PS 28 WRIGHT BROTHERS

PS 28 WRIGHT BROTHERS is an elementary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in NEW YORK, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6, works with 378 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6, which oversees 45 schools and 17,415 students, PS 28 WRIGHT BROTHERS is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, PS 28 WRIGHT BROTHERS logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 80%. Beyond that, the school reports 13% Black, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 28 WRIGHT BROTHERS tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, New York County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 28 WRIGHT BROTHERS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.2%, the actual is 38.0%, a residual of -3.3 points.

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%. PS 28 WRIGHT BROTHERS is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

Nearest neighbor: COMMUNITY HEALTH ACADEMY OF THE HEIGHTS, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS 28 WRIGHT BROTHERS comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 44.7%.

PS 28 WRIGHT BROTHERS operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. PS 28 WRIGHT BROTHERS's enrollment has decreased 43% since 2018, when it stood at 668 (now 378). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 8.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the PS 28 WRIGHT BROTHERS community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.