YORKVILLE COMMUNITY SCHOOL vs PS 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL

Yorkville Community School earns an overall rating of 8.9/10 against PS 153 Adam Clayton Powell's 8.6/10 — a 0.3-point gap that translates into a meaningful state rank difference. Yorkville Community School sits at #84 of 4,742 New York schools while PS 153 Adam Clayton Powell ranks #211 of 4,742, placing both schools well inside the top 5% of the state but with Yorkville holding a clear edge in overall standing.

The academic picture flips when you look at individual scores. PS 153 Adam Clayton Powell outscores Yorkville Community School on academics, 8.8 to 8.5, and also leads on growth, 9.9 to 9.6. That growth delta — measuring how much students advance relative to peers with similar starting points — signals that PS 153 is delivering above-expectation learning gains. Yorkville Community School's higher overall rating reflects factors outside raw academics and growth, but families prioritizing measurable student progress should weigh PS 153's edge in both categories seriously.

The two schools diverge most sharply on student demographics. Yorkville Community School enrolls 344 students with 33% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch; PS 153 Adam Clayton Powell enrolls 389 students with 89% qualifying. That 56-percentage-point FRL gap reflects fundamentally different communities served. PS 153's student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1 is tighter than Yorkville's 12.3:1, meaning slightly more individual attention per student even at higher enrollment — a notable resource advantage given the higher-needs population PS 153 serves.

Both schools run PK through grade 5, so the full elementary span is available at either campus. The 3.3 miles separating them spans from the Upper East Side (Yorkville) to Central Harlem (Adam Clayton Powell), placing them in distinct neighborhood contexts despite identical grade configurations. No specialized programs, magnet designations, or language tracks are indicated in the available data for either school.