YORKVILLE COMMUNITY SCHOOL vs PS 133 FRED R MOORE

PS 133 Fred R Moore and Yorkville Community School sit 2.2 miles apart in New York City, but they sit far apart in state rankings. PS 133 Fred R Moore ranks #3 of 4,739 schools in New York — an extraordinary placement — while Yorkville Community School ranks #115, itself an elite position. The overall rating gap is 0.7 points, with PS 133 Fred R Moore scoring 9.5/10 against Yorkville Community School's 8.8/10. Both are top-tier schools by any statewide measure, but PS 133 Fred R Moore's rank places it among a handful of schools in the entire state at its performance level.

Academically, PS 133 Fred R Moore scores 9.2/10 versus Yorkville Community School's 8.5/10 — a 0.7-point delta that mirrors the overall gap and suggests consistent outperformance across metrics rather than one outlier category pulling the average. On growth, both schools score exceptionally well: Yorkville Community School posts a 9.6/10 while PS 133 Fred R Moore reaches a perfect 10.0/10, meaning students at PS 133 Fred R Moore are outpacing academic growth expectations at the highest measurable rate. A school holding a perfect growth score while also ranking #3 statewide is producing both high achievement and high trajectory simultaneously.

The demographic and structural differences between the two schools are substantial. Yorkville Community School enrolls 344 students with a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1 and a free/reduced lunch rate of 33%. PS 133 Fred R Moore enrolls 187 students, operates at a 7.5:1 student-teacher ratio — nearly half of Yorkville's — and serves a population that is 95% free/reduced lunch eligible. PS 133 Fred R Moore's combination of an elite state rank with near-universal high-need enrollment makes it a genuinely exceptional equity story: its performance cannot be explained by demographics.

Both schools serve grades PK through 5, so families with children across the full elementary span will find the same grade coverage at either campus. The meaningful structural difference is class size and school scale: PS 133 Fred R Moore's 7.5:1 ratio translates to considerably more individualized attention per student than the already-reasonable 12.3:1 at Yorkville Community School.