PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE)

PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE) operates as a small primary school in JAMAICA, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28. Current enrollment sits at 363 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #28 comprises 50 schools with combined enrollment of 36,340 students; PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE) is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE) records that 73% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 17% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Queens County's rate of about 77%.

After controlling for student poverty, PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE) performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.4%, the actual is 52.0%, a residual of +9.7 points.

Across the wider county, Queens County reports that median household income runs about $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Queens County runs 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), of which PS 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE) is one.

The closest other public school is REDWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. 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 80 THURGOOD MARSHALL MAGNET SCHOOL OF MULTIMEDIA (THE) ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 46.9%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 30%: 519 students in 2018 compared to 363 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 85% to 73% over that span.

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