STEPHANIE A VIERNO SCHOOL (THE)

STEPHANIE A VIERNO SCHOOL (THE) operates as a roomy primary school in STATEN ISLAND, New York, run under NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31. Current enrollment sits at 688 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 55% bigger than the state mean of about 443.

NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 comprises 74 schools with combined enrollment of 56,577 students; STEPHANIE A VIERNO SCHOOL (THE) is among them.

On demographics, STEPHANIE A VIERNO SCHOOL (THE) shows that the largest single group is White at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 30% Asian, 25% Hispanic, 6% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting STEPHANIE A VIERNO SCHOOL (THE) higher than the state norm the norm. Around 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Richmond County's rate of about 67%.

After controlling for student poverty, STEPHANIE A VIERNO SCHOOL (THE) performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.7%, the actual is 51.1%, a residual of +4.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Richmond County indicate median household earnings sit near $98,333, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Richmond County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,254 students), STEPHANIE A VIERNO SCHOOL (THE) is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: NEW DORP HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), STEPHANIE A VIERNO SCHOOL (THE) ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 65.5%.

STEPHANIE A VIERNO SCHOOL (THE) operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. STEPHANIE A VIERNO SCHOOL (THE)'s enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 678 (now 688). Over the same period, the Asian share expanded from 13% to 30%.

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