PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL

PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL is a 9-12 campus of expansive scale in STATEN ISLAND, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31, educateing 1,696 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL sits 154% larger than that benchmark.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31, which oversees 74 schools and 56,577 students, PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL records that 54% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 23% Black, 13% White, 7% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL shows 154 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.0:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 83% of students at PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Richmond County (around 67%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.6%; this one delivers 40.5%.

Around the school, Richmond County reports that the typical household earns roughly $98,333 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Richmond County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,254 students), of which PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: PS 21 MARGARET EMERY-ELM PARK, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 39.1%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PORT RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL has increased 10%, going from 1,541 students in 2018 to 1,696 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 24% to 13%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.

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