PS 2 MEYER LONDON

Located at 122 HENRY ST, in NEW YORK, New York, PS 2 MEYER LONDON is a tight-knit K-5 school that teaches 332 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 25% leaner than typical.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 runs 119 schools in total, collectively educating 54,599 students. PS 2 MEYER LONDON is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, PS 2 MEYER LONDON shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 38% Asian, 14% Black, 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 2 MEYER LONDON tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, New York County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, PS 2 MEYER LONDON sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 39.8%; actual is 61.4%, +21.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, 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%. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which PS 2 MEYER LONDON is one.

Nearest neighbor: PS 42 BENJAMIN ALTMAN, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 2 MEYER LONDON. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 2 MEYER LONDON at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 57.5%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. PS 2 MEYER LONDON's enrollment has decreased 40% since 2018, when it stood at 550 (now 332). Over the same period, the Asian share decreased from 79% to 38%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

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