PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT, a small elementary school in NEW YORK, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1, hosts 184 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 58% below typical.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1, which oversees 26 schools and 9,363 students, PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 40% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 6.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT 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 New York County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.8%.

In the area at large, census data for New York County shows the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT is one.

Nearest neighbor: CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE), around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 57.3%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 34 FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT has fell 44%, going from 326 students in 2018 to 184 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment climbed from 32% to 40% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 9.9:1 in 2018 to 6.1:1 in 2025.

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