PS 44 THOMAS C BROWN

PS 44 THOMAS C BROWN is an average-sized elementary-level community in STATEN ISLAND, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31. The school instructs 521 students in grades pre-K through 5.

PS 44 THOMAS C BROWN is one of 74 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31, a district that instructs 56,577 students overall.

Demographically, PS 44 THOMAS C BROWN reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 37% Black, 5% White, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 20% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, PS 44 THOMAS C BROWN has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Richmond County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS 44 THOMAS C BROWN is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 40.8%; PS 44 THOMAS C BROWN posts 17.9%, -22.9 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Richmond County put the typical household earns roughly $98,333 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PS 44 THOMAS C BROWN is one of 88 public schools in Richmond County (combined enrollment of about 62,254 students).

PS 22 GRANITEVILLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 44 THOMAS C BROWN. On composite proficiency, PS 44 THOMAS C BROWN comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 45.3%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. PS 44 THOMAS C BROWN's enrollment has fell 40% since 2018, when it stood at 867 (now 521).

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