PS 102 JACQUES CARTIER

PS 102 JACQUES CARTIER is one of the cozy elementary campuss in NEW YORK, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4, with 221 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 50% below typical.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4 runs 30 schools in total, collectively educating 11,316 students. PS 102 JACQUES CARTIER is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, PS 102 JACQUES CARTIER lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 67% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 24% Black, 4% White, 3% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, PS 102 JACQUES CARTIER has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.2:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, New York County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, PS 102 JACQUES CARTIER tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.1%.

Across the wider 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 roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PS 102 JACQUES CARTIER is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

STOREFRONT ACADEMY HARLEM CHARTER SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 102 JACQUES CARTIER ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 46.2%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 102 JACQUES CARTIER has declined 30%, going from 314 students in 2018 to 221 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 52% to 67% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 today.

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