MARSH AVENUE SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING

MARSH AVENUE SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING operates as a small intermediate school in STATEN ISLAND, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31. Current enrollment sits at 406 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 24% smaller than the state mean of about 531.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 runs 74 schools in total, collectively educating 56,577 students. MARSH AVENUE SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, MARSH AVENUE SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING lists that the most-represented group is White (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 31% Hispanic, 18% Asian, 10% Black, 3% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, MARSH AVENUE SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. Roughly 65% of students at MARSH AVENUE SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, MARSH AVENUE SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.5%.

Across the wider county, Richmond County reports that median household earnings sit near $98,333, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Richmond County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,254 students), of which MARSH AVENUE SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING is one.

The closest other public school is CSI HIGH SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MARSH AVENUE SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 68.3%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. MARSH AVENUE SCHOOL FOR EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING's enrollment has fell 12% since 2018, when it stood at 459 (now 406). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 59% to 36%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

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