PS 58 SCHOOL OF HEROES (THE)

As a sizable primary school in MASPETH, New York, PS 58 SCHOOL OF HEROES (THE) instructs 750 students from grades pre-K through 6, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 58 SCHOOL OF HEROES (THE) sits 69% larger than that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24 comprises 57 schools with combined enrollment of 48,008 students; PS 58 SCHOOL OF HEROES (THE) is among them.

Looking at the student body, PS 58 SCHOOL OF HEROES (THE) lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 36% Asian, 13% White. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, PS 58 SCHOOL OF HEROES (THE) has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 58 SCHOOL OF HEROES (THE) higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 58 SCHOOL OF HEROES (THE) performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.5%, the actual is 54.2%, a residual of +9.7 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Queens County put the typical household earns roughly $86,136 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. PS 58 SCHOOL OF HEROES (THE) is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

Nearest neighbor: MASPETH HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 58 SCHOOL OF HEROES (THE). On composite proficiency, PS 58 SCHOOL OF HEROES (THE) comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 63.3%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 58 SCHOOL OF HEROES (THE) has contracted 27%, going from 1,029 students in 2018 to 750 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 39% to 47% across the same window.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.