PS 527 EAST SIDE SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL ACTION

PS 527 EAST SIDE SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL ACTION is an elementary campus of average-sized scale in NEW YORK, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2, works with 378 students in grades K through 5.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 runs 119 schools in total, collectively educating 54,599 students. PS 527 EAST SIDE SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL ACTION is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 527 EAST SIDE SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL ACTION logs that the largest single group is White at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 18% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 11% multiracial, 5% Black. That composition is broadly in line with New York County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, PS 527 EAST SIDE SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL ACTION sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.9%; this one delivers 81.4%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for New York County put median household income runs about $103,931, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. PS 527 EAST SIDE SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL ACTION is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS 527 EAST SIDE SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL ACTION comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 71.1%.

PS 527 EAST SIDE SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL ACTION operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. PS 527 EAST SIDE SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL ACTION's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 384 (now 378). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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