PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT

PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT operates as a close-knit K-5 school in BRONX, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12. Current enrollment sits at 181 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 59% leaner than the state mean of about 443.

PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT is one of 47 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12, a district that educates 15,705 students overall.

On the student-mix side, PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 68% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 31% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.1:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.2%, the actual is 50.3%, a residual of +11.0 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Bronx County put the typical household earns roughly $48,676 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT is one of 472 public schools in Bronx County (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students).

Nearest neighbor: CHILDREN'S AID COLLEGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 46.4%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. PS 44 DAVID C FARRAGUT's enrollment has shrank 35% since 2018, when it stood at 278 (now 181). Hispanic enrollment moved from 60% to 68% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 in 2025.

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