PS 192 JACOB H SCHIFF

PS 192 JACOB H SCHIFF is one of the compact elementary schools in NEW YORK, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6, with 224 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 192 JACOB H SCHIFF sits 49% smaller than that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6 comprises 45 schools with combined enrollment of 17,415 students; PS 192 JACOB H SCHIFF is among them.

In terms of who attends, PS 192 JACOB H SCHIFF records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%). Beyond that, the school reports 3% White, 3% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, New York County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, PS 192 JACOB H SCHIFF is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 40.4%; this one delivers 64.1%, a residual of +23.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for New York County put median household income runs about $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 192 JACOB H SCHIFF is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

Nearest neighbor: HAMILTON GRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PS 192 JACOB H SCHIFF comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 52.3%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. PS 192 JACOB H SCHIFF's enrollment has edged down 49% since 2018, when it stood at 442 (now 224). The Black share of enrollment declined from 10% to 3% over that span.

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