PS 89

Located at 201 WARREN ST, in NEW YORK, New York, PS 89 is a small elementary campus that instructs 342 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2. That puts it 23% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

Across the 119 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 2 (54,599 students total), PS 89 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, PS 89 shows that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 17% multiracial, 16% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with New York County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, PS 89 has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 9% of students at PS 89 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, New York County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PS 89 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 71.5%, the actual is 88.7%, a residual of +17.2 points.

In the broader community, New York County reports that the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which PS 89 is one.

The closest other public school is IS 289, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 89 at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 73.0%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PS 89 has contracted 21%, going from 432 students in 2018 to 342 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 59% to 50% across the same window.

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