IS 5 WALTER CROWLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (THE)

Set in ELMHURST, New York, IS 5 WALTER CROWLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (THE) is a heavily attended middle-grades school, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24. It works with 1,203 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 127% above typical.

Across the 57 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24 (48,008 students total), IS 5 WALTER CROWLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (THE) accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, IS 5 WALTER CROWLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (THE) shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 57% of enrollment. Other groups include 39% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 102 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting IS 5 WALTER CROWLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (THE) higher than the state norm the norm. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Queens County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, IS 5 WALTER CROWLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (THE) sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.4%; this one delivers 56.1%.

In the surrounding community, Queens County reports that median household earnings sit near $86,136, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which IS 5 WALTER CROWLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (THE) is one.

ELM COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL 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 5 WALTER CROWLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (THE) comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 62.3%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. IS 5 WALTER CROWLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (THE)'s enrollment has decreased 33% since 2018, when it stood at 1,796 (now 1,203). Hispanic enrollment moved from 52% to 57% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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