PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH

PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH operates as a compact elementary-level community in NEW YORK, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3. Current enrollment sits at 236 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 47% smaller than the state mean of about 443.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3, which oversees 44 schools and 19,478 students, PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH shows that 53% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 11% White. The wider county runs roughly 14% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH reports 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 97% 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 above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.3%; this one delivers 29.1%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for New York County put median household earnings sit near $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH is one.

Nearest neighbor: PS 242 YOUNG DIPLOMATS MAGNET ACADEMY (THE), around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.4%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 76 A PHILLIP RANDOLPH has decreased 48%, going from 454 students in 2018 to 236 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 77% to 53%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 7.2:1 in 2025.

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