PS 54 HILLSIDE

As a moderately sized K-5 school in RICHMOND HILL, New York, PS 54 HILLSIDE teaches 462 students from grades K through 5, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28 runs 50 schools in total, collectively educating 36,340 students. PS 54 HILLSIDE is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, PS 54 HILLSIDE lists that 62% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 21% Asian, 5% White, 5% Black, 4% Native American. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, PS 54 HILLSIDE has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 54 HILLSIDE tighter than the state norm the norm. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Queens County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, PS 54 HILLSIDE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.9%; this one delivers 53.1%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Queens County put median household earnings sit near $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), PS 54 HILLSIDE is one campus in the mix.

PS 51 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 54 HILLSIDE at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 52.7%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 54 HILLSIDE has edged down 18%, going from 565 students in 2018 to 462 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment ticked down from 30% to 21% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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