PS/IS 210 21ST CENTURY ACADEMY

PS/IS 210 21ST CENTURY ACADEMY is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in NEW YORK, New York, part of NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6. The school educates 399 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6, which oversees 45 schools and 17,415 students, PS/IS 210 21ST CENTURY ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, PS/IS 210 21ST CENTURY ACADEMY lists that 94% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 2% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, PS/IS 210 21ST CENTURY ACADEMY has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS/IS 210 21ST CENTURY ACADEMY tighter than the state norm the norm. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above New York County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, PS/IS 210 21ST CENTURY ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.1%.

In the surrounding community, census data for New York County shows median household income runs about $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which PS/IS 210 21ST CENTURY ACADEMY is one.

The closest other public school is NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PS/IS 210 21ST CENTURY ACADEMY comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 45.8%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 5%: 421 students in 2018 compared to 399 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

Inside the community feed, 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.