PS 42 ELTINGVILLE

PS 42 ELTINGVILLE operates as a high-enrollment elementary-level community in STATEN ISLAND, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31. Current enrollment sits at 995 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 125% above the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

PS 42 ELTINGVILLE is one of 74 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31, a district that caters to 56,577 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 42 ELTINGVILLE shows that 58% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 23% Asian, 16% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Richmond County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, PS 42 ELTINGVILLE has 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Richmond County's rate of about 67%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 42 ELTINGVILLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.0%, the actual is 67.0%, a residual of +10.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Richmond County shows median household income runs about $98,333, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 42 ELTINGVILLE is one.

PS 32 GIFFORD SCHOOL (THE) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 42 ELTINGVILLE ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 73.1%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 4%: 1,036 students in 2018 compared to 995 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 75% to 58% over that span.

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