PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN

Set in NEW YORK, New York, PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN is a sizable primary school, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3. It caters to 751 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 70% above the state mean of about 443.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 3 comprises 44 schools with combined enrollment of 19,478 students; PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN is among them.

On the student-mix side, PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN logs that White students make up the majority at 60%. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 8% Asian, 3% Black. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN records 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 13% of students at PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 70.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 85.1%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (New York County) records that the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, 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 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN is one.

The closest other public school is MS 247 DUAL LANGUAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 66.9%.

PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 87 WILLIAM SHERMAN has decreased 15%, going from 881 students in 2018 to 751 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 64% to 60% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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