PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS

PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS is one of the sprawling elementary schools in NEW YORK, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6, with 744 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 68% bigger than typical.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6, which oversees 45 schools and 17,415 students, PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 37% White, 9% multiracial, 4% Asian, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 76.8%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for New York County indicate the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

The closest other public school is SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL - WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PS/IS 187 HUDSON CLIFFS comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 6%: 794 students in 2018 compared to 744 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 52% to 47% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.