PS 184 SHUANG WEN

Set in NEW YORK, New York, PS 184 SHUANG WEN is a roomy primary school, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1. It instructs 767 students across grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 73% larger than the state mean of about 443.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1 comprises 26 schools with combined enrollment of 9,363 students; PS 184 SHUANG WEN is among them.

In terms of who attends, PS 184 SHUANG WEN reports that Asian students make up the majority at 61%. The remainder looks like 15% Hispanic, 10% White, 10% multiracial, 3% Black. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

On the resource side, The school employs 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 184 SHUANG WEN higher than the state norm the norm. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, PS 184 SHUANG WEN ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 54.2%; PS 184 SHUANG WEN posts 87.8%, +33.5 points above that line.

In the area at large, New York County reports that 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 184 SHUANG WEN is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

The closest other public school is UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 184 SHUANG WEN at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 49.1%.

PS 184 SHUANG WEN operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. PS 184 SHUANG WEN's enrollment has edged up 12% since 2018, when it stood at 682 (now 767). Asian enrollment moved from 69% to 61% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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