PS 46 ALBERT V MANISCALCO

PS 46 ALBERT V MANISCALCO is an elementary campus of micro-enrollment scale in STATEN ISLAND, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31, teacheing 171 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 61% leaner than the state mean of about 443.

Across the 74 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 (56,577 students total), PS 46 ALBERT V MANISCALCO accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, PS 46 ALBERT V MANISCALCO shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 27% White, 16% Black, 13% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Richmond County as a whole is about 20% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Richmond County (around 67%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 46 ALBERT V MANISCALCO performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.1%, the actual is 32.7%, a residual of -9.4 points.

In the surrounding community, Richmond County reports that median household income runs about $98,333, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. PS 46 ALBERT V MANISCALCO is one of 88 public schools in Richmond County (combined enrollment of about 62,254 students).

PS 39 FRANCIS J MURPHY JR is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PS 46 ALBERT V MANISCALCO comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 56.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. PS 46 ALBERT V MANISCALCO's enrollment has fell 37% since 2018, when it stood at 270 (now 171). White enrollment moved from 35% to 27% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.