PS 36 J C DRUMGOOLE

PS 36 J C DRUMGOOLE is an elementary campus of expansive scale in STATEN ISLAND, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31, works with 866 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 95% above the state mean of about 443.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 runs 74 schools in total, collectively educating 56,577 students. PS 36 J C DRUMGOOLE is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, PS 36 J C DRUMGOOLE reports that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. Other groups include 19% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Richmond County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, PS 36 J C DRUMGOOLE has 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Richmond County (around 67%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 36 J C DRUMGOOLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.2%, the actual is 63.5%, a residual of +5.4 points.

In the area at large, census data for Richmond County shows the typical household earns roughly $98,333 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Richmond County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,254 students), of which PS 36 J C DRUMGOOLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: IS 75 FRANK D PAULO, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS 36 J C DRUMGOOLE comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 75.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 858 students in 2018 compared to 866 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 78% to 63% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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