GORDON PARKS SCHOOL (THE)

GORDON PARKS SCHOOL (THE), an average-sized K-5 school in ROSEDALE, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29, instructs 561 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 27% bigger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29 runs 46 schools in total, collectively educating 21,817 students. GORDON PARKS SCHOOL (THE) is one of those campuses.

On demographics, GORDON PARKS SCHOOL (THE) shows that nearly all students (80%) are Black. Beyond that, the school shows 10% Hispanic, 3% Pacific Islander, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 17% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GORDON PARKS SCHOOL (THE) performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.0%, the actual is 48.9%, a residual of +3.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, Queens County reports that median household income runs about $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), GORDON PARKS SCHOOL (THE) is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PS 38 ROSEDALE, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GORDON PARKS SCHOOL (THE) ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 60.5%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 26%: 756 students in 2018 compared to 561 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 96% to 80%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the GORDON PARKS SCHOOL (THE) community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.