PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON

PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON, a reasonably sized K-5 school in SOUTH OZONE PARK, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27, hosts 464 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 runs 63 schools in total, collectively educating 39,209 students. PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 57%. Other groups include 31% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Queens County (around 77%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 42.3%; actual is 20.8%, a gap of -21.5 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Queens County) shows that median household income runs about $86,136, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

Nearest neighbor: PS 223 LYNDON B JOHNSON, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 53.0%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. PS 45 CLARENCE WITHERSPOON's enrollment has grew 43% since 2018, when it stood at 324 (now 464). Hispanic enrollment moved from 20% to 57% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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