NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL

NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL is one of the cozy elementary campuss in NEW YORK, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1, with 215 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 51% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1 runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 9,363 students. NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is White (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 35% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below New York County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.0%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for New York County indicate median household earnings sit near $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across New York County's 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: STAR ACADEMY PS 63 (THE), around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 42.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL has decreased 29%, going from 303 students in 2018 to 215 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 46% to 41%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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