PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE

Located at 232 E 103RD ST, in NEW YORK, New York, PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE is a micro-enrollment primary school that educates 176 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4. That puts it 60% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4 comprises 30 schools with combined enrollment of 11,316 students; PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE is among them.

Demographically, PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 63% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 24% Black, 8% White, 3% Asian. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE records 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.0%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for New York County put median household income runs about $103,931, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which PS 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE is one.

Nearest neighbor: DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL EAST HARLEM, around 0.0 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 38 ROBERTO CLEMENTE ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 52.7%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 19%: 217 students in 2018 compared to 176 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 30% to 24% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 in 2025.

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