ELLA BAKER SCHOOL

Located at 317 E 67TH ST, in NEW YORK, New York, ELLA BAKER SCHOOL is a modestly sized elementary campus that enrolls 337 students (grades pre-K through 8), run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2. Enrollment runs roughly 24% smaller than the state mean of about 443.

Across the 119 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 (54,599 students total), ELLA BAKER SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, ELLA BAKER SCHOOL shows that 37% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 31% White, 15% Black, 10% Asian, 7% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting ELLA BAKER SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, New York County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, ELLA BAKER SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.4%.

In the broader community, census data for New York County shows median household earnings sit near $103,931, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ELLA BAKER SCHOOL is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

The closest other public school is TALENT UNLIMITED HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ELLA BAKER SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ELLA BAKER SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 78.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 5%: 321 students in 2018 compared to 337 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 37% to 31% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.

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