IS 72 ROCCO LAURIE

Set in STATEN ISLAND, New York, IS 72 ROCCO LAURIE is a big junior high, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31. It teaches 1,532 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 189% bigger than the state mean of about 531.

Across the 74 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 (56,577 students total), IS 72 ROCCO LAURIE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, IS 72 ROCCO LAURIE shows that 35% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 31% Asian, 27% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 60% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 126 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting IS 72 ROCCO LAURIE higher than the state norm the norm. About 70% 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 demographically-adjusted basis, IS 72 ROCCO LAURIE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.2%; this one delivers 58.8%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Richmond County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $98,333 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Richmond County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,254 students), IS 72 ROCCO LAURIE is one campus in the mix.

PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), IS 72 ROCCO LAURIE ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 65.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at IS 72 ROCCO LAURIE has edged up 9%, going from 1,407 students in 2018 to 1,532 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 45% to 35% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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