PS 76 WILLIAM HALLET

As a moderately sized elementary campus in LONG ISLAND CITY, New York, PS 76 WILLIAM HALLET works with 397 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30.

Across the 53 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30 (35,337 students total), PS 76 WILLIAM HALLET accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, PS 76 WILLIAM HALLET logs that 60% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 21% Black, 12% White, 5% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, PS 76 WILLIAM HALLET has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 76 WILLIAM HALLET tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Queens County's rate of about 77%.

With demographic context factored in, PS 76 WILLIAM HALLET performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.9%, the actual is 42.3%, a residual of +0.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Queens County put median household earnings sit near $86,136, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which PS 76 WILLIAM HALLET is one.

The closest other public school is VOICE CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEW YORK, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 76 WILLIAM HALLET. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 76 WILLIAM HALLET ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 44.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 76 WILLIAM HALLET has ticked down 13%, going from 456 students in 2018 to 397 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 32% to 21% over that span.

On the community side, the feed for PS 76 WILLIAM HALLET typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.