PS 35 CLOVE VALLEY SCHOOL (THE)

Set in STATEN ISLAND, New York, PS 35 CLOVE VALLEY SCHOOL (THE) is an intimate primary school, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31. It serves 367 students across grades K through 5.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 comprises 74 schools with combined enrollment of 56,577 students; PS 35 CLOVE VALLEY SCHOOL (THE) is among them.

On the student-mix side, PS 35 CLOVE VALLEY SCHOOL (THE) lists that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 7% multiracial, 7% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 41% of students at PS 35 CLOVE VALLEY SCHOOL (THE) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Richmond County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, PS 35 CLOVE VALLEY SCHOOL (THE) sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 59.9%; actual is 95.5%, +35.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Richmond County shows median household earnings sit near $98,333, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Richmond County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,254 students), of which PS 35 CLOVE VALLEY SCHOOL (THE) is one.

Nearest neighbor: MICHAEL J PETRIDES SCHOOL (THE), around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 35 CLOVE VALLEY SCHOOL (THE). On composite proficiency, PS 35 CLOVE VALLEY SCHOOL (THE) comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 42.1%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 35 CLOVE VALLEY SCHOOL (THE) has declined 7%, going from 393 students in 2018 to 367 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment expanded from 12% to 17% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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