PS 95 EASTWOOD

Located at 179-01 90TH AVE, in JAMAICA, New York, PS 95 EASTWOOD is a substantial elementary school that enrolls 1,103 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29. Enrollment runs roughly 149% above the state mean of about 443.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #29, which oversees 46 schools and 21,817 students, PS 95 EASTWOOD is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, PS 95 EASTWOOD lists that the largest single group is Asian at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 41% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 26% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, PS 95 EASTWOOD reports 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS 95 EASTWOOD sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 45.1%; actual is 66.6%, +21.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Queens County put median household earnings sit near $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), PS 95 EASTWOOD is one campus in the mix.

IS 238 SUSAN B ANTHONY ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PS 95 EASTWOOD. On composite proficiency, PS 95 EASTWOOD comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 49.6%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. PS 95 EASTWOOD's enrollment has declined 26% since 2018, when it stood at 1,494 (now 1,103).

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