PS 219 PAUL KLAPPER

PS 219 PAUL KLAPPER is a K-5 school of medium-sized scale in FLUSHING, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25, hosting 596 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 35% above the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

PS 219 PAUL KLAPPER is one of 46 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #25, a district that educates 33,704 students overall.

On demographics, PS 219 PAUL KLAPPER records that the most-represented group is Asian (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 32% Hispanic, 10% White, 3% Black. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, PS 219 PAUL KLAPPER tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.0%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Queens County indicate the typical household earns roughly $86,136 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), PS 219 PAUL KLAPPER is one campus in the mix.

TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 219 PAUL KLAPPER ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 67.1%.

PS 219 PAUL KLAPPER operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. PS 219 PAUL KLAPPER's enrollment has ticked down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 640 (now 596). White enrollment moved from 15% to 10% across the same window.

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