IS 27 ANNING S PRALL

IS 27 ANNING S PRALL is an expansive middle-grades school in STATEN ISLAND, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31. The school serves 836 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 57% larger than typical.

Across the 74 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 (56,577 students total), IS 27 ANNING S PRALL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, IS 27 ANNING S PRALL shows that 46% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 19% Black, 18% White, 14% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Richmond County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, IS 27 ANNING S PRALL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.2%, the actual is 50.2%, a residual of +4.0 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Richmond County indicate median household earnings sit near $98,333, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Richmond County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,254 students), IS 27 ANNING S PRALL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PS 19 CURTIS SCHOOL (THE), around 0.5 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), IS 27 ANNING S PRALL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 42.6%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at IS 27 ANNING S PRALL has decreased 16%, going from 1,001 students in 2018 to 836 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 27% to 18% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for IS 27 ANNING S PRALL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.