PS 112 JOSE CELSO BARBOSA

Located at 535 E 119TH ST, in NEW YORK, New York, PS 112 JOSE CELSO BARBOSA is an intimate K-5 school that hosts 221 students (grades pre-K through 2), run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4. That puts it 50% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

PS 112 JOSE CELSO BARBOSA is one of 30 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4, a district that teaches 11,316 students overall.

Demographically, PS 112 JOSE CELSO BARBOSA records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 71% of enrollment. Other groups include 19% Black, 4% White, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.5:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of New York County's rate of about 70%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (New York County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PS 112 JOSE CELSO BARBOSA is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

PS 206 JOSE CELSO BARBOSA is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

PS 112 JOSE CELSO BARBOSA operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. PS 112 JOSE CELSO BARBOSA's enrollment has declined 27% since 2018, when it stood at 303 (now 221). Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 24% to 19%.

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