NAPLES STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

NAPLES STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a cozy elementary school in STATEN ISLAND, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31, serves 311 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so NAPLES STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 30% leaner than that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 comprises 74 schools with combined enrollment of 56,577 students; NAPLES STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, NAPLES STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 26% Asian, 19% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

On the resource side, NAPLES STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.3:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Richmond County's rate of about 67%.

With demographic context factored in, NAPLES STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 54.5%; this one delivers 90.5%, a residual of +36.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Richmond County put median household earnings sit near $98,333, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Richmond County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,254 students), NAPLES STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PS 48 WILLIAM G WILCOX, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NAPLES STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.2%.

NAPLES STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NAPLES STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged up 4%, going from 298 students in 2018 to 311 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment ticked up from 6% to 26% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 in 2025.

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