DAVID N DINKINS SCHOOL

DAVID N DINKINS SCHOOL is one of the reasonably sized primary schools in JAMAICA, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28, with 446 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28 comprises 50 schools with combined enrollment of 36,340 students; DAVID N DINKINS SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, DAVID N DINKINS SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Black at 33%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 33% Asian, 26% Hispanic, 3% Native American. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 17% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Queens County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DAVID N DINKINS SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.9%; this one delivers 53.3%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Queens County) shows that median household income runs about $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), DAVID N DINKINS SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

JAMAICA CHILDREN'S SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DAVID N DINKINS SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 56.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DAVID N DINKINS SCHOOL has decreased 26%, going from 603 students in 2018 to 446 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 54% to 33% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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