PS 41 GREENWICH VILLAGE

PS 41 GREENWICH VILLAGE, a mid-sized K-5 school in NEW YORK, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, teaches 478 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

PS 41 GREENWICH VILLAGE is one of 119 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, a district that enrolls 54,599 students overall.

Demographically, PS 41 GREENWICH VILLAGE lists that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. Other groups include 14% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 7% Asian. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 48% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 41 GREENWICH VILLAGE higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 8% of students at PS 41 GREENWICH VILLAGE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, New York County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 41 GREENWICH VILLAGE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 72.1%; this one delivers 85.8%.

Around the school, census data for New York County shows median household earnings sit near $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. PS 41 GREENWICH VILLAGE is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

Nearest neighbor: HARVEST COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS 41 GREENWICH VILLAGE comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 74.2%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 41 GREENWICH VILLAGE has shrank 31%, going from 692 students in 2018 to 478 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.

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