PS 28 THOMAS EMANUEL EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER (THE)

PS 28 THOMAS EMANUEL EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER (THE) operates as an intimate elementary-level community in CORONA, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24. Current enrollment sits at 265 students spanning grades pre-K through 2. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 40% smaller than typical.

PS 28 THOMAS EMANUEL EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER (THE) is one of 57 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24, a district that instructs 48,008 students overall.

Looking at the student body, PS 28 THOMAS EMANUEL EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER (THE) shows that 94% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder comes out to 3% Asian, 2% White. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.2:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Queens County (around 77%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Queens County shows 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%. PS 28 THOMAS EMANUEL EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER (THE) is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

The closest other public school is OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 3, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 48%: 506 students in 2018 compared to 265 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share shrank from 7% to 3%. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.