IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT

IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT is one of the sprawling middle schools in STATEN ISLAND, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31, with 980 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 85% larger than typical.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31, which oversees 74 schools and 56,577 students, IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT logs that the most-represented group is White (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 28% Hispanic, 27% Asian, 5% Black, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT has 92 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.6:1. The state averages about 10.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Richmond County's rate of about 67%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.1%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Richmond County indicate the typical household earns roughly $98,333 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Richmond County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,254 students), of which IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT is one.

PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 60.7%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 973 students in 2018 compared to 980 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 12% to 27% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.