PS 199 MAURICE A FITZGERALD

As an average-sized K-5 school in LONG ISLAND CITY, New York, PS 199 MAURICE A FITZGERALD hosts 505 students from grades K through 5, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24 runs 57 schools in total, collectively educating 48,008 students. PS 199 MAURICE A FITZGERALD is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, PS 199 MAURICE A FITZGERALD lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 66%. The remainder is composed of 22% Asian, 9% White. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, PS 199 MAURICE A FITZGERALD reports 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.2:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Queens County (around 77%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 199 MAURICE A FITZGERALD sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.5%; this one delivers 40.1%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Queens County) logs that median household income runs about $86,136, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PS 199 MAURICE A FITZGERALD is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

Nearest neighbor: QUEENS TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS 199 MAURICE A FITZGERALD comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 65.0%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. PS 199 MAURICE A FITZGERALD's enrollment has edged down 42% since 2018, when it stood at 875 (now 505). Over the same period, the Asian share ticked down from 34% to 22%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

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