PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN

PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN, a cozy primary school in NEW YORK, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5, serves 363 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.

Across the 28 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5 (7,761 students total), PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 44% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.0%.

In the surrounding community, census data for New York County shows the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

The closest other public school is PS 28 WRIGHT BROTHERS, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN. On composite proficiency, PS 46 ARTHUR TAPPAN comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 45.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 45%: 663 students in 2018 compared to 363 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 48% to 44%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.

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