PS 89 JOSE PERALTA SCHOOL OF DREAMERS (THE)

Located at 85-28 BRITTON AVE, in ELMHURST, New York, PS 89 JOSE PERALTA SCHOOL OF DREAMERS (THE) is a sprawling primary school that works with 1,047 students (grades K through 5), overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so PS 89 JOSE PERALTA SCHOOL OF DREAMERS (THE) sits 136% above that benchmark.

Across the 57 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24 (48,008 students total), PS 89 JOSE PERALTA SCHOOL OF DREAMERS (THE) accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 89 JOSE PERALTA SCHOOL OF DREAMERS (THE) lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 78%. The remainder breaks down as 19% Asian. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, PS 89 JOSE PERALTA SCHOOL OF DREAMERS (THE) has 104 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS 89 JOSE PERALTA SCHOOL OF DREAMERS (THE) tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Queens County's rate of about 77%.

After controlling for student poverty, PS 89 JOSE PERALTA SCHOOL OF DREAMERS (THE) performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.0%, the actual is 39.1%, a residual of +0.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, Queens County reports that the typical household earns roughly $86,136 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), PS 89 JOSE PERALTA SCHOOL OF DREAMERS (THE) is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PS 222-FIRE FIGHTER CHRISTOPHER A SANTORA SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PS 89 JOSE PERALTA SCHOOL OF DREAMERS (THE) ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.5%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 47%: 1,960 students in 2018 compared to 1,047 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

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