IS 59 SPRINGFIELD GARDENS

Located at 132-55 RIDGEDALE ST, in SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, New York, IS 59 SPRINGFIELD GARDENS is a compact middle school that works with 401 students (grades 6 through 8), part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 24% smaller than typical.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29 comprises 46 schools with combined enrollment of 21,817 students; IS 59 SPRINGFIELD GARDENS is among them.

Demographically, IS 59 SPRINGFIELD GARDENS records that 76% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school reports 15% Hispanic, 3% Native American, 3% Asian. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 17%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), IS 59 SPRINGFIELD GARDENS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.7%, the actual is 53.2%, a residual of +4.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Queens County put median household earnings sit near $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), IS 59 SPRINGFIELD GARDENS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, IS 59 SPRINGFIELD GARDENS comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 58.7%.

IS 59 SPRINGFIELD GARDENS operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at IS 59 SPRINGFIELD GARDENS has declined 32%, going from 590 students in 2018 to 401 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 86% to 76% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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