PS/IS 87 MIDDLE VILLAGE

PS/IS 87 MIDDLE VILLAGE operates as a middle-of-the-pack primary school in MIDDLE VILLAGE, New York, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24. Current enrollment sits at 541 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 22% larger than typical.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24 comprises 57 schools with combined enrollment of 48,008 students; PS/IS 87 MIDDLE VILLAGE is among them.

Looking at the student body, PS/IS 87 MIDDLE VILLAGE logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 61% of enrollment. Other groups include 25% White, 11% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PS/IS 87 MIDDLE VILLAGE tighter than the state norm the norm. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PS/IS 87 MIDDLE VILLAGE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.4%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Queens County indicate median household earnings sit near $86,136, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. PS/IS 87 MIDDLE VILLAGE is one of 392 public schools in Queens County (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students).

The closest other public school is PS/IS 119 GLENDALE (THE), roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PS/IS 87 MIDDLE VILLAGE at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 65.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. PS/IS 87 MIDDLE VILLAGE's enrollment has fell 11% since 2018, when it stood at 608 (now 541). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 41% to 25%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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