PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL

As a modestly sized primary school in STATEN ISLAND, New York, PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL hosts 354 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL sits 20% below that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 comprises 74 schools with combined enrollment of 56,577 students; PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL is among them.

On the student-mix side, PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL lists that the most-represented group is White (32%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 31% Hispanic, 30% Asian, 5% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 79% of students at PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Richmond County's rate of about 67%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.1%.

Zooming out to the county, Richmond County reports that median household income runs about $98,333, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 38 GEORGE CROMWELL is one.

Nearest neighbor: IS 2 GEORGE L EGBERT, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 38 GEORGE CROMWELL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 62.2%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 6%: 375 students in 2018 compared to 354 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 50% to 32% over that span.

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