PS 183 ROBERT L STEVENSON

As a middle-of-the-pack K-12 campus in NEW YORK, New York, PS 183 ROBERT L STEVENSON enrolls 541 students from grades pre-K through 12, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 comprises 119 schools with combined enrollment of 54,599 students; PS 183 ROBERT L STEVENSON is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 183 ROBERT L STEVENSON lists that 58% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 22% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.7:1, putting PS 183 ROBERT L STEVENSON higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 12% of students at PS 183 ROBERT L STEVENSON qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than New York County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, PS 183 ROBERT L STEVENSON performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.7%, the actual is 87.2%, a residual of +16.5 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for New York County put median household income runs about $103,931, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which PS 183 ROBERT L STEVENSON is one.

Nearest neighbor: VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 183 ROBERT L STEVENSON. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 183 ROBERT L STEVENSON at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 74.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 8%: 589 students in 2018 compared to 541 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 68% to 58% across the same window.

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