PS 74 FUTURE LEADERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As an intimate elementary campus in STATEN ISLAND, New York, PS 74 FUTURE LEADERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL hosts 255 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 74 FUTURE LEADERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 42% below that benchmark.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 runs 74 schools in total, collectively educating 56,577 students. PS 74 FUTURE LEADERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, PS 74 FUTURE LEADERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 59%. The remainder is composed of 28% Black, 6% White, 5% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, PS 74 FUTURE LEADERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.8:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Richmond County (around 67%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 74 FUTURE LEADERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.2%; this one delivers 33.4%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Richmond County indicate median household income runs about $98,333, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Richmond County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,254 students), of which PS 74 FUTURE LEADERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: FORT HILL COLLABORATIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 74 FUTURE LEADERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 74 FUTURE LEADERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 44.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 74 FUTURE LEADERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has decreased 18%, going from 312 students in 2018 to 255 in 2025.

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