ACE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLARS AT THE GERALDINE FERRARO CAMPUS

ACE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLARS AT THE GERALDINE FERRARO CAMPUS is an elementary school of average-sized scale in RIDGEWOOD, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24, works with 573 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 29% bigger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24 comprises 57 schools with combined enrollment of 48,008 students; ACE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLARS AT THE GERALDINE FERRARO CAMPUS is among them.

Looking at the student body, ACE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLARS AT THE GERALDINE FERRARO CAMPUS shows that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 32% White, 8% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, ACE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLARS AT THE GERALDINE FERRARO CAMPUS lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Queens County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ACE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLARS AT THE GERALDINE FERRARO CAMPUS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.9%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Queens County indicate median household earnings sit near $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), ACE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLARS AT THE GERALDINE FERRARO CAMPUS is one campus in the mix.

GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ACE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLARS AT THE GERALDINE FERRARO CAMPUS comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 43.2%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ACE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLARS AT THE GERALDINE FERRARO CAMPUS has edged up 5%, going from 548 students in 2018 to 573 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share shrank from 16% to 8%.

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