TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS

TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS is one of the reasonably sized K-5 schools in NEW YORK, New York, operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4, with 576 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 30% larger than the state mean of about 443.

TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS is one of 30 schools operated by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4, a district that serves 11,316 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS logs that the largest single group is Asian at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 18% White, 17% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 12% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.1:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, New York County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 64.8%; TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS posts 97.8%, +33.0 points above that line.

Around the school, New York County reports that median household income runs about $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across New York County's 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ESPERANZA PREPARATORY ACADEMY, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.6%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TAG YOUNG SCHOLARS has changed only slightly, going from 576 students in 2018 to 576 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 37% to 46% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 24.0:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

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