PS 31 WILLIAM T DAVIS

PS 31 WILLIAM T DAVIS is one of the cozy elementary campuss in STATEN ISLAND, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31, with 342 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 31 WILLIAM T DAVIS sits 23% leaner than that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 runs 74 schools in total, collectively educating 56,577 students. PS 31 WILLIAM T DAVIS is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, PS 31 WILLIAM T DAVIS reports that the largest single group is Black at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 36% Hispanic, 4% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 10% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, PS 31 WILLIAM T DAVIS has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 31 WILLIAM T DAVIS tighter than the state norm the norm. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Richmond County's rate of about 67%.

With demographic context factored in, PS 31 WILLIAM T DAVIS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.8%, the actual is 34.5%, a residual of -4.3 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Richmond County put the typical household earns roughly $98,333 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Richmond County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,254 students), PS 31 WILLIAM T DAVIS is one campus in the mix.

CURTIS HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 31 WILLIAM T DAVIS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 31 WILLIAM T DAVIS at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 44.6%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 13%: 392 students in 2018 compared to 342 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 46% to 54% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.