PS 5 ELLEN LURIE

PS 5 ELLEN LURIE operates as a reasonably sized elementary-level community in NEW YORK, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6. Current enrollment sits at 425 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6, which oversees 45 schools and 17,415 students, PS 5 ELLEN LURIE is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, PS 5 ELLEN LURIE records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (88%). The remainder comes out to 9% Black. 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 5 ELLEN LURIE has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 95% 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 noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 5 ELLEN LURIE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.1%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (New York County) logs that median household earnings sit near $103,931, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which PS 5 ELLEN LURIE is one.

The closest other public school is PS 18 PARK TERRACE, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 5 ELLEN LURIE ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.7%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. PS 5 ELLEN LURIE's enrollment has contracted 28% since 2018, when it stood at 593 (now 425). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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