PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO

PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO operates as a modestly sized elementary-level community in NEW YORK, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1. Current enrollment sits at 367 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO is one of 26 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1, a district that instructs 9,363 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 77% of enrollment. Other groups include 16% Black, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.6:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 91% of students at PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above New York County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.5%, the actual is 35.5%, a residual of -6.0 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (New York County) logs 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. Across New York County's 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO is one campus in the mix.

MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 48.8%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. PS 142 AMALIA CASTRO's enrollment has grew 7% since 2018, when it stood at 344 (now 367). Hispanic enrollment moved from 83% to 77% across the same window.

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