JAMAICA CHILDREN'S SCHOOL

JAMAICA CHILDREN'S SCHOOL operates as a small elementary-level community in JAMAICA, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28. Current enrollment sits at 257 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so JAMAICA CHILDREN'S SCHOOL sits 42% below that benchmark.

JAMAICA CHILDREN'S SCHOOL is one of 50 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28, a district that works with 36,340 students overall.

On the student-mix side, JAMAICA CHILDREN'S SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Black at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 39% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 3% Native American. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 17%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, JAMAICA CHILDREN'S SCHOOL has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.5:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 87% of students at JAMAICA CHILDREN'S SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Queens County (around 77%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, JAMAICA CHILDREN'S SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.9%; this one delivers 40.6%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Queens County) logs that median household earnings sit near $86,136, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which JAMAICA CHILDREN'S SCHOOL is one.

PS 40 SAMUEL HUNTINGTON is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JAMAICA CHILDREN'S SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JAMAICA CHILDREN'S SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 56.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. JAMAICA CHILDREN'S SCHOOL's enrollment has rose 69% since 2018, when it stood at 152 (now 257). Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 70% to 44%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the JAMAICA CHILDREN'S SCHOOL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.