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P.S. 129 John H. Finley

05M129

PK,0K,01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08 - Manhattan, District 5

425 WEST 130 STREET (get directions)

$4.61/student (PTA & enrollment SY2024-25)

193 students (SY2025-26)

[email protected] budget $2,304,656 ($11,941/student)

Attendance: 85.5%

ELA Course Pass Rate: 97.1%

Math Course Pass Rate: 97.1%

Overview

P.S. 129 John H. Finley is a k-8 school (grades PK,0K,01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08) in Manhattan, Community School District 5.

Enrollment & demographics

School year	Total enrollment
2013-14	562
2014-15	491
2015-16	487
2016-17	451
2017-18	435
2018-19	406
2019-20	377
2020-21	306
2021-22	247
2022-23	199
2023-24	219
2024-25	234
2025-26	193

% female: 47.2% (2025-26)

% poverty: 92.2% (2025-26)

% students with disabilities: 26.9% (2025-26)

% English language learners: 22.3% (2025-26)

Data year

Mixed years. Each share is the newest year this school published it, shown next to the number.

Race / ethnicity

DOE reports race and ethnicity. It does not publish country of nationality.

Asian: 6.2% (2025-26)

Black: 38.3% (2025-26)

Hispanic: 51.8% (2025-26)

White: 2.6% (2025-26)

Multi-racial: 1% (2025-26)

Native American: 0% (2025-26)

Economic Need Index: 0.92 (DOE's poverty/need composite score, 0-1)

Academic / quality

Attendance: 85.5%

ELA Course Pass Rate: 97.1%

Math Course Pass Rate: 97.1%

Year	Metric	Value
2024	Attendance	85.5%
2023	Attendance	86.6%
2022	Attendance	85.7%
2021	Attendance	80.8%
2021	ELA course pass rate	97.1%
2021	Math course pass rate	97.1%
2020	Attendance	80.3%
2020	ELA course pass rate	56.1%
2020	Math course pass rate	74.4%
2019	Attendance	88.4%
2019	ELA course pass rate	85%
2019	Math course pass rate	89.5%
2018	Attendance	89.2%
2018	ELA course pass rate	85.4%
2018	Math course pass rate	87.9%
2017	ELA course pass rate	89.4%
2017	Math course pass rate	98.8%
2016	ELA course pass rate	91.6%
2016	Math course pass rate	86.4%
2015	ELA course pass rate	87.5%
2015	Math course pass rate	97.1%

See the full report on DOE's site for every metric this dataset publishes.

State tests

Mean scale score on the New York State test for the grades this school serves. The percent is students at level 3 or 4, not a percentile rank. Scores from 2023 on use the current standards and are not comparable to earlier years. High school SAT section scores stay in Academic / quality.

Year	Grade	Test	Mean scale score	Level 3+4	Tested
2026	3	ELA	447	41.2%	17
2026	3	Math	449	58.8%	17
2026	4	ELA	435	34.8%	23
2026	4	Math	433	25%	24
2026	5	ELA	436	25%	32
2026	5	Math	434	25%	32
2026	5	Science	432	12.9%	31
2025	3	ELA	432	25%	24
2025	3	Math	429	15.4%	26
2025	4	ELA	440	37.5%	32
2025	4	Math	433	30.3%	33
2025	5	ELA	447	50%	28
2025	5	Math	439	37%	27
2025	5	Science	434	13.8%	29
2024	3	ELA	432	20%	30
2024	3	Math	432	32.3%	31
2024	4	ELA	435	36.1%	36
2024	4	Math	434	21.6%	37
2024	5	ELA	452	63.6%	11
2024	5	Math	444	45.5%	11
2024	5	Science	445	35.7%	14
2023	3	ELA	429	17.1%	35
2023	3	Math	430	22.2%	36
2023	4	ELA	456	71.4%	14
2023	4	Math	448	42.9%	14
2023	5	ELA	438	36.8%	19
2023	5	Math	430	21.1%	19
2022	3	ELA	598	42.1%	19
2022	3	Math	598	52.6%	19
2022	4	ELA	589	36.8%	19
2022	4	Math	587	42.1%	19
2022	5	ELA	589	18.2%	22
2022	5	Math	580	9.1%	22
2022	8	ELA	597	37.5%	32
2022	8	Math	574	0%	19
2019	3	ELA	595	33.3%	30
2019	3	Math	586	30%	30
2019	4	ELA	601	54.5%	22
2019	4	Math	605	66.7%	21
2019	5	ELA	598	40.5%	37
2019	5	Math	595	35.1%	37
2019	6	ELA	599	44.4%	36
2019	6	Math	590	22%	41
2019	7	ELA	590	16.7%	60
2019	7	Math	586	11.9%	59
2019	8	ELA	595	39.3%	56
2019	8	Math	581	6.8%	59
2018	3	ELA	600	44%	25
2018	3	Math	591	36%	25
2018	4	ELA	605	53.7%	41
2018	4	Math	594	47.5%	40
2018	5	ELA	596	34.3%	35
2018	5	Math	588	25.7%	35
2018	6	ELA	594	41.5%	53
2018	6	Math	582	11.8%	51
2018	7	ELA	592	20.8%	53
2018	7	Math	586	8%	50
2018	8	ELA	593	23.1%	52
2018	8	Math	590	11.5%	52

Specialized high school offers

Share of 8th graders in high-school admissions who received an offer to a testing specialized high school. A cell of 0-5 is DOE's suppression for a small count, so that year has no percent.

Year	In HS admissions	Took SHSAT	Offers	Offer rate
2022	37	7	0-5	not reported

School budget (Galaxy)

Allocated school budget from DOE Galaxy. Fair Student Funding is the main flexible allocation. This is the budget, not dollars already spent. Per student uses the latest enrollment, which can be a different year than the fiscal year. Figures as of 2026-10-23.

Fiscal year	Total budget	Fair Student Funding	Per student
FY 2027	$2,304,656	not reported	$11,941
FY 2026	$2,221,015	not reported	$11,508

FY 2027 line items

Allocation	Amount
4K for All	$663,657
3K for All	$663,657
IDEA SBST Shared	$180,353
Title I SWP	$151,221
School Support Supplement	$122,748
Contract for Excellence FY 09	$122,084
AIDP STH School and Site Based Shared	$107,666
Title I SWP STH	$56,859
IDEA RS IEP Para	$52,488
C4E Class Size Transition	$45,883
Contract for Excellence FY 2024	$39,997
Class Size Reduction C4E Phase In	$23,156
Rollover Title IV Community Coordinator	$18,292
Title IIA Supplemental	$17,176
Contract for Excellence FY 2025	$15,287
Title III LEP	$12,465
High Need Support for Title I	$4,369
Title III LEP Carryover	$2,480
Title I SWP Translation Services	$1,664
High Need Support for Title I STH	$1,642
Title I SWP Parent and Family Engagement	$1,512

PTA funding (LL171)

$4.61/student (PTA & enrollment SY2024-25)

PTA/PA fundraising per enrolled student - higher generally means a more active parent fundraising community, not a DOE quality signal.

School year	Beginning balance	Total income	Total expenses	Ending balance
2024-25	$53	$1,078	$500	$578

Sources & methodology

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