EARTH SCHOOL

EARTH SCHOOL is a tiny elementary campus in NEW YORK, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1. The school caters to 175 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 60% smaller than the state mean of about 443.

Across the 26 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1 (9,363 students total), EARTH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, EARTH SCHOOL lists that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 26% White, 11% multiracial, 10% Black, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, EARTH SCHOOL lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than New York County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, EARTH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.3%, the actual is 49.0%, a residual of -3.3 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (New York County) reports that median household income runs about $103,931, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across New York County's 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), EARTH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

PS 64 ROBERT SIMON is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EARTH SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.1%.

EARTH SCHOOL operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 50%: 349 students in 2018 compared to 175 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 39% to 49% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.