equity Project Charter School (The)
- Success Academy Charter School-Upper West Success Academy Charter School-Upper West
- Success Academy Charter School-Union Square Success Academy Charter School-Union Square
- Zeta Charter School - Inwood Zeta Charter School - Inwood
- Battery Park City School New York City Geographic District # 2
- KIPP NYC Washington Heights Academy Charter School KIPP NYC Washington Heights Academy Charter School
- PS 184 Shuang Wen New York City Geographic District # 1
- KIPP Star College Prep Charter School KIPP Star College Prep Charter School
- Ps/Is 187 Hudson Cliffs New York City Geographic District # 6
- PS 171 Patrick Henry New York City Geographic District # 4
- Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5 Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5
- PS 11 Sarah J Garnett Elementary School (The) New York City Geographic District # 2
We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.