PS 15 ROBERTO CLEMENTE vs PS 133 FRED R MOORE

PS 133 Fred R Moore holds a narrow overall rating edge over PS 15 Roberto Clemente — 9.5 versus 9.2 out of 10 — but the state rank gap is far more striking. PS 133 Fred R Moore sits at #3 of 4,739 schools statewide, while PS 15 Roberto Clemente ranks #20 of 4,739. Both positions are exceptional; the distinction is that PS 133 Fred R Moore is among the handful of schools in New York performing at the very top of the entire state.

Academically, the two schools are nearly identical: PS 15 Roberto Clemente scores 9.1 and PS 133 Fred R Moore scores 9.2 on the academic measure — a difference too small to drive a decision on its own. The growth score tells a more meaningful story. PS 133 Fred R Moore earns a perfect 10.0 growth score versus PS 15 Roberto Clemente's already-strong 9.5, a half-point gap indicating that students at PS 133 Fred R Moore are outpacing academic growth expectations at a higher rate, regardless of where they start.

Both schools serve nearly identical enrollment — PS 15 Roberto Clemente at 190 students and PS 133 Fred R Moore at 187 — and both run PK through 5th grade. Student-teacher ratios are tight at both campuses: 7.9:1 at PS 15 Roberto Clemente and 7.5:1 at PS 133 Fred R Moore, giving both schools individualized attention well below city and national norms. The free and reduced-price lunch rate differs more noticeably: 86% at PS 15 Roberto Clemente versus 95% at PS 133 Fred R Moore, meaning PS 133 Fred R Moore serves a higher-need student population — and achieves its #3 statewide rank despite that demographic context, which amplifies the significance of its growth score.

Both schools cover the same grade band, PK–05, and sit 6.4 miles apart in New York City. A family's choice between them is less about program structure and more about geography and the weight placed on raw rank versus proximity, since neither school offers a meaningful structural advantage over the other at the elementary level.