RALPH R MCKEE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 101 BELMONT PL, in STATEN ISLAND, New York, RALPH R MCKEE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL is a mid-sized high school that educates 626 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31, which oversees 74 schools and 56,577 students, RALPH R MCKEE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, RALPH R MCKEE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 59%. The remainder reads as 22% Black, 11% White, 5% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

Looking at school resources, RALPH R MCKEE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL records 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Richmond County's rate of about 67%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, RALPH R MCKEE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.7%; this one delivers 51.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Richmond County indicate median household income runs about $98,333, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Richmond County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,254 students), of which RALPH R MCKEE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is CURTIS HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, RALPH R MCKEE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 42.2%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RALPH R MCKEE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL has contracted 21%, going from 795 students in 2018 to 626 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 46% to 59% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 today.

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