AMISTAD DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL

AMISTAD DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL, a medium-sized elementary school in NEW YORK, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6, hosts 391 students, covering grades K through 8.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6, which oversees 45 schools and 17,415 students, AMISTAD DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, AMISTAD DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (96%) are Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, AMISTAD DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of New York County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, AMISTAD DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.8%, the actual is 60.0%, a residual of +15.2 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (New York County) shows that median household income runs about $103,931, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which AMISTAD DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: MUSCOTA, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around AMISTAD DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), AMISTAD DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 48.2%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 391 students in 2018 compared to 391 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 92% to 96% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 in 2025.

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