PS 8 LUIS BELLIARD

PS 8 LUIS BELLIARD is one of the compact primary schools in NEW YORK, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6, with 354 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 20% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6 comprises 45 schools with combined enrollment of 17,415 students; PS 8 LUIS BELLIARD is among them.

In terms of who attends, PS 8 LUIS BELLIARD shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (89%). Beyond that, the school lists 4% White, 4% Black. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, PS 8 LUIS BELLIARD tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.3%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (New York County) logs that median household income runs about $103,931, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. PS 8 LUIS BELLIARD is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

Nearest neighbor: MS 319 MARIE TERESA, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 8 LUIS BELLIARD ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.7%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. PS 8 LUIS BELLIARD's enrollment has declined 33% since 2018, when it stood at 527 (now 354). Hispanic enrollment moved from 96% to 89% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the PS 8 LUIS BELLIARD community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.