BARBARA ESSELBORN SCHOOL (THE)

BARBARA ESSELBORN SCHOOL (THE) is a substantial elementary campus in STATEN ISLAND, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31. The school hosts 806 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 82% bigger than the state mean of about 443.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 runs 74 schools in total, collectively educating 56,577 students. BARBARA ESSELBORN SCHOOL (THE) is one of those campuses.

On demographics, BARBARA ESSELBORN SCHOOL (THE) shows that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 30% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 60% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, BARBARA ESSELBORN SCHOOL (THE) has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting BARBARA ESSELBORN SCHOOL (THE) higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 52% of students at BARBARA ESSELBORN SCHOOL (THE) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Richmond County's rate of about 67%.

With demographic context factored in, BARBARA ESSELBORN SCHOOL (THE) ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 55.9%; BARBARA ESSELBORN SCHOOL (THE) posts 77.6%, +21.7 points above that line.

In the area at large, Richmond County reports that the typical household earns roughly $98,333 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Richmond County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,254 students), BARBARA ESSELBORN SCHOOL (THE) is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is IS 24 MYRA S BARNES, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BARBARA ESSELBORN SCHOOL (THE) at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 80.5%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 3%: 830 students in 2018 compared to 806 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 73% to 50% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the BARBARA ESSELBORN SCHOOL (THE) community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.