PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS

As an expansive K-5 school in STATEN ISLAND, New York, PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS teaches 674 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 52% bigger than typical.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 runs 74 schools in total, collectively educating 56,577 students. PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS is one of those campuses.

Demographically, PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS shows that the most-represented group is Asian (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 35% White, 24% Hispanic, 3% Black. By comparison, Richmond County as a whole is about 13% Asian, so the school skews meaningfully more Asian than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS has 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.0:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.3%; this one delivers 52.4%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Richmond County put median household earnings sit near $98,333, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Richmond County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,254 students), PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: IS 72 ROCCO LAURIE, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS. On composite proficiency, PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 66.2%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS's enrollment has fell 28% since 2018, when it stood at 936 (now 674). White enrollment moved from 56% to 35% across the same window.

On the community side, the feed for PS 69 DANIEL D TOMPKINS typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.