PS 188 ISLAND SCHOOL (THE)

PS 188 ISLAND SCHOOL (THE) operates as a compact elementary campus in NEW YORK, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1. Current enrollment sits at 332 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 188 ISLAND SCHOOL (THE) sits 25% smaller than that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1 runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 9,363 students. PS 188 ISLAND SCHOOL (THE) is one of those campuses.

Demographically, PS 188 ISLAND SCHOOL (THE) lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 68% of enrollment; the rest consists of 25% Black. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.7:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, PS 188 ISLAND SCHOOL (THE) sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.2%; this one delivers 57.8%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (New York County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which PS 188 ISLAND SCHOOL (THE) is one.

NEW EXPLORATIONS INTO SCIENCETECH AND MATH HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 188 ISLAND SCHOOL (THE) at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 54.5%.

PS 188 ISLAND SCHOOL (THE) operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 23%: 431 students in 2018 compared to 332 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 29% to 25% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 8.7:1 in 2025.

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