PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL

Set in NEW YORK, New York, PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL is a mid-sized elementary campus, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2. It teaches 531 students across grades pre-K through 5.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 runs 119 schools in total, collectively educating 54,599 students. PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL logs that 59% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 24% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 48% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL logs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 13% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.2%, the actual is 81.2%, a residual of +11.0 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (New York County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

Nearest neighbor: ART AND DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 75.7%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 59 BEEKMAN HILL INTERNATIONAL has ticked down 13%, going from 611 students in 2018 to 531 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share grew from 18% to 24%.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.