PS 175 HENRY H GARNET

PS 175 HENRY H GARNET is an elementary-level community of low-enrollment scale in NEW YORK, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5, teacheing 291 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 34% smaller than the state mean of about 443.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5, which oversees 28 schools and 7,761 students, PS 175 HENRY H GARNET is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 175 HENRY H GARNET lists that the largest single group is Black at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 37% Hispanic, 7% White, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 175 HENRY H GARNET tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.3%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for New York County shows median household earnings sit near $103,931, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. PS 175 HENRY H GARNET is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

THURGOOD MARSHALL ACADEMY FOR LEARNING & SOCIAL CHANGE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 175 HENRY H GARNET ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 43.7%.

PS 175 HENRY H GARNET operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. PS 175 HENRY H GARNET's enrollment has edged down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 319 (now 291). Over the same period, the Black share fell from 59% to 50%.

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