PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN

PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN, a well-populated elementary campus in WOODSIDE, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24, caters to 1,066 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 141% bigger than typical.

Across the 57 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24 (48,008 students total), PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 38% Asian, 11% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.3%; this one delivers 57.2%.

In the broader community, census data for Queens County shows median household earnings sit near $86,136, 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 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN is one campus in the mix.

IS 73 FRANK SANSIVIERI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (THE) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN. On composite proficiency, PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 59.2%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. PS 229 EMANUEL KAPLAN's enrollment has edged down 27% since 2018, when it stood at 1,465 (now 1,066). White enrollment moved from 21% to 11% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

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