PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL

Located at 311 E 82ND ST, in NEW YORK, New York, PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary campus that teaches 444 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 runs 119 schools in total, collectively educating 54,599 students. PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 17% Asian, 11% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 48% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 28 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. Roughly 13% of students at PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.3%; this one delivers 88.4%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (New York County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is ELEANOR ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 83.2%.

PS 290 MANHATTAN NEW SCHOOL operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 29%: 628 students in 2018 compared to 444 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 72% to 62% across the same window.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.