PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS

PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS is one of the small elementary campuss in NEW YORK, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5, with 272 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 39% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

Across the 28 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5 (7,761 students total), PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS records that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest reads as 34% Black, 4% Asian, 3% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. 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 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.2%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (New York County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

Nearest neighbor: KIPP STAR COLLEGE PREP CHARTER SCHOOL, around 0.1 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 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 59.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS has fell 31%, going from 395 students in 2018 to 272 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 42% to 34%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 9.6:1 in 2018 to 8.0:1 in 2025.

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