PS 70

Located at 30-45 42ND ST, in LONG ISLAND CITY, New York, PS 70 is a substantial elementary-level community that caters to 770 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30. That puts it 74% bigger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

PS 70 is one of 53 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30, a district that works with 35,337 students overall.

On demographics, PS 70 lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 40% White, 9% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the income-and-resources front, PS 70 shows 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 70 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.4%, the actual is 53.8%, a residual of +6.4 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Queens County put median household earnings sit near $86,136, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. PS 70 is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

The closest other public school is IS 10 HORACE GREELEY, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PS 70 comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 58.2%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. PS 70's enrollment has shrank 12% since 2018, when it stood at 878 (now 770). Asian enrollment moved from 15% to 9% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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