Spruce Street School
12 Spruce Street, Manhattan, NY 10038
About this school
Zoned continuation school with K-8 service. Zoned entry does not always translate into an open middle-school seat for late movers.
K-8 zoned school near City Hall.
As a Pre-K-8 school, Spruce students can expect many opportunities to build on the successes of elementary school, with an adolescent spin. Our instructional approach emphasizes inquiry and depth. All students engage in daily humanities blocks where they read, write, inquire, debate, and research. Mathematics plays a large role in our curriculum, and happens daily. Our math instruction emphasizes both conceptual understanding and fact fluency. All students engage in science instruction across the week, utilizing our state of-the-art science lab. Our curriculum also emphasizes social and emotional development through advisory. We offer visual art and music. Students also engage in electives which range from coding to sculpture to dance. At Spruce Street, we expect students to serve as leaders across our school.
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Student demographics
NYC School Quality Snapshot · Reporting period: 2024-10-31 · Source release: 2025 · unknown · Retrieved September 10, 2026 · Source-reported for the stated period; retrieval does not establish present-day accuracy. Only the categories available in this record are shown; totals may be below 100%.
Academic measures
NYC School Quality Snapshot · Source release: 2025 release (measurement periods vary). Proficiency is the share of tested students meeting state standards, not a school rating.
- ELA proficiency
- 85%2025 NY State tests
- Math proficiency
- 82%2025 NY State tests
- Student attendance
- 93%September 2024-June 2025
Sources and data dates
- School listing
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- Stored rating
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- Enrollment
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- School description
- NYC School Quality Snapshot · Reporting period: 2025 release (measurement periods vary) · unknown · Retrieved September 10, 2026 · Measurement period is not established; retrieval date is not the date of the underlying fact.
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