PS 31 BAYSIDE

As a small elementary-level community in BAYSIDE, New York, PS 31 BAYSIDE instructs 350 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 31 BAYSIDE sits 21% smaller than that benchmark.

PS 31 BAYSIDE is one of 34 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #26, a district that enrolls 29,203 students overall.

In terms of who attends, PS 31 BAYSIDE logs that the most-represented group is Asian (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 40% Hispanic, 8% White, 6% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 26% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 31 BAYSIDE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.0%; this one delivers 62.8%.

In the area at large, Queens County reports that 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%. PS 31 BAYSIDE is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

PS 376 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 31 BAYSIDE. On composite proficiency, PS 31 BAYSIDE comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 78.5%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. PS 31 BAYSIDE's enrollment has edged down 36% since 2018, when it stood at 549 (now 350). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 21% to 40% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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