MS 358

Set in JAMAICA, New York, MS 358 is a compact middle-grades school, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28. It hosts 345 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 35% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28 runs 50 schools in total, collectively educating 36,340 students. MS 358 is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, MS 358 lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 30% Asian, 17% Black, 2% Native American. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Queens County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MS 358 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.0%, the actual is 57.8%, a residual of +16.8 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Queens County put median household earnings sit near $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. MS 358 is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

Nearest neighbor: QUEENS SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP AND EXCELLENCE (THE), around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MS 358 ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 47.2%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MS 358 has fell 10%, going from 383 students in 2018 to 345 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 30% to 17% across the same window.

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