Total enrollment
62,254
-746 (-1%) vs SY 2020-21
88 schools in Staten Island
New York · Public K-12
Staten Island's public-school footprint covers 88 schools with combined enrollment of about 62,254 students, averaging 707 per school.
4-year change in Staten Island
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
87
+3 (+4%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
Residents
·
all ages · ACS 5-yr
Students
62,254
public K-12 · NCES
Schools
88
public K-12
About Staten Island
Across Staten Island, New York, 88 public schools educates about 62,254 students between them.
On the school-mix side, the city is built around 55 elementary, 13 middle, 15 high, and 5 other.
Per-school enrollment runs near 707, noticeably above the state mean of about 519.
Five-year track record. Total public-school enrollment in Staten Island has stayed largely flat since SY 2020-21, moving from about 63,000 students to 62,254. The school count climbed from 84 to 87 across the same 4-year window.
Within the allk12 community for this area, the community for Staten Island discusses comparison threads between local schools and program reviews. Discussions cut across districts, schools, and grade levels.