PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN

PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN operates as a heavily attended K-5 school in WOODSIDE, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30. Current enrollment sits at 689 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 56% bigger than typical.

PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN is one of 53 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30, a district that educates 35,337 students overall.

On demographics, PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 30% Asian, 13% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.9:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 74% of students at PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.9%.

In the broader community, Queens County reports that median household earnings sit near $86,136, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

Nearest neighbor: WOODSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOL (THE), around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 60.2%.

PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. PS 11 KATHRYN PHELAN's enrollment has contracted 33% since 2018, when it stood at 1,024 (now 689). The Asian share of enrollment decreased from 37% to 30% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

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