EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL

EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a small intermediate school in NEW YORK, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2. The school works with 424 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 20% smaller than that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 runs 119 schools in total, collectively educating 54,599 students. EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 23% Asian, 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.6%; this one delivers 85.5%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for New York County indicate median household earnings sit near $103,931, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

Nearest neighbor: PS 527 EAST SIDE SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL ACTION, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 70.5%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 6% since 2018, when it stood at 449 (now 424). White enrollment moved from 67% to 49% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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