PS 91 RICHARD ARKWRIGHT

Set in GLENDALE, New York, PS 91 RICHARD ARKWRIGHT is a big elementary campus, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24. It instructs 771 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 74% larger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24 runs 57 schools in total, collectively educating 48,008 students. PS 91 RICHARD ARKWRIGHT is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PS 91 RICHARD ARKWRIGHT lists that 57% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 34% White, 5% Asian, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, PS 91 RICHARD ARKWRIGHT sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.7%; this one delivers 41.9%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Queens County) reports that 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 91 RICHARD ARKWRIGHT is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PS/IS 119 GLENDALE (THE), roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 91 RICHARD ARKWRIGHT. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS 91 RICHARD ARKWRIGHT at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 55.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 3%: 751 students in 2018 compared to 771 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 44% to 34% across the same window.

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