HECTOR FIGUEROA SCHOOL (THE)

HECTOR FIGUEROA SCHOOL (THE) operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in WOODSIDE, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30. Current enrollment sits at 455 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30, which oversees 53 schools and 35,337 students, HECTOR FIGUEROA SCHOOL (THE) is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, HECTOR FIGUEROA SCHOOL (THE) lists that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 43% Asian, 10% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting HECTOR FIGUEROA SCHOOL (THE) higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HECTOR FIGUEROA SCHOOL (THE) sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 48.6%; actual is 72.1%, +23.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Queens County indicate median household earnings sit near $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. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which HECTOR FIGUEROA SCHOOL (THE) is one.

The closest other public school is PS 152 GWENDOLINE N ALLEYNE SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 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), HECTOR FIGUEROA SCHOOL (THE) ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 55.1%.

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

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