IS 93 RIDGEWOOD

Set in RIDGEWOOD, New York, IS 93 RIDGEWOOD is a high-enrollment intermediate school, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24. It instructs 954 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 80% bigger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24 runs 57 schools in total, collectively educating 48,008 students. IS 93 RIDGEWOOD is one of those campuses.

Demographically, IS 93 RIDGEWOOD logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 78%. The remainder reads as 14% White, 5% Asian. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, IS 93 RIDGEWOOD has 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.2:1. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Queens County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, IS 93 RIDGEWOOD tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.2%.

In the area at large, census data for Queens County shows median household income runs about $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%. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), IS 93 RIDGEWOOD is one campus in the mix.

PS 88 SENECA is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around IS 93 RIDGEWOOD. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), IS 93 RIDGEWOOD ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 44.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. IS 93 RIDGEWOOD's enrollment has edged down 13% since 2018, when it stood at 1,094 (now 954). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 71% to 78% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for IS 93 RIDGEWOOD typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.