PS 20 PORT RICHMOND

Located at 161 PARK AVE, in STATEN ISLAND, New York, PS 20 PORT RICHMOND is a close-knit K-5 school that instructs 277 students (grades K through 5), operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 37% leaner than typical.

PS 20 PORT RICHMOND is one of 74 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31, a district that serves 56,577 students overall.

On the student-mix side, PS 20 PORT RICHMOND logs that 78% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest reads as 14% Black, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 20% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, PS 20 PORT RICHMOND logs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 20 PORT RICHMOND tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Richmond County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, PS 20 PORT RICHMOND sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 41.4%; actual is 20.6%, a gap of -20.8 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Richmond County indicate median household earnings sit near $98,333, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Richmond County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,254 students), PS 20 PORT RICHMOND is one campus in the mix.

PS 19 CURTIS SCHOOL (THE) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 20 PORT RICHMOND. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 20 PORT RICHMOND at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 40.5%.

PS 20 PORT RICHMOND operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 39%: 455 students in 2018 compared to 277 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 10.3:1 in 2018 to 8.9:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for PS 20 PORT RICHMOND typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.