PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE)

Located at 320 W 21ST ST, in NEW YORK, New York, PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) is a moderately sized elementary school that hosts 662 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) sits 49% larger than that benchmark.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, which oversees 119 schools and 54,599 students, PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) is one campus in the system.

Demographically, PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) shows that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 18% Asian, 7% Black, 6% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, New York County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 79.7%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for New York County indicate the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

Nearest neighbor: HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL OF LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 64.2%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 11 SARAH J GARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (THE) has fell 28%, going from 920 students in 2018 to 662 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 47% to 42%.

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