IVAN LAFAYETTE EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS (THE)

Set in EAST ELMHURST, New York, IVAN LAFAYETTE EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS (THE) is a compact primary school, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30. It works with 222 students across grades pre-K through 2. That puts it 50% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30 comprises 53 schools with combined enrollment of 35,337 students; IVAN LAFAYETTE EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS (THE) is among them.

In terms of who attends, IVAN LAFAYETTE EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS (THE) lists that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 5% White, 5% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, IVAN LAFAYETTE EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS (THE) has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Queens County indicate the typical household earns roughly $86,136 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. IVAN LAFAYETTE EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS (THE) is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

Nearest neighbor: IS 227 LOUIS ARMSTRONG, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 29%: 313 students in 2018 compared to 222 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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