PS 152 DYCKMAN VALLEY

PS 152 DYCKMAN VALLEY, a mid-sized K-5 school in NEW YORK, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6, serves 456 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6 runs 45 schools in total, collectively educating 17,415 students. PS 152 DYCKMAN VALLEY is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, PS 152 DYCKMAN VALLEY shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (85%); the rest reads as 7% multiracial, 5% Black, 2% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above New York County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS 152 DYCKMAN VALLEY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.0%.

Zooming out to the county, New York County reports that median household income runs about $103,931, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which PS 152 DYCKMAN VALLEY is one.

The closest other public school is PROFESSOR JUAN BOSCH PUBLIC SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 152 DYCKMAN VALLEY. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 152 DYCKMAN VALLEY ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 44.7%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. PS 152 DYCKMAN VALLEY's enrollment has decreased 21% since 2018, when it stood at 574 (now 456). The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 96% to 85% over that span.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.