PS 1 TOTTENVILLE

As a reasonably sized elementary campus in STATEN ISLAND, New York, PS 1 TOTTENVILLE educates 461 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 runs 74 schools in total, collectively educating 56,577 students. PS 1 TOTTENVILLE is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, PS 1 TOTTENVILLE records that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 6% Asian. By comparison, Richmond County as a whole is about 60% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, PS 1 TOTTENVILLE has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 1 TOTTENVILLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.1%; this one delivers 67.6%.

In the area at large, Richmond County reports that the typical household earns roughly $98,333 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. PS 1 TOTTENVILLE is one of 88 public schools in Richmond County (combined enrollment of about 62,254 students).

Nearest neighbor: IS 34 TOTTENVILLE, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 1 TOTTENVILLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 1 TOTTENVILLE at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 40.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 1 TOTTENVILLE has remained close to its prior level, going from 465 students in 2018 to 461 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 76% to 68% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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