PS 64 ROBERT SIMON

PS 64 ROBERT SIMON is one of the minimally staffed K-5 schools in NEW YORK, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1, with 147 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 67% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 1 runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 9,363 students. PS 64 ROBERT SIMON is one of those campuses.

Demographically, PS 64 ROBERT SIMON lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 67%. Other groups include 24% Black, 5% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, PS 64 ROBERT SIMON logs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above New York County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, PS 64 ROBERT SIMON tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.1%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for New York County put median household earnings sit near $103,931, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 64 ROBERT SIMON is one.

TOMPKINS SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 64 ROBERT SIMON. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 64 ROBERT SIMON ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 45.7%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. PS 64 ROBERT SIMON's enrollment has ticked down 40% since 2018, when it stood at 243 (now 147). Asian enrollment moved from 4% to 0% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 in 2025.

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