PS 199 JESSIE ISADOR STRAUS

PS 199 JESSIE ISADOR STRAUS is a moderately sized K-5 school in NEW YORK, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3. The school teaches 570 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 29% larger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3 runs 44 schools in total, collectively educating 19,478 students. PS 199 JESSIE ISADOR STRAUS is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, PS 199 JESSIE ISADOR STRAUS shows that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 19% Asian, 19% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, PS 199 JESSIE ISADOR STRAUS has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 24% 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 somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 199 JESSIE ISADOR STRAUS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.2%; this one delivers 78.6%.

Zooming out to the county, New York County reports that the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across New York County's 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), PS 199 JESSIE ISADOR STRAUS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SPECIAL MUSIC SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS 199 JESSIE ISADOR STRAUS comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 64.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 199 JESSIE ISADOR STRAUS has fell 33%, going from 851 students in 2018 to 570 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 64% to 51% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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