MICHAEL J PETRIDES SCHOOL (THE)

MICHAEL J PETRIDES SCHOOL (THE) is an all-grades campus of well-populated scale in STATEN ISLAND, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31, serveing 1,423 students in grades pre-K through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 544 students each, so MICHAEL J PETRIDES SCHOOL (THE) sits 162% bigger than that benchmark.

MICHAEL J PETRIDES SCHOOL (THE) is one of 74 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31, a district that instructs 56,577 students overall.

Demographically, MICHAEL J PETRIDES SCHOOL (THE) records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 35%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 28% White, 21% Black, 12% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Richmond County as a whole is about 20% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, MICHAEL J PETRIDES SCHOOL (THE) logs 113 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.6:1. The state averages around 8.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MICHAEL J PETRIDES SCHOOL (THE) sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.0%; this one delivers 58.6%.

In the broader community, Richmond County reports that median household income runs about $98,333, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Richmond County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,254 students), MICHAEL J PETRIDES SCHOOL (THE) is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: RICHARD H HUNGERFORD SCHOOL (THE), around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MICHAEL J PETRIDES SCHOOL (THE). On composite proficiency, MICHAEL J PETRIDES SCHOOL (THE) comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 59.1%.

MICHAEL J PETRIDES SCHOOL (THE) operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. MICHAEL J PETRIDES SCHOOL (THE)'s enrollment has edged up 8% since 2018, when it stood at 1,313 (now 1,423). The White share of enrollment decreased from 43% to 28% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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