PS 9

PS 9, a medium-sized K-12 campus in MASPETH, New York, run under NYC SPECIAL SCHOOLS - DISTRICT 75, hosts 622 students, covering grades K through 9.

Across the 60 schools in NYC SPECIAL SCHOOLS - DISTRICT 75 (27,533 students total), PS 9 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, PS 9 logs that 38% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 26% Asian, 23% Black, 9% White, 2% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, PS 9 logs 122 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 5.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.7:1, putting PS 9 tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Queens County's rate of about 77%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Queens County indicate median household earnings sit near $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. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), PS 9 is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ACE ACADEMY FOR SCHOLARS AT THE GERALDINE FERRARO CAMPUS, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 9.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 625 students in 2018 compared to 622 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share rose from 10% to 26%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 6.1:1 in 2018 to 5.1:1 today.

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