PS 155 WILLIAM PACA

PS 155 WILLIAM PACA is a cozy elementary campus in NEW YORK, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4. The school educates 192 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 155 WILLIAM PACA sits 57% smaller than that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4 runs 30 schools in total, collectively educating 11,316 students. PS 155 WILLIAM PACA is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, PS 155 WILLIAM PACA shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (82%). Other groups include 8% Black, 6% Native American, 3% Pacific Islander. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, PS 155 WILLIAM PACA has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 98% of students at PS 155 WILLIAM PACA qualify 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 155 WILLIAM PACA performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.8%, the actual is 21.9%, a residual of -16.9 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for New York County indicate median household income runs about $103,931, 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 155 WILLIAM PACA is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: RENAISSANCE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 155 WILLIAM PACA ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 45.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. PS 155 WILLIAM PACA's enrollment has shrank 26% since 2018, when it stood at 260 (now 192). Over the same period, the Hispanic share decreased from 87% to 82%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 8.7:1 today.

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