PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH

Set in NEW YORK, New York, PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH is a tight-knit elementary campus, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3. It enrolls 249 students across grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 44% leaner than typical.

Across the 44 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3 (19,478 students total), PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 43% Black, 4% Asian, 3% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 94% of students at PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, New York County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.3%; this one delivers 35.9%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (New York County) records that median household earnings sit near $103,931, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across New York County's 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-HARLEM 1, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 45.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. PS 149 SOJOURNER TRUTH's enrollment has climbed 5% since 2018, when it stood at 238 (now 249). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 29% to 49%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.