PS 75 EMILY DICKINSON vs PS 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL

PS 75 Emily Dickinson and PS 153 Adam Clayton Powell are separated by 2.6 miles and just 0.1 overall rating points — PS 153 Adam Clayton Powell edges ahead at 9.3/10 versus PS 75 Emily Dickinson's 9.2/10. The gap becomes more meaningful at the state level: PS 153 Adam Clayton Powell ranks #13 of 4,739 schools in New York, placing it in the top 0.3% statewide, while PS 75 Emily Dickinson ranks #24 of 4,739 — still elite, but trailing its crosstown peer by 11 positions.

On academic performance, PS 153 Adam Clayton Powell scores 8.8/10 versus PS 75 Emily Dickinson's 8.5/10 — a 0.3-point delta that reflects a measurable edge in proficiency outcomes. Growth scores are nearly identical, with PS 153 Adam Clayton Powell at 9.9/10 and PS 75 Emily Dickinson at 9.8/10, meaning both schools are driving exceptional student progress relative to expectations regardless of where students start. Families prioritizing academic ceiling will find PS 153 Adam Clayton Powell's numbers slightly stronger; families weighing growth alone will find both schools nearly indistinguishable.

The sharpest contrast between the two schools is structural. PS 75 Emily Dickinson enrolls 480 students against PS 153 Adam Clayton Powell's 389, but the student-teacher ratio tells a more striking story: PS 75 Emily Dickinson operates at 6.6 students per teacher, one of the lowest ratios in any New York City public school, compared to 11.4:1 at PS 153 Adam Clayton Powell. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility stands at 69% at PS 75 Emily Dickinson and 89% at PS 153 Adam Clayton Powell, a 20-point gap indicating PS 153 Adam Clayton Powell serves a substantially higher concentration of economically disadvantaged families — yet still posts higher academic and overall scores.

One concrete programmatic difference separates the two schools before a child ever enters kindergarten: PS 153 Adam Clayton Powell offers Pre-K, serving students from PK through grade 5, while PS 75 Emily Dickinson begins at kindergarten and runs KG through grade 5. Families with four-year-olds seeking continuity in a single building have only one option between these two schools.