PS/IS 30 MARY WHITE OVINGTON

Set in BROOKLYN, New York, PS/IS 30 MARY WHITE OVINGTON is a heavily attended elementary campus, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20. It enrolls 849 students across grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 92% bigger than typical.

Across the 48 schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20 (44,136 students total), PS/IS 30 MARY WHITE OVINGTON accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, PS/IS 30 MARY WHITE OVINGTON shows that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 36% Hispanic, 16% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, PS/IS 30 MARY WHITE OVINGTON tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.1%.

In the area at large, Kings County reports that median household earnings sit near $80,263, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Kings County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 291,697 students), PS/IS 30 MARY WHITE OVINGTON is one campus in the mix.

HIGH SCHOOL OF TELECOMMUNICATION ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS/IS 30 MARY WHITE OVINGTON at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 55.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Looking at the recent track record. PS/IS 30 MARY WHITE OVINGTON's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 924 (now 849). Asian enrollment moved from 23% to 16% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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